Quoted: At least 62 people die as two bombs rock the Algerian capital, hitting a UN building and a bus full of students.

Quoted: For many Chinese, Africa is a land of great opportunity. Another couple I met, Lin and his wife Yibing, have a small factory and an ...

Quoted: "It is a perversion if you say to me that a person chooses to be homosexual.

"You must be crazy to choose a way of life that exposes you to a kind of hatred.

"It's like saying you choose to be black in a race-infected society."

Quoted: The BBC's Jonny Hogg visits a town that has sprung up around the island's burgeoning sapphire industry.

Quoted: A lawyer for a Saudi rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes and jail says this contravenes Islamic law.

Quoted: A major gun battle breaks out in Somalia's capital as MPs meet in Baidoa to consider the government's future.

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Quoted: Now in it's third year, World Challenge 2007, in association with Shell, is a global competition that seeks out projects and businesses that not only make a profit, but also put something back into the community.

In the 1980s the Bhundu Boys - whose name literally meant Boys From The Bush, the name given to the African guerrilla fighters who eventually toppled the white regime of Ian Smith - brought rousing African music to a British audience.

Quoted: The BBC charts the spectacular rise and tragic fall of Zimbabwean pop group the Bhundu Boys.

Quoted: An increasing number of Evangelical Christians are fleeing Eritrea amid claims of religious persecution.