The rebel administration of Uganda's brutal Lord Resistance Army (LRA) has agreed to resume peace talks with the government aimed at burying the 20-year-old war provided certain conditions are met. The key condition has to do with the involvement of many African countries in the mediation team. These countries include South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya and the Congo Kinshasa (DRC).

A list of aspiring candidates for the April presidential polls was to be published by Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday. But INEC officials said the list does not contain the names of candidates indicted for corruption, which clearly means the Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, whose name appears on the list of corrupt officials, is not competing for the polls.

Different strains of the plasmodium parasites that cause malaria may be behind the failure to develop an effective malaria vaccine, according to a study conducted in Mali.

Most development practitioners and development cooperation agencies agree that knowledge is at the core of sustainable development processes. This increased awareness has resulted in the upcoming trend of development oriented knowledge sharing programmes, according to Margaret van Doodewvaard.

Two freelance journalists who were arrested when police broke up an opposition demonstration in Harare on 11 March, photographer Tsvangirai Mukwazhi and reporter Tendai Musiyu, were freed on Tuesday evening along with opposition activists who had been arrested at the same time. Both are contributors to the Associated Press news agency.