• Janjaweed 'growing' in Darfur
• Amnesty takes a swipe at Swaziland govt
• Stats SA: Aids claims 1,5-million lives
• France, Rwanda aim to mend relations
• ANC victory in UDM heartland
• SA security firm bids to guard Mugabe
• Burundi: Political Progress Made, Peace Mediator Zuma Says
• Botswana growth target and budget on track
• In Ghana, Annan prepares for summit on Côte d’Ivoire peace process

• Annan urges more aid for troubled Darfur
• Seven UN Members Oppose US Draft On Sudan
• Sudan Islamist 'to be released'
• Thousands flee clashes in eastern DRC
• Defence leader quits in trial of Zim 70
• Kenya 'humbly requests' hostages to be spared
• Ethiopian farmers await WTO deal
• Famine in Coast may worsen
• Liberia: Where Are the Weapons? Is Disarmament Really Working?

Senegal: Freed Journalist Hopes His Prison Spell Can Bring About Change: Newly-freed newspaper editor Madiambal Diagne has said he hopes his two-week spell in prison will bring about changes to media laws in Senegal, whose reputation as a haven of democracy in West Africa has been dented by the episode.

Bright New Idea for Financing Black Empowerment Deals

Locust fighters await fresh attacks: Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia are on full alert as deadly swarms of locusts mass for assault.