South Africa's main agriculture and farming union has expressed concern about the bilateral investment treaty agreed with Zimbabwe, which is set to exclude South African owned farms that were expropriated by the Robert Mugabe regime during the chaotic land 'reform'

In response to reports that Kenya is recruiting youth to go and fight Somalia war, a Muslim clergy has cautioned Muslim youth not to allow themselves to be drawn by financial incentives and accept to undertake mercenary work outside the

Liberian girls and women should draw inspiration from the all-female Indian police unit serving with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) to join law enforcement agencies in the service of their own nation, the top UN official in the

In the fifteen years that have followed the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA), Africa has witnessed many positive changes and breakthroughs for women on the continent. These successes were profiled and showcased at the 8th Africa Review

As the Beijing +15 conference came to the fore, Foroyaa has initiated a column entitled " Beijing +15 reflection" which deals with issues relating to the lives of the women in the Gambia. In this edition, we publish the voices

Men have been urged to discard their egos and report any form of abuse by their female counterparts so gender-based violence programmes can include them.

Assistant Superintendent Goganang Pule has expressed concern over the high rate of maintenance cases reported against men in Selebi-Phikwe.

In Liberia rape survivors are increasingly speaking up and seeking help as awareness of rights increases, but social taboos persist and seeking justice does not always mean that justice is served.

The claim that biofuels are a threat to food security comes from multinational oil companies, who fear that biofuels are a threat to their business, alleged Jose Bellini, coordinator for agrobusiness of the Brazilian Agriculture and Livestock Research company, EMBRAPA,

Renewed clashes in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have led to a further wave of refugees, leaving corpse-littered villages in the affected area deserted, say humanitarian officials.

The United Nations mission set up to protect civilians and facilitate humanitarian aid in Chad and Central African Republic (CAR) received a boost this week with the arrival of troops from Cambodia.

A UN court, the ICTR has acquitted a Catholic priest charged with genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

The United Nations refugee agency today condemned the latest xenophobic attacks that have driven some 3,000 foreigners, including refugees and asylum-seekers from Zimbabwe, from a community in South Africa.

Armed conflict, inadequate infrastructure, weak governance, limited financing and technological abilities, and policies that stifle entrepreneurship, limit competition and raise the cost of doing business are hindering the industrialization that Africa needs to fully join the global economy, Secretary-General Ban

A total of 34 rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have surrendered to the UPDF intelligence squad in Faradje in eastern Congo Nzara, according to military sources.

In late October, the Puntland government arrested five men of Ogadeni origin. These men came to Puntland using Somali travel documents provided by Somali authorities in Yemen.

The transitional federal government president Sharif Sheik Ahmed has held press conference in Mogadishu on Friday and said that he was very sorry for the misunderstanding between the TFG, Puntland and Ahlu Sunna.

Farmers in De Doorns have rejected allegations that they are paying Zimbabwean immigrants lower than the minimum wage and are therefore responsible for the xenophobic attacks that erupted in the region this week.

Child rights advocates have said there is still room for expansion of the definition of 'children involved in armed conflict' and formalizing both preventive and protective measures to address the issue, twenty years following the adoption of the Convention on