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.
Bus-truck crash kills 8 in Argentina
2011-11-04 17:15At least eight people, including five children, died Thursday in a collision between a bus and a truck in Argentina, authorities said.
Libya struggles to secure loose weapons
2011-11-04 08:07Libya's new leaders are still struggling to secure massive weapons depots and disarm thousands of fighters who brought down Muammar Gadhafi's rule.
NATO chief urges Libya to secure weapons
2011-11-03 21:53NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday urged Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) to secure massive stockpiles of weapons and stop the smuggling of munitions out of the country.
All aboard Egyptian ferry in Red Sea rescued
2011-11-03 19:22All the passengers aboard an Egyptian ferry which caught fire on Thursday morning near the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea have been rescued, Egyptian Transport Minister Ali Zain el-Abdin said.
Chinese firms build bridges with communities in Africa
2011-11-03 07:30Bernard Ogalola, 52, joined China Road-Bridge Co (CRBC) in Kenya in 1986 and has been working for the company ever since, witnessing its change and growth in his country.
Nigeria has 6th largest population
2011-11-01 17:09The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said Nigeria has the sixth largest population in the world.
Dispatches from the edge of despair
2011-11-01 13:23When our jeep drove into the wild bushes, I asked the local UNHCR staff where the refugee camp was. "We are already in it," they replied.
Hundreds of rebels die in S Sudan
2011-11-01 10:18Hundreds of Sudan People's Liberation Movement-north section rebels were killed in clashes with Sudanese government troops in South Kordofan state, southern Sudan, Monday, the state's governor Ahmed Haroun said.
NTC elects new head of Libyan interim govt
2011-11-01 10:02Abdel Rahim el-Keeb, a professor of Tripoli University, was elected Monday as Libya's new interim prime minister.
NATO chief seals military operation in Libya
2011-11-01 10:00Visiting NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen met here Monday with the head of Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) Mustafa Abdel Jalil, announcing the seal of its mission in Libya.
Libya names new prime minister
2011-11-01 03:45Libya's interim leadership has chosen an electronics engineer from Tripoli as the country's new prime minister.
AU keen to work with China on agriculture
2011-10-30 09:11China is contributing to the development of Africa's agriculture, said Rhoda Peace Tummusimi, African Union Commissioner.
