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.
New batch of Chinese aid arrives in Libya
2011-10-14 21:10new batch of emergency humanitarian relief materials provided by the Red Cross Society of China arrived in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Friday.
Gadhafi loyalists in last ditch battle
2011-10-14 08:18Fighters loyal to Muammar Gadhafi fought a last-ditch battle in an ever shrinking pocket of resistance in the ousted leader's hometown Sirte on Thursday.
China pledges $70m help to Horn of Africa
2011-10-13 19:35China will provide more help to famine-stricken countries in the Horn of Africa, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
Football murder probe against Gadhafi's son
2011-10-13 13:11Libya's interim leaders have approved a request to open an investigation into Muammar Gadhafi's son Saadi over the murder of a footballer who played for the national team in the 1980s, prosecutor Abdullah Banoun said on Wednesday.
S Africa to reveal climate change plan
2011-10-13 10:06South Africa's water and environmental affairs minister Edna Molewa is due to gazette new proposals on how South Africa can meet its climate-change mitigation pledge.
ECOWAS mission lauds elections
2011-10-13 08:55ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to Liberia lauded Liberians for their peaceful and orderly conduct during the country's presidential and legislative elections.
Three Ugandan ministers step down
2011-10-13 08:48Three top Ugandan government ministers announced on Wednesday afternoon that they were stepping down ahead of their trial before the anti-corruption court in the capital Kampala on Thursday.
Gadhafi's 4th son arrested:NTC
2011-10-13 06:06Mutassim, the 4th son of Muammar Gadhafi, had been arrested in the fallen leader's hometown of Sirte, according to ohamed Taynaz, a senior defense official in Libya's National Transitional Council.
Cholera outbreaks 'one of the worst ever'
2011-10-12 09:52The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday called for an urgent increase in the efforts to combat what the UN agency described as "one of the worst ever" cholera outbreaks.
NTC financial chief stresses transparency
2011-10-12 09:20Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) will treat transparency as a priority in its future economic work in the worn-torn country.
Egypt finmin resignation rejected
2011-10-12 02:56Egyptian Finance Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said on Tuesday the country's army rulers had rejected his resignation and he did not know how to respond.
Egypt arrests 28 people over protest clashes
2011-10-12 01:14Twenty-eight people were arrested on suspicion of attacking soldiers and burning military vehicles during clashes between the army and demonstrators, state media reported on Tuesday.
