Year: 2012

Mayor: 10 killed after plane slams into bus in Ghana

Ten people were killed Saturday after a cargo plane missed the runway of an airport in Accra, Ghana,…

African immigration tension flares

Amene Tekele Haymanot thought he had made the right choice when he escaped war-torn Eritrea and opened a…

Zambia’s bamboo bikes business

In Zambia, bicycles are grown from the ground.

Ethiopia pushes controversial dam

The waters of the Blue Nile have for millennia flowed down from the Ethiopian highlands enriching the countries…

Ida Odinga: Women’s champion

It's often proclaimed that "behind a strong man there is a strong woman" -- and in the case…

Egypt’s complex picture

Mohammed Ayoob: Egypt's future is not the Muslim Brotherhood or the remnants of the Mubarak regime. The reality…

Sierra Leone’s war amputees

After the civil war, amputees of Sierra Leone feel forgotten and abandoned. Vladimir Duthiers reports.

Group: Stop Africa adoptions

An African children's rights group calls for international adoptions from Africa to be discouraged "at all costs," after…

Remembering queen in Kenya

CNN's David McKenzie meets a Kenyan who remembers when Princess Elizabeth found out she would be queen.

Jo’burg shakes off crime past

For decades, Johannesburg has suffered from an image problem. But Jo'burg is now getting a breath of fresh…

Egypt’s potential next president

Abdelmonen Abol Fotoh, an independent moderate Islamist candidate for the Egyptian presidency, and one many tip to become…

Heartbreak after Egypt’s revolt

A leather-faced Egyptian fruit seller said it best:

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