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The decision to give Zimbabwe no more than a slap on the wrist for the human rights abuses which its army has committed on the Marange alluvial diamond fields in the south-east of the country seriously threatens the future of the diamond industry's initiative to avert consumer boycotts of its gemstones. (AllAfrica)

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the power-sharing agreement reached by Madagascar"s current and former leaders and urged them to implement the deal to resolve months of political wrangling in the Indian Ocean country. (AllAfrica)

Edo State government wants the United Nations General Assembly to prevail on the British government and other suspected looters to return stolen Benin artifacts. (AllAfrica)

Somalia Al-Shabaab group has accused Kenyan lawmaker, particularly those from Somali-inhabited region, for backing the secret recruiting of fighters from among young Kenyan Somalis to help the Somalia's weak government fight the Islamist threat. (AllAfrica)

Experts are warning of a major strain on social services due to an unexpected surge in the number of children in Kenya. According to new statistics released last week, a drop in child mortality has kept the population growth unexpectedly high at a time when the economy is recording a serious reversal following last year's post-election violence and the global meltdown. (AllAfrica)

MOGADISHU (Sh. M. Nwetwork ) - At least two people have been killed and five others injured after heavy fighting with bitter shelling between the Islamist fighters and transitional government troops started in the north of Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Saturday. (AllAfrica)

Has any Lagos-based football fan bothered to ask why the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have not staged any match involving any of our national teams for a very long time now? Since the Super Eagles lost to the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon at the final of Ghana-Nigeria-2000 right at the National Stadium, Lagos, one can't remember the senior national team having played another game, whether friendly or competitive, in the nation's former capital city. (AllAfrica)

Golden Eaglets gaffer, John Obuh, has declared that his team have overcome initial nerves after they hit five goals past New Zealand's Kiwi in a round of 16 match at the Abuja National Stadium on Thursday night. (AllAfrica)

As quarter-final action resumes today in the on-going FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009, Golden Eaglets forward, Shehu Sani Emmanuel, with three goals in just two games, is considered among the top contenders for the Adidas Golden Shoe. Currently placed second behind top scorer, Uruguay's Sebastian Gallegos, Emmanuel saw action for only 73 minutes, while the likes of Gallegos and Sergi Roberto (3 goals) have played for 249 minutes and 298 minutes, respectively. (AllAfrica)

Tout Puissant Mazembe of Democratic Republic of Congo bridged a 41-year gap by regaining the CAF Champions League title. (AllAfrica)

Hailing Botswana as "truly one of the extraordinary success stories in Africa," President Obama welcomed that country's president, Ian Khama, to the White House for talks November 5. (AllAfrica)

Howard Wolpe has spent the best part of three decades helping to form and implement American policies on Africa. After chairing the Subcommittee on Africa of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives for 10 years, he later served as President Bill Clinton's special envoy to the Great Lakes region. (AllAfrica)

IN a move with damaging implications for investment, Zimbabwe plans to grab a 51% stake in foreign-owned firms within 60 days of the gazetting of the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act regulations, documents in the possession of the Zimbabwe Independent show. (AllAfrica)

The United Kingdom Border Agency has suspended scheduled deportation flights for failed Zimbabwean asylum seekers, following strong protestations by the MDC-UK. (AllAfrica)

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua said yesterday that there was no going back on the planned deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry. (AllAfrica)

A majority of sixty-eight members of the Pan- African Parliament (PAP) have adopted the motion to exert pressure on the government of the Kingdom of Morocco to release the seven human rights activists that were "abducted upon their return from visiting their families in the Saharawi refugee camps." (AllAfrica)

The cases against top Kenyan politicians and businessmen suspected of funding and organising the election violence in 2007/8 will go before judges at the International Criminal Court in December. (AllAfrica)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledges $10bn in loans to Africa over the next three years, reports say. (BBC News)

The DR Congo army has been using measles vaccination clinics as "bait" to attack civilians, an aid agency says. (BBC News)

Islamists in Somalia stone a man to death for adultery but spare his pregnant girlfriend until she gives birth. (BBC News)

An Ivory Coast court rules that compensation to victims of waste dumping should not be paid to one man to distribute. (BBC News)

President Abdullah Gul criticises the EU after it asks Turkey to reconsider an invitation to Sudan's president. (BBC News)

Spain resists pressure to free two Somalis accused of piracy in exchange for Spanish sailors held in Somalia. (BBC News)

Nigeria is blocking Niger from importing goods, Niger's foreign affairs ministry confirms, but a reason is still unclear. (BBC News)

TP Mazembe's captain wants to leave now he has helped them to Champions League success. (BBC News)

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink helps ease the pressure on Hull boss Phil Brown with a stoppage-time winner that hands the Tigers victory over Stoke. (BBC News)

What did war crimes court do for Sierra Leone? (BBC News)

From water frolics to stuck in the mud in Africa's week (BBC News)

Why 10,000 Ugandans have gone to Iraq (BBC News)

Undercover film exposes racism in Germany (BBC News)

South Africa gets its first satire show... only on the web (BBC News)