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.
Africa urged to take advantage of rapid growth in China
2011-08-11 08:54An African expert on Wednesday urged emerging markets in the continent to take advantage of China's rapid growing household consumption which has kept double- digit average annual growth since 2004.
AU to admit South Sudan as 54th member
2011-08-11 08:51South Sudan will be formally admitted in the African Union (AU) as its 54th member state on Monday.
Cameron has lost legitimacy: Libya
2011-08-10 21:26In Libya, a government spokesman said Cameron had lost legitimacy and should step down.
Libyan TV shows footage of Khamis Gadhafi
2011-08-10 19:36Libyan state television showed on Tuesday what it said was footage of Muammar Gadhafi's son Khamis, who rebels said last week had been killed, visiting Libyans wounded in an air attack east of Tripoli.
France to provide food supplies to Africa
2011-08-10 15:27France would send an A340 carrying humanitarian supplies to Djibouti on Wednesday to ease the food crisis in the Horn of Africa.
Uganda police destroys illicit drugs
2011-08-10 15:13The Ugandan police on Tuesday destroyed 37.1 kg of narcotic drugs worth 15 billion shillings ($6 million) in the capital Kampala.
Radical Muslim sect kills Nigerian prison official
2011-08-10 11:23Authorities say two suspected members of a radical Muslim sect in northeastern Nigeria shot and killed a senior prison official and a school teacher.
Libya rebels push in eastern oil town
2011-08-10 09:11A Libyan rebel spokesman says two people have been killed and 14 wounded in fighting around a strategic oil terminal town in the country's east.
Saleh to return to Yemen after recovery
2011-08-09 21:26Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh will return to his country from Saudi Arabia after a recovery period determined by his doctors, the state news agency said on Tuesday.
Libya's rebel takes over London embassy
2011-08-09 21:25Libya's rebel government, the National Transitional Council (NTC), said its diplomats will move into the London embassy previously occupied by the Gadhafi government on Tuesday.
Libya says NATO strike kills dozens of civilians
2011-08-09 21:12Libyan state media said on Tuesday dozens of civilians had been killed in a NATO strike on a village about 150 km (90 miles) east of Tripoli, and the alliance said it was looking into the reports.
50 drown after Comoros boat capsizes
2011-08-09 20:31At least 50 people including children drowned in rough seas when a passenger boat sunk off the Comoros archipelago in the early hours of Tuesday after its engines failed, the country's public prosecutor said.
