Africa
Keeping the recruiters at bay in Somalian disaster
The situation in Somalia has now been declared a famine and the influx of refugees into Kenya continues to grow.......
Somalian refugees flee to dusty Ethiopian camps
As the famine in Somalia worsens, the refugee camps across the border in Ethiopia and Kenya continue to grow. Reports......
Hope in hell: Famine in the Horn of Africa
As the worst drought in living memory ravages the Horn of Africa, millions of people are on the move. Rachel......
Famine in the Horn of Africa
The UN is calling the world’s most severe food crisis. The trigger is a drought so severe that its putting......
New hope for the Ivory Coast?
This week Alassane Ouattara finally took power in the Ivory Coast following the capture of political rival Laurent Gbagbo. This......
Ivory Coast’s civilian toll
Violence in the Ivory Coast is escalating as President Alassane Ouattara struggles to boot Laurent Gbagbo from power. But as......
International community defends African elephants
Elephants living in Zambia and Tanzania may be pleased to know that calls for protection levels to be decreased have......
African Youth racially abused by police
Victorian community legal centres have come out and said in a new report that Africans, both migrants and Australian born,......
Colonel Gaddafi to Chair the African Union
The Muslim Leader of Libya, Colonel Gaddafi has just been elected as the new chairman of the African Union. Gaddafi......
Piracy rampant across horn of Africa
In this day and age, piracy often conjures up notions of illegal downloads or a throwback to big bearded, parrot-toting......