9 MAY 2012-A rift has opened between the major opposition party in Swaziland and the most vocal of the prodemocracy movement's organisations.-PUDEMO - the People's United Democratic Movement - has suspended the Swaziland Solidarity Network (SSN)

9 May 2012 Last updated at 08:17 GMT-Following the election of Francois Hollande as France's new president, analyst Paul Melly asks whether a new man in the ElyseePalace will mean a new policy in Africa, where France retains strong enconomic, political and military ties with many of its former colonies?

10 May 2012 Last updated at 10:43 GMT-Two explosions have hit the Syrian capital, Damascus, killing at least 40 people and wounding 170, officials say.-State TV footage of the blasts showed massive destruction in the al-Qazzaz suburb to the south of Damascus

BY LABAN WANAMBISI, 9 MAY 2012-Nairobi, Kenya — Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Eldoret North MP William Ruto clashed yet again in Parliament on Wednesday, this time over party hopping. Trouble started when Odinga in his weekly address to Parliament spoke

By Dear Jeanne  (email the author) Posted  Monday, May 7  2012 at  00:00-A partial report by The African Network for Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect has showed rampant commercial sex exploitation among girls in Kawempe Division, accounting for 81 per cent of cases of child labour.

Harold Rahm, the “Terrible Jesuit” is sure that Yoga means union with God, nature and oneself-MARCO TOSATTI-ROME-Yoga is a Sanskrit word meaning “Union” and despite arguments and controversy the so-called “Christian Yoga” is being practiced more and more

Scripture:John 15:9-11-9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love-Meditation: Do you know the love that produces immeasurable joy? Jesus speaks of the love which the Father

8 May 2012 Last updated at 17:56 GMT-In our series of viewpoints from African journalists, film-maker and columnist Farai Sevenzo considers level playing fields and what the crisis between Sudan and South Sudan means for the Nuba people who are caught up in the middle of the conflict.

By CAROLINE WAFULA cwafula@ke.nationmedia.com-Posted  Wednesday, May 9  2012 at  22:30-The national intelligence service agency has warned the government of the possibility of violence as the country heads to elections. According to Prime Minister Raila Odinga,

By Michelle Bauman-Washington D.C., May 9, 2012 / 04:55 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- President Barack Obama has become the first U.S. president to publicly support “gay marriage,” breaking silence on the issue and pointing to his Christian faith as a motivation for his position.