On September 1st 2009 boxing legend Muhammed Ali visited his ancestral home in Ireland. See the story and the pics here. Muhammed Ali though he got his European blood due to slavery (see video), but it turned out he got it from his Irish great-grandfather Abe Grady, who settled in the United States in the 1860s and married a freed African-American slave.

A community in one southeastern Nigerian city is joining forces with the police in hopes of making their home a safer place to live.Onitsha is a bustling commercial hub on the banks of the River Niger, in southeastern Nigeria. It is home to what is widely regarded as the largest market place in West Africa, which means traders and visitors from all over Nigeria and beyond are drawn to the city every day. The city has been plagued by crimes such as murders, kidnappings, mobile phone snatchings, rapes, molestations and robbery.

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) welcomes the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue a warrant for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bahir. This marks an important first step towards bringing the perpetrators of genocide in Darfur to account, and achieving a measure of justice for victims. PHR remains concerned about the physical security of aid workers and internally displaced persons in Darfur in the wake of the arrest warrant, in case of a likely spike in violent attacks, and urges the United Nation's Security Council to take all measures to ensure that they are protected.

By Jill Marshall

Malaria kills a child every 30 seconds in Africa. This terrifying statistic upset and angered me. It was certainlymotivation for making a film about how this carnage could be prevented.Despite this stark fact my film is, I believe, an uplifting one. It's the story of an African hero, Clovis Kabaseke. A man with a big dream – to encourage African farmers to grow enough of the medicinal plant Artemisia Annua to wipe out Malaria. The most moving moment for me came after five days filming with Clovis, his wife and six children. We had often talked about how frequently he and his family had been sick from Malaria. But now, in my last interview with him, he confessed that, in 2003, his four year old daughter contracted Malaria and died. His battle against Malaria is a very personal one.