Archive: Africa

Ministers meet in London for Somalia summit

A helicopter flies over Mogadishu, Somalia

Foreign ministers are descending on London today for an international conference on Somalia.

David Cameron Somalia speech in full

Mitchell fears 400k child deaths on Somalia visit

Foreign Office: Somalia peace 'not up to us'

Arm Libya's rebels, ex-defence secretary urges

Arming Libyan rebels would help quicken the conflict's end, Rifkind argues

Britain should quicken Muammar Gaddafi's fall from power by arming Libyan rebels, former defence secretary Malcolm Rifkind has called.

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Cameron takes on 'aid sceptics'

David Cameron with Archbishop Desmond Tutu in South Africa yesterday

David Cameron will step up his bid to win wider approval for the coalition's commitment to aid spending later.

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South Africa trip increases Libya differences

Does Gaddafi go before the talks, or because of them?

David Cameron and South African president Jacob Zuma have openly disagreed over military intervention in Libya, increasing a divide between western and African states.

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Vaccines help PM make case for aid spending

UK boosts vaccine funding at London conference

Britain is to save an extra 1.4 million lives by 2015 by stepping up its commitment to vaccination spending.

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More Libyan diplomats expelled

Libyan human rights activists protest outside Downing Street

Two more Libyan diplomats have been given their marching orders, as the Libya contact group meets in Rome.

Hague adds to confusion over Libya mission

Nato airstrikes don't target individuals - or do they?

Individuals in Libya could be targeted depending on their behaviour, William Hague has suggested.

Gaddafi airstrike 'doesn't break resolution'

An RAF Typhoon participating in enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya

A Nato airstrike which killed one of Muammar Gaddafi's son is consistent with UN security council resolutions, David Cameron has insisted.

PM refuses to rule out arming Libyan rebels

A Libyan rebel walks through the desert. Photo: AFP/Getty Images

Britain could provide arms for Libyan rebels, David Cameron has hinted.

Libya jitters intensify at Nato summit

Britain wants more help from other Nato countries to enforce Libya no-fly zone

Concerns about the international community's intervention in Libya are increasing further as Nato foreign ministers meet in Berlin.

Libya arms question-mark troubles Doha meeting

Nato air strikes are not rolling Gaddafi's forces back. Photo: SAC Lisa Conway

Rifts over whether or not to arm rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi appear to have intensified during the first meeting of the Libya contact group.

Civil war fears overshadow Libya diplomacy

Fighting continues in the Libyan desert. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images

Libyan foreign minister Musa Kusa has made clear what is at stake as William Hague struggles with a busy week of Libya diplomacy.

Libya hopes focus on secret talks

Muammar Gaddafi is refusing to surrender power in Tripoli

Setbacks for Libyan rebels mean hopes for a swift solution are focusing on secret talks in London.

Cameron defends Libya defection as regime 'crumbles'

Foreign Office officials are 'discussing' Musa Kusa's decision

David Cameron has defended the defection of a senior Gaddafi loyalist, saying it shows the dictator's authority is slipping away.

Terrorism 'flickers' trouble London conference

The London conference on Libya met in Lancaster House this afternoon

Uncertainty about the future of Libya at an international conference in London was underlined by a warning about rebel links to al-Qaida.

UK and French want Libya 'transition' preparation

Libyan rebels should begin organising a "transition process", Britain and France have said, amid a rapid advance into Muammar Gaddafi's heartland.

MoD: Gaddafi's power 'diminishing daily'

Libyan no-fly zone now under Nato command

Coalition forces are gradually eroding Muammar Gaddafi's ability to continue the struggle for Libya, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has suggested.

Britain braces for Libya intervention

David Cameron's first military intervention comes over the Libyan desert

Britain's leading politicians have united behind the most significant decision to use the UK military in an international intervention since the 2003 Iraq invasion.

Cameron: Libyan action in 'national interest'

David Cameron makes the case for intervention in Libya

Military action to stop Muammar Gaddafi crushing the rebellion in Libya is "good and just and right", David Cameron has said.

'Race against time' for Libya no-fly zone

A UN draft resolution being prepared for vote later today

A vote is expected at the UN after the US abandoned its opposition to military action against Muammar Gaddafi's regime in Libya.

BBC journalists 'beaten' by Gaddafi's forces

BBC team faced mock execution at hands of Libyan captors

Three BBC staff working in Libya have been beaten, detained and subjected to a mock execution, it has emerged.

Hague brushes off resignation chatter

William Hague plays down resignation speculation

William Hague has pledged to remain at the Foreign Office as he oversees Britain's response to "historic times".

Libya intervention edges closer

Draft resolution is being prepared at the UN by Britain and France

Muammar Gaddafi's use of jets and helicopter gunships against rebel forces has prompted western powers to press ahead with their plans for a no-fly zone over Libya.

Farce in Libya: Hague attacked for 'bungled' mission

William Hague said the British team had `experienced difficulties` in Benghazi

William Hague has been attacked for authorising a "bungled" mission which saw a covert SAS mission into rebel-held eastern Libya end in humiliating circumstances.