Mapoloko Mohlabi's day starts early, baking bread to sell to workers in the industrial area of the Lesotho capital, Maseru. She doesn't get home until after dark, and then still has to make the dough for the next day's batch of loaves.

At least three protestors were killed and at least 50 injured at the hands of the security forces on Thursday afternoon during demonstrations in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, according to the Himalayan Human Rights (HimRights), a local rights group.

A car bomb detonated inside a military barracks in the Nigerian oil centre of Port Harcourt, killed two people and injured several others, military authorities said on Thursday.

After consistently emphasising condoms in their prevention campaigns, organisations in Togo are advocating abstinence, creating confusion among young people.

An hour before dawn breaks, rhythmic drumbeats and songs ring through the hulking barge that is returning hundreds of Bor Dinka to their war-ravaged homeland 15 years after their departure. Moored on the River Nile, they are within hours of reaching home.

More resources could help curb the increasing number of children dying of HIV/AIDS-related illnesses in Botswana, according to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

A 15-year-old girl was on Wednesday night shot dead by cattle rustlers in Olmoran Division in Laikipia District.

Three people have been killed and at least 4,100 sheep and goats stolen when two communities clashed in Marsabit District.

Ethiopia's exports to China have grown dramatically over the last year, said and Ethiopian customs official on Thursday.

His Excellency Prime Minister Meles Zenawi

A near verbatim transcript of the press briefing held by the Deputy Chief Public Information Office/Deputy Spokesperson, Musi Khumalo, in Asmara, via videoconference linking participants in Asmara and Addis Ababa. Also present at the briefing in Addis Ababa was the Chief of Staff, Lt. Col. Mohammed Iqbal.

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi yesterday held talks with a delegation of US Senators led by Senate Banking and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Senator Richard Shelby.

Education coverage in Tigray State reached 98.81 per cent this academic year, the State Education bureau said.

The National Association of Positive Women Ethiopia was officially established here yesterday.

Ethio Cement Factory Plc. said it is undertaking activities to establish a cement factory in Chancho locality, North Shoa Zone of Oromia State at a cost of 540 million birr.

The Amhara State Food Security Bureau said that various food security programmes are being carried out in the State at a cost of over 1.2 billion birr, EPRDF Organ Abiyotawi Democracy reported.

A public hearing on the bill providing for the amendment of the labour law was held in the House of Peoples' Representatives here yesterday.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism said it has prepared a guideline that would help design a sustainable five-year tourism and culture strategic plan.

The Oromia State Investment Commission has reportedly taken legal measures against entrepreneurs who failed to start work over the last ten years.

Members of the police force in Gambela State should further strengthen ongoing efforts geared toward safeguarding human rights, the State Police Commission said.