del.icio.us Guinea's military leader is warning soldiers not to sabotage the country's ongoing transition to civilian rule.General Sekouba Konate says he will not allow the military to undermine...

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A clan elder in Somalia says a fight over land rights between two rival clans has killed at least 15 people.Clan elder Abdulahi Bashir Jama says Saturday's fighting was...

Back to top Umpires: N A Malcolm, S J A Taufel, R S Mahanama, C E Mack West Indies: Gayle (C), Barath, Deonarine, Bravo, DJ Bravo, Pollard, Bernard, Ramdin (W), Sammy, Rampaul, Benn Zimbabwe:...

Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) holders DR Congo began the defence of their title with an impressive 2-1 qualifying win over Gabon in Libreville on Saturday.Two goals from TP Mazembe midfielder...

(Reuters) - Algeria is to host a meeting of foreign ministers from Sahara desert states this week to try to hammer out a joint plan of action for tackling the growing threat from al Qaeda insurgents,...

C ONAKRY, Guinea — Guinea’s interim leader says he will not run in presidential elections planned for June in the small West African country. Gen. Sekouba Konate also said Saturday that...

Harare — SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma is expected in Harare on Tuesday in yet another attempt to break the deadlock between Zanu PF and the two MDC formations. Marathon meetings...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A clan elder in Somalia says a fight over land rights between two rival clans has killed at least 15 people. Clan elder Abdulahi Bashir Jama says Saturday's fighting was...

(Reuters) - Fighting between two clans in central Somalia over land and water killed at least 11 people and wounded several others on Saturday, a rights group...

Attacks on three Christian villages in which hundreds of people were killed has put Nigeria in the spotlight, with foreign governments and right groups urging a robust response from the...

The Turkish president saw on Sunday Africa as Turkey's strategic partner. Turkey's President Abdullah Gul said he considered Africa Turkey's strategic partner, and he would meet...

At the end of the meeting, voting cards were distributed and the results will be sent to Tel Aviv District Court Judge Varda Alshech within 48 hours. She is then expected to grant several days for...

BANGUI, Central African Republic — A minister in the Central African Republic says the government has learned of a coup plot. Public Safety Minister Jules Bernard Ouande says intelligence...

(Reuters) - Egypt's president, who had surgery a week ago, is returning steadily to health, the head of the medical team treating him in Germany said in a media statement on...

(Reuters) - Lam Akol, the sole challenger to south Sudan's incumbent president Salva Kiir, launched his campaign in the region's capital on Saturday, promising an end to corruption if he wins April's...

(Reuters) - A Chinese fishing vessel with seven fishermen aboard was hijacked off the coast of Cameroon in the latest attack in the waters of West Africa's Gulf of Guinea, the Chinese embassy in...

(Reuters) - French navy officers handed over 22 suspected Somali pirates to semi-autonomous Puntland's authorities and they will be arraigned in local courts, officials said on...

(Reuters) - The new junta ruling in Niger, one of the world's biggest uranium producers, should review and possibly renegotiate dozens of resource exploitation contracts, civil rights groups said on...

Conakry, Guinea - Guinea's interim leader says he will not run in presidential elections planned for June in the small West African country. General Sekouba Konate also said Saturday that...

Mar 14, 2010 - 03:02 - WAM Abu Dhabi, March 14th, 2010 (WAM) -- HH Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of Foreign Trade has praised trade relations with Africa and the Indian Ocean and vowed to further...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGUI, Central African Republic -- A minister in the Central African Republic says the government has learned of a coup plot. Public Safety Minister Jules Bernard Ouande...

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - Guinea's interim leader says he will not run in presidential elections planned for June in the small West African country. Gen. Sekouba Konate also said Saturday that prominent...

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) - A minister in the Central African Republic says the government has learned of a coup plot. Public Safety Minister Jules Bernard Ouande says intelligence...

Nigerian authorities have arrested nearly a 100 people in connection with the attack. In January, hundreds of people, mainly Muslims, were killed in similar clashes in the region. David Zounmenou,...

Libreville - The Central African Republic's government said Saturday it had foiled a plan to launch a coup d'etat next week, with intelligence implicating former president Ange Felix Patasse who...

Nairobi - Despite international assistance the Somali government's military forces are ineffective and corrupt, and it remains dependent on foreign troops for survival, a UN group concluded in a...

By Fanuel Jongwe Mutoko, Zimbabwe - Giant yellow loaders whine as they struggle to lift freshly cut blocks of black granite, their massive tyres sometimes rolling backwards as the vehicles grapple...

Central African Republic (AP) — A minister in the Central African Republic says the government has learned of a coup plot. Public Safety Minister Jules Bernard Ouande says intelligence services...

Turkish President Abdullah Gul departed from Istanbul on Sunday in a Turkish Airlines (THY) passenger jet at 10:40 hours and is on his way to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. President Gul is...

Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's alliance is ahead in Baghdad and four southern provinces, with a small portion of the vote counted. Official results of the parliamentary elections may take a...

Cairo - Egypt's president, who had surgery a week ago, is returning steadily to health, the head of the medical team treating him in Germany said in a media statement on Saturday. Hosni Mubarak,...

The United Nations is gathering supplies for some 130,000 people in southern Africa on alert for potential evacuation from flood-risk zones following weeks of torrential rains in northern Mozambique...

The UN Security Council on Friday extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic and Chad until May 15, with the discussions still going on about the future of...

A Chinese fishing vessel with seven fishermen aboard was hijacked off the coast of Cameroon in the latest attack in the waters of West Africa's Gulf of Guinea, the Chinese embassy in Cameroon...

(MENAFN) A report issued by Johannesburg-based Chamber of Mines showed that gold production in South Africa fell 5.8 percent in 2009 from a year earlier, making the nation the world's fourth-biggest...

Hundreds of anti-AIDS campaigners on March 1 urged Ugandan lawmakers to reject a proposed anti-gay law calling for tough penalties against homosexuality, including the death penalty, AFP said that...