Podcast: Community leaders in Nigeria’s restive oil-rich Niger Delta have unanimously rejected a government-proposed summit aimed at resolving the military crisis in the region.
Lidum Mitte the President of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People offers some insight why the summit is rejected: Previous summits had been reduced to mere “talk shops” [...]

A spokesman for Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe has rejected criticism of the country’s presidential election, saying those who call the vote illegitimate can ‘go hang’.
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PODCAST: The chief of the new U.S. military command for Africa [AFRICOM] says he will invite African military officers to serve at his headquarters, once the operation gets up and running. VOA Pentagon Correspondent Al Pessin interviewed the commander, General William Ward.
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Podcast: Qualifying matches have begun around the world for the football World Cup, which begins in two years. In 2010 the World Cup is to be held for the first time in Africa and attention is focusing on host nation South Africa. In anticipation, sports and tourism officials have assured industry observers and sports fans [...]

Zimbabwe: More than 400 members of the youth militia closely linked to Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party on Monday invaded the village of Kodzwa in Mazowe Central constituency in Mashonaland Central and beat suspected opposition supporters. Jonga Kandemiiri reports, VOA.
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Kenyans, who have long followed the career of Barack Obama, welcomed the news of the senator clinching the Democratic nomination for president Tuesday night. Derek Kilner has more from Nairobi.
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What started out as Africa Malaria Day was being observed worldwide for the first time on Friday (April 25). Health organizations have long said that most of the one million deaths every year attributed to malaria happen in Africa. But a newly-introduced malaria test that gives results in 15 minutes shows not every case of [...]