Pornography involving animals is now illegal in the Netherlands, just as it is in 80 other countries. The new law caused quite a stir in this country. Was it a patronising gesture by self-appointed moral guardians or a genuine attempt to pr...
Producers were putting the final touches Tuesday to a remake of "We Are The World" with stars such as Barbra Streisand, Wyclef Jean and Celine Dion lending their support for Haiti's quake victims. It was 25 years ago that M...
Zimbabwe's High Court on Wednesday admitted a disputed email as evidence implicating opposition politician Roy Bennett in a plot to overthrow President Robert Mugabe. Bennett, a white farmer and a senior official in Prim...
A campaign by a a Nigerian based in the Netherlands to bring hope to the Niger Delta is being put to the test. Just a few weeks before his peace conference is due to open in The Hague , rebels in Nigeria’s oil rich region have brok...
A phrase in Kenya's draft constitution has caused anger among the pro-abortion campaigners and doctors. According to those groups the proposed law seems to bring an end to women's choice wheter or not to carry a pregnancy. Chr...
Appeal judges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague have argued that there might be enough evidence to charge Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir with genocide. They asked the pre-trial chamber to review its earlier decision...
A senior military official in Guinea Bissau has admitted his country is being used as a base for international drug trafficking. Navy Captain Induta was speaking at the end of a military operation launched by a particular battalion...
Witnesses of the post-election violence that broke out in Kenya two years ago have been receiving death threats, as the International Criminal Court continues its push to prosecute the perpetrators. "If you don't shut up,...
President Barack Obama urged Sudan on Monday to cooperate in efforts to stabilize the country or Washington will conclude that engagement is not working and seek "additional pressure" on Khartoum. Obama, said the United Sta...