AllAfrica's InFocus pages gather a range of news on one topic from AllAfrica's content partners, giving a wide range of perspectives and background material on events in the news. Popular pages in 2012 included those reporting on Nigeria's Boko Haram militants, Somali pirates, the death of Ethiopia's prime minister, the case against Kenyan political leaders accused of responsibility for post-election violence and the Big Brother reality television series.
InFocus
- Cynthia Osokogu, who was killed in a hotel room in Lagos in July, allegedly by people she met through Facebook, is to be buried. Read more »
- The crew of a tiny skiff took on a Spanish warship off the Somali coast on Thursday. Predictably they lost. But a new study reports that about one-third of pirate ransoms are ... Read more »
- At least 180 people are feared dead after a commercial aircraft crashed into a Lagos residential area on Sunday. Although one report suggested a young girl survived the crash, this ... Read more »
- Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, has died from an infection while being treated at a hospital in Europe for an undisclosed illness, according to state sources. His death ... Read more »
- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has warned that members of the sect, Boko Haram, who have claimed responsibility for a series of bomb attacks, could face prosecution. Read more »
- Kenyan lawyers and MPs reacted sharply to indications that the two International Criminal Court suspects holding public office will not immediately be required to step aside. Read more »
- Residents have been warned to evacuate their homes amid devastating floods in Nigeria as dangerous animals such as hippos, snakes and crocodiles are already invading homes in ... Read more »
- Big Brother Africa Stargame reality show contestants return to home after the game ended with South African Keagan scooping the grand prize. Read more »
- The Sierra Leone People's Party, the main opposition party in Sierra Leone, has accused the National Electoral Commission of bias in favour of President Koroma's All People's ... Read more »
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