By UN Integrated Regional Information Networks Independent observers and civil society groups in Ghana say voter registration, the first major step towards landmark general elections in December, is being marred by violence and irregularities. In the north of Ghana supporters

South African President Thabo Mbeki, mediating in Zimbabwe's crisis, began meetings with President Robert Mugabe and the country's opposition leaders on Sunday amid signs a power-sharing deal is close.

PRESIDENT Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has described as criminal, abominable and unacceptable trade in human trafficking by Nigerians.

Despite a much better performance Nigeria's Super Falcons yesterday crashed out of the football event of the Beijing Olympics after losing 1-0 to world champions Germany.

The Super Falcons yesterday lost their second match at the on-going Beijing Olympic Games to make qualification for the quarter-finals a herculean one as Brazil shot into group leadership after beating North Korea 2-1.

Nigeria's Dream Team tackles Japan this morning having at the back of their mind that a win is very crucial to their dreams of emulating the feat of the U-23 team 12 years ago.

A shared sense of mutual trust between coach and players is the key to Dream Team IV's performances so far according to defender Adefemi Olubayo.

The senior United Nations official in Sudan today welcomed the appointment of two top administrators to Abyei, a disputed area in the centre of the country whose status was not resolved in the 2005 peace deal ending the long-running north-south

Victims of the recent xenophobic attacks will have to sit tight until Thursday.

Eight people are killed in a suicide bomb attack in the northern Algerian city of Zemmouri, reports say.

South Africa's President Mbeki leads power-sharing talks between Zimbabwe's political rivals in Harare.

Uganda's approach to the fight against HIV/AIDS is under scrutiny by activists. The country has won international acclaim for its 20-year campaign against the AIDS pandemic, but the latest numbers lead some activists believe Uganda is now losing ground.

The senior United Nations official in Sudan today welcomed the appointment of two top administrators to Abyei, a disputed area in the centre of the country whose status was not resolved in the 2005 peace deal ending the long-running north-south

Women and men both young and old from all walks of life in the country took to the streets to commemorate the historic anti-pass march to the Union Buildings, exactly 52 years ago.

Victims of the recent xenophobic attacks will have to sit tight until Thursday.

A shared sense of mutual trust between coach and players is the key to Dream Team IV's performances so far according to defender Adefemi Olubayo.

Nigeria's Dream Team tackles Japan this morning having at the back of their mind that a win is very crucial to their dreams of emulating the feat of the U-23 team 12 years ago.