No mercy: Warrior, as he has now been named by rescue workers, was found buried five feet under the ground, covered in dirt. Cruelty beyond words in South Africa: The disabled dog ‘buried alive by school caretakers annoyed by its barking’. Traumatised and just minutes from death, a disabled stray was rescued after allegedly being buried alive by school caretakers. Police think the unwanted... 

Genocide Watch updated its Genocide warning for South Africa on 20 Aug 2011 from ‘Boer farmers’ being at risk of genocide stage 5 to include all whites and women being at risk of Stage 6 genocide at the hands of “ANC Youth, black Marxist racists”. It did not continue its previous stage 5 warning that ‘foreign black Africans’ were also at risk. Genocide Watch: “Julius... 

US troops landed in Africa’s Uganda on October 19. US troops will also be deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the Central African Republic and in Southern Sudan. What does Washington need in Africa? The goal of the operation is to help the countries of the region struggle against Lord’s Resistance Army terrorist group. Sources at the Pentagon and Obama’s administration... 

Art: An ochre-based artist's kit, dating back 100,000 years, was discovered in the Blombos Cave Paint pots used by humans more than 100,000 years ago have been discovered in South Africa. Archaeologists excavating the Blombos Cave have stumbled upon a hoard of art materials which include everything an ancient artist might have required to be creative. Red and yellow pigments, shell containers and... 

All four ex-ministers were accused of calling for the massacre of Tutsis in meetings and speeches Two former Rwandan ministers have been sentenced to 30 years in jail by the UN war crimes tribunal for involvement in Rwanda’s genocide in 1994. Former civil service minister Prosper Mugiraneza and former trade minister Justin Mugenzi were convicted of complicity to commit genocide and incitement... 

Supporters of African National Congress (ANC) Youth League leader Julius Malema in Johannesburg. Julius Malema, the outspoken youth leader of the African National Congress, has been found guilty of “hate speech” for singing the song “Shoot the Boer,” which refers to white farmers. The lyrics of the controversial song “Shoot the Boer” which just got banned can be... 

Saadi Gaddafi, one of the sons of the Libyan fugitive ruler Muammar Gaddafi. One of the sons of Libyan fugitive ruler Muammar Gaddafi has escaped to the neighboring country of Niger, which has reportedly turned into a safe haven for members of the dictator’s crumbling regime. Niger’s Justice Minister Marou Amadou said on Sunday that Saadi Gaddafi has arrived in Niger and was heading to... 

Dictator Robert Mugabe has been in power since 1980 Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has prostate cancer which has spread to other organs, according to a leaked US diplomatic cable. The cable, published by whistle-blower site Wikileaks, cites central bank governor Gideon Gono as saying Mr Mugabe’s doctors had urged him to quit. The cable, written in 2008 by the US embassy in Harare, also... 

American Predator drone firing two Hellfire missiles. Local fighters say they have shot down a suspected United States operated aerial vehicle in the south of Somalia near the capital, Mogadishu. Press TV reported. Al-Shabaab fighters say the drone crashed into the sea after it was hit near the lower Shabelle region in Merka town, located south of the capital. The fighters say six other drones have... 

A Somali government soldier maintains order as internally displaced women and their children wait for treatment at a feeding and treatment center in Mogadishu on August 26, 2011. Twenty-one civilians have been killed and 59 others injured in attacks by men disguised as Somali troops and armed bandits in Mogadishu. Armed men wearing uniforms of Somali Transitional Federal Government soldiers killed... 

The remaining white commercial farmers across the country are facing intensified threats by mobs of land invaders, as the lawless invasions of farms continue. Last week Banket farmer Roy Crawford was reportedly abducted from his farm and tied up with barbed wire, apparently for “failing to chant election slogans supporting (Robert) Mugabe.” Crawford was eventually released after the police... 

Riot police are seen on the University of the Free State campus where a protest got out of hand. Chaos broke out at the University of the Free State’s Bloemfontein campus on Wednesday, after about 800 people – believed to be mostly ANCYL members – stormed the main building. The group, who had been bussed in to the campus, protested against the fact that no political activities by... 

A suicide bomb attack on a police station in eastern Algeria early Sunday injured 29 people, according to reports. The suicide bomber rammed the entrance of the police station causing major damage, French language daily El Watan said. The paper said that two Chinese nationals had been injured, while Mohamed Nedir, director of the university hospital in Tizi Ouzou, around 100 kilometres (60 miles)... 

United Nations health officials have warned of serious cholera outbreaks in various regions of the already famine-stricken Somalia. The World Health Organization (WHO) says some 4,272 cases of acute watery diarrhea have been recorded in the capital Mogadishu so far this year. The agency says more than 180 people have already fallen victim to the disease in Mogadishu and surrounding areas and that... 

Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says the Islamic Republic plans to donate USD 25 million to the famine-stricken people of Somalia. “The USD 25 million worth of goods will be sent for the famine-stricken Somalis,” Salehi said on the sidelines of the Cabinet’s meeting on Sunday. The drought and the famine it has caused in the Horn of Africa nations have affected more than 11.8...