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Commonwealth leaders accused on Zimbabwe
Commonwealth leaders gathering in Trinidad for a summit next Friday have surrendered their “moral leadership” by failing to act on the crisis in Zimbabwe, according to a report
Pretoria probes Guinea mercenary reports
Investigation follows allegations South Africans are illegally training and equipping militias loyal to the military junta
Ghana pledges tough curbs on spending
Ghana has pledged tough new checks on spending as it wrestles with a record budget deficit inherited from the former administration
Spanish opposition questions pirate ransom
Spain’s decision to pay up to $4m to Somali pirates to secure the release of a fishing ship and its crew is fuelling a controversy over how best to deal with kidnapping
UN to regulate farmland grab deals
The United Nations is developing a voluntary code of conduct for investors in agricultural land overseas, the first attempt to control a growing international trend
Hutu leaders arrested in Germany
German police have arrested two exiled leaders of the Rwandan Hutu militia alleged to have been behind a long campaign of atrocities in eastern Congo
China seeks reform of UN peacekeeping
A leading institute has recommended that China is given a more active role in policy planning and leadership in UN peacekeeping operations. China’s participation in international peacekeeping has soared since 2002
Audio slideshow: Quenching the thirst in Konso
Audio slideshow: See Barney Jopson’s report on WaterAid’s work to install wells and pumps in drought-stricken southern Ethiopia
Mining offers hope for Zimbabwe business
Mwana, which also owns mining assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and Angola, is seeking to prove the doubters wrong, with its gold-mining operations part of an embryonic Zimbabwean revival
Congo cuts back aid deal with China
Revisions to one of China’s most controversial investment deals in Africa will allow the Democratic Republic of Congo to take its first steps next week towards securing a new aid package from western donors who had objected to parts of the deal
