A TALENTED graduate psychologist from Cam was killed in Africa when a driver lost control of his lorry, an inquest heard.

A man has been sentenced death by hanging for killing a five-year-old albino girl in Tanzania by hacking off her legs with a machete and then drinking her blood, media reported on Wednesday.

My wife, Monica Macmillan, who has died aged 62, was born in Zomba, the former capital of Nyasaland, now Malawi , where her family had close links with the nationalist leaders who fought for independence in 1964.

Canada has one spot - Montreal - on a new list of the top 10 happiest places on Earth, by the Lonely Planet travel guide.

BP is selling retail outlets, terminals and aviation fuel stations in Botswana, Tanzania, Namibia, Malawi and possibly also in Zambia, to cover costs related to the worst oil spill in US history, industry sources said.

Lonely Planet's U.S. travel editor, Robert Reid, says the list was drawn by surveying a panel of the guide's editors and authors.

An African Union summit has agreed to send thousands more peacekeepers to Somalia to battle al-Qaida-linked militants who claim responsibility for the World Cup bombings in Kampala.

The Material Girl superstar has poured money into the country over the last few years through her Raising Malawi organisation and she is current ly building a girls school outside the capital Lilongwe.

African leaders on Tuesday asked the United Nations to suspend an arrest warrant against Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, to allow them to carry out their own investigation.

Six months after reluctantly handing over the African Union presidency, Libya's maverick leader, Moammar Gadaffi, has tried once again to stamp his authority and his petrodollars on the body's agenda.

New Delhi, July 26 : An Indian delegation led by Ministry of External Affairs Secretary Vivek Katju participated in the Executive Council Session of the 15th Summit of the African Union held in Kampala, Uganda.

JOHANNESBURG, 9 July 2010 - Another year with a surplus harvest of maize, the staple food, is good news for Malawi, but dry spells in the south have left around 700,000 people in need of food assistance.

Following decades of playing an observatory role and unfair conditions on the international scene, Africa is now pushing for greater involvement especially on issues that affect its economic development.

"Children don't vote," said Dr Robert Mwadime, of Uganda Action for Nutrition, at a session on the subject before the three-day African Union meeting opened in Kampala, Uganda.

By Barry Malone Kampala - Egypt sounded a conciliatory note on Monday in a dispute over how Nile waters should be shared by the countries it passes through at an African summit in the Ugandan capital Kampala.

African leaders gather to pose for a group photograph near Lake Victoria in the background at venue for opening of the African Union Summit in Kampala, Uganda, 25 Jul 2010 The main international backers of Somalia's government have pledged additional resources for the drive to defeat al-Qaida-linked militants trying to establish a beachhead in the ...

An analysis of transmission patterns in Lilongwe, Malawi shows that even if a highly effective HIV prevention intervention could reach 75% of people in chronic infection, it would never eliminate the HIV epidemic there.

Malawia s third licensed mobile operator Global Advanced Integrated Networks , which intends to provide services under the G-Mobile banner, has received an injunction against a USD6.9 million fine issued by telecoms regulator Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority for failing to deploy its wireless network.

LILONGWE, Jul 26, 2010 - The Malawian governmentA's new cost-cutting prohibition on the hosting of conferences, training sessions and workshops on the shores of Lake Malawi has hit small-scale merchants who ply their trade on the roadsides and beaches of the fresh-water lake.

By Vision reporters The G8 leaders have committed $10m annually to fund maternal and child health in Africa and other developing nations, the AU chairman, Malawi president Prof.