The sending of African peacekeepers to Somalia has been the main topic of debate in the African Union summit taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia`s capitol. The peacekeeping mission is supposed to fill the void left by the departure of the Ethiopian army.

The United Nations has issued a plea for over $7-million for the immediate relief of flood victims in African states

The African Union is going to investigate a massacre that took place on November 11th in camp for internally displaced people at Sirba near Kulbus in West Darfur.

The World Bank has dubbed 2005 ?The Year of Africa? and quite rightfully so. In its annual report, the World Bank presented an optimistic picture of the overall state of Africa?s economy and went on to pinpoint the major changes that have taken place over the year.

The 2010 African Nations Cup finals will be hosted by Angola, who won the right to host the occasion as the Confederation of African Football declared on Monday.

If you think that you`re paying a lot of money for your Internet connection, then think again. African Internet users pay an average sum equals to 90 times the amount of money American Internet users are paying for their connection.

After an acquittal of rape charges saved his political career, South Africa`s former Deputy President Jacob Zuma apologized publicly for having unprotected sex with an HIV-positive woman. "I apologize. I have no doubt about it and it was a mistake. The war against AIDS - I will stand for it and I will continue to preach, even using myself as an example."

An enormous 235-carat diamond has been found in South Africa. Nare Diamonds says the gem was uncovered on Wednesday, just weeks after launching its operations at Schmidtsdrift mine. In a statement to the London Stock Exchange, Nare Diamonds said "The large-sized gemstone is octahedron in shape and of very good quality according to a third party assessor."

Kymo Dockett, editor of `What`s The Word` magazine, has decided to get hip-hop involved in the African American church. He is sponsoring a nationwide campaign, appealing to the hip-hop generation.

Gold miners accept a settlement, ending their largest action in 18 years, but the significance of recent strikes in South Africa is that both black and white South Africans have stood side-by-side on the matters at hand.

Hoping to compete with the news coverage from CNN, BBC and elsewhere regarding African, new Africa-based news network "Andnetwork" will be launched this coming September 1, 2005.

In a press release issued during the just ended Zimbabwe International Film Festival (ZIFF 2004), BlackScissors said, "fashion designers can be oddly complementary in...