According to the credo of the Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee, everyone should be entitled to free electricity. So when the residents of the township are cut off, they illegally restore their power supply. But the power company they are siphoning energy from says their acts are not only against...

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiaobao pledged 10 billion dollars in concessional loans to Africa on Sunday, at the start of a two-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. He also pledged to cancel debts of African countries to boost his country's role in the continent. Beijing has been pouring invest...

Rochester, NY - Morning Show Video Clips -- Manute Bol Part II (7:50)

Rochester, NY - Former NBA star Manute Bol talks about the charity work he has pursued in Sudan since retirement.

With the World Cup coming to South Africa next year, the whole continent is being swept by football fever like never before. But away from the glare of international attention, many clubs in southern Africa are still struggling with financial and logistical problems. One football coach in neighbou...

For more than 100 years, the Yoruba and Nago peoples of West Africa have performed the gelede, a masked song and dance ceremony recognised by UNESCO as a masterpiece of oral cultural heritage. It's performed to mark major events -- in particular the annual harvest --but also plays an important...

Twenty-seven years after the end of the civil war, Mozambique still hasn't rebuilt itself. In the centre of the country, part of the main rail line from Beira to Sena has reopened after being closed for a quarter of a century. It's a vital step to get the country's economy -- and its p...

Two Egyptian passenger trains collided, killing more than 15 people and leaving passengers trapped in wreckage.

African leaders finish a two-day summit Friday, after landmark discussions to improve the plight of 17 million displaced people and refugees on the world's poorest and most war-prone continent. African Union Commission chairman Jean Ping said the huge numbers of people who had fled their homes p...

At the heart of Mozambique's general election on October 28 is the fight against poverty, a fundamental issue in a country where 78 percent of people live on less than two dollars a day. In the town of Beira, some 3,500 people have been living at the "Grand Hotel", a giant open air squ...

Tunisia's President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is on the campaign trail ahead of a vote on Sunday which is near-certain to return him to power for a fourth consecutive term. The 73-year-old, who has been in power for the past 22 years, was last re-elected in 2004 with 99.4 percent of the vote. He...

Despite growth in its economy and generous development aid, Egypt has failed to reduce the number of people who live beneath the poverty line. In the absence of state help, grassroots initiatives are being set up to help the unemployed.

Pirates from Somalia have hijacked a Chinese bulk carrier some 700 nautical miles east of the Horn of Africa state.

Two freed aid workers from the Irish agency Goal arrive in Khartoum after their release from captivity in Sudan's troubled Darfur region.

Construction crews are ripping up streets across Zimbabwe's capital Harare, in a race to beat the upcoming rainy season and replace leaky sewers blamed for sparking the worst cholera epidemic the world has seen in decades. Duration: 01:38

Mozambicans go to the polls in two weeks' time, only the fourth election to be held since since the country became a multi-party democracy 15 years ago. This time, though, there's a new contender on the scene -- the Democratic Movement of Mozambique, led by Daviz Simango, mayor of Beira cit...

Botswana prides itself on being a healthy modern democracy, but in the rush to modernise, some fear traditional values are being left behind. Now, in the run-up to the country's general election, one local chieftain is fighting to bring tribal traditions back into the political system.

It's known as the "King of Perfumes". Jasmine is cherished by perfume-makers the world over. It's produced mainly in India and Egypt, where growers are struggling to make end meet. Duration: 01:44

Nameless (Kenya) and M.I. (Nigeria) were the big winners of the second MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAS) held on Saturday night in Nairobi. The two artists took home two trophies each. The pan-African music celebration was presented by Wyclef Jean, ex-member of the band Fugees. All artists paid...

A group in Rwanda is trying to promote reconciliation and trust through building houses for victims of the genocide.

In its struggle to fight swine flu, the Egyptian government has put a range of measures in place including closing schools, clearing rubbish from alleyways and - controversially - culling its pig population. But what effect has this had on the spread of the disease?

Scores of people are feared dead after Guinean security forces fired on a huge opposition rally in the capital Conakry.

The annual Concours d'elegance, held at the Ngong's Racecourse in Nairobi, showcases classic and vintage cars and motorcycles.

For many, the Biblical "Promised Land" is thought be somewhere in the Middle East. But for one of Africa's smallest and most mysterious religious groups, the Land of Milk and Honey is actually located in the vicinity of Kenya's capital, Nairobi.

Cairo may be a city that never sleeps, but now one hi-tech clinic says its insomnia may be having consequences. As the first of its kind in Egypt, the Sleep Center hopes to help those with sleeping disorders and raise awareness about a condition which many in the country do not even recognise.