Egypt's Mubarak gets 3 years for graft
A Cairo court convicted ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak of embezzlement on Wednesday, sentencing him to three years in prison.
Mali soldiers fire gunshots in capital
2012-03-22 06:29Malian soldiers occupied Malian national television in the capital and fired into the air to show their displeasure over treatment of a conflict.
Mali soldiers fire gunshots, occupy state TV
2012-03-22 03:56Malian soldiers occupied Malian national television ORTM in the capital on Wednesday and fired into the air to show their displeasure over treatment of a conflict in the north of the country.
Algeria, EU seal MOU over monitors
2012-03-21 09:24Algeria and the European Union (EU) sealed Tuesday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on sending EU monitors for the Algerian parliamentary elections on May 10.
UN concerned over attacks in Mogadishu
2012-03-21 09:20The United Nations on Tuesday voiced concern over renewed mortar attacks in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
Egyptian Christian Copts mourn late Pope
2012-03-19 10:52Egyptian Christian Copts gather at the Saint Mark's Coptic Cathedral to mourn the late head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Shenuda III in Cairo.
Bissau ex-military intelligence chief killed
2012-03-19 10:26Guinea Bissau's former head of military intelligence, Colonel Samba Diallo, was shot dead.
Kenya to track elephants by collars
2012-03-19 09:56Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is set to begin tracking 10 elephants using satellite technology.
Two Brazilian tourists kidnapped in Egypt
2012-03-19 01:09Two Brazilian tourists and their Egyptian guide were kidnapped by armed Bedouins in Egypt's Sinai on Sunday afternoon.
Egypt's Coptic Pope Shenuda III dies
2012-03-18 08:54Head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Shenuda III died on Saturday at the age of 89, state TV reported.
1 killed, 2 injured in an attack in Nigeria
2012-03-16 13:54One person was killed, two others injured on Thursday in an attack by suspected bandits.
Cape Town named 'drinking capital of SA'
2012-03-16 13:52More than 50 percent of its people consume alcohol and a third of this group abuse it.
Foot-and-mouth disease spreads in Egypt
2012-03-14 17:07The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease continued to spread in Egypt with more infected cases of livestock reported, the country's Gazette newspaper reported Wednesday.
