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.
UN to withdraw peacekeeping force in Sudan
2011-07-12 06:41The UN Security Council Monday unanimously adopted a resolution to withdraw the UN peacekeeping force in Sudan effective July 11.
Ethiopia says 4.5 million people need food aid
2011-07-11 20:19A government official says an estimated 4.5 million Ethiopians are in need of food assistance, an increase of 40 percent.
Libyan rebels must talk to Gadhafi-Paris
2011-07-11 11:00France's defence minister said it was time for Libya's rebels to negotiate with Muammar Gadhafi's government.
Israel recognises South Sudan, offers economic aid
2011-07-10 17:34Israel recognised South Sudan on Sunday, offering the new state economic help after it seceded from the mainly Arab Muslim north, which has no relations with the Jewish state.
Obama grants US recognition of S Sudan
2011-07-09 22:05US President Barack Obama granted US recognition of South Sudan as an independent state after it formally seceded from the north on Saturday.
Bashir calls for positive ties with S Sudan
2011-07-09 21:59Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said Khartoum recognized South Sudan after the African country declared its independence on Saturday, asserting "the will of the people of the south must be respected."
Sudan president congratulates independent south
2011-07-09 21:18Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir congratulated South Sudan on its independence on Saturday.
South Sudan declares independence
2011-07-09 20:42The Republic of South Sudan declared independence Saturday, waiting to be recognized as the 193rd member of the United Nations.
S Sudan marks independence with drums, fireworks
2011-07-09 09:35Thousands of South Sudanese danced in the streets on Saturday to mark their long-awaited independence, a hard-won separation from the north that also plunged the fractured region into a new period of uncertainty.
127 killed in DR Congo plane crash
2011-07-09 07:36An airliner ploughed into dense forest as it tried to land during a rainstorm in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, killing 127 people on board, the Congolese transport ministry said.
Sudan recognises independent South Sudan
2011-07-08 21:56Sudan officially recognised the independence of South Sudan on Friday, a government minister announced.
Somalia's refugee situation expected to worsen
2011-07-08 13:34The plight of Somali refugees fleeing the anarchic country is expected to worsen this year as they face possible famine and shortages in clean drinking water, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) said Thursday.
