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More than 10 African heads of state had by late Thursday confirmed that they would witness the burial of the late Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa scheduled for Wednesday.

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) -- Italy agreed Saturday to pay Libya US$5 billion as compensation for its 30-year occupation of the country, which ended in 1943.

LONDON, England (CNN) -- The humble mobile phone is driving a new revolution which some experts hope could bring fairer elections and democracy to some African states.

ZIMBABWEAN exiles in southern Africa are up in arms about the inertia on President Robert Mugabe, which is paralysing governments in the sub-continent.

Four Britons were killed in a minibus crash during a safari holiday in South Africa, the Foreign Office has said.

African regional banking group Ecobank has announced the continent's largest ever rights issue - to raise $2.5bn (£1.35bn) to help fund its expansion.

Private education initiatives such as the International University of Management (IUM) are crucial because they complement the Government’s efforts of training as many Namibians as can be equipped with the necessary skills for the development of the country.

Recently the University of Namibia Entrepreneurs Club (UNAMEC) gave a bursary to a fellow student, Mr. A.H. Muyenga worth N$ 2 900 at UNAM.

Experts from across the country are gathered in the capital today (Tuesday) to review the results of the recent situation assessment on male circumcision and HIV/AIDS in Namibia.

History was rewritten when the /Hôa/Aran//Aixa//Aes people, or the Afrikaner clan, last weekend unveiled the tombstone of their legendary captain, Jonker Afrikaner, and son of Jager Afrikaner, exactly 147 years after his death.