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.
South Africa's Manuel to be nominated for IMF-report
2011-06-10 16:26South Africa is set formally to nominate former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel for Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund on Friday, magazine Emerging Markets reported.
Western, Arab talks to focus on Libya 'end-game'
2011-06-09 13:17Western and Arab nations meet in Abu Dhabi on Thursday to focus on what one US official called the "end-game" for Libya's Muammar Gaddafi as NATO once again stepped up the intensity of its air raids on Tripoli.
Gadhafi strikes Libya rebels, NATO pounds Tripoli
2011-06-09 06:55Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi lashed back with renewed shelling of the western city of Misrata Wednesday, killing 10 rebel fighters.
Libyan leader Gadhafi vows to fight until death
2011-06-08 01:04Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi defiantly vowed to fight to the death in an audio recording broadcast Tuesday after NATO military craft unleashed a ferocious series of nearly 30 daytime airstrikes on Tripoli.
UN Security Council reaffirms support for extension of UNMIS
2010-04-28 05:53The UN Security Council on Tuesday voiced their support to the extension of the mandate on the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), in particular to the mission's assistance in the recent Sudanese general elections.
WFP suspends Somali humanitarian operations
2010-01-06 05:51Due to rising security threats and attacks in southern Somalia, the World Food Program (WFP) has been forced to temporarily suspend much of its humanitarian operations, a UN spokesperson said here on Tuesday.
DR Congo: 10 students died of unknown disease
2009-12-02 17:15Ten students at Maikazo Institute in Tshopo district in Kisangani, the main town in Orientale province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), died in one week from an unknown disease, with meningitis-like symptoms, the Congolese radio reported on Tuesday.
Somali pirates hijack $20M of oil going to US
2009-12-01 09:59Crews on oil tankers aren't allowed to smoke above deck, much less carry guns, for fear of igniting the ship's payload. That's one of the main reasons Somali pirates met little resistance when they hijacked a U.S.-bound supertanker carrying $20 million in crude.
UN demands for more to help African women access HIV treatment
2009-11-30 22:14A senior United Nations (UN) official said here Monday that more needs to be done to ensure that women and girls across sub-Saharan Africa access comprehensive HIV prevention, care and support.
10,000 E. African albinos in hiding after killings
2009-11-29 09:57The mistaken belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of Africa's albinos into hiding, fearful of losing their lives and limbs to unscrupulous dealers who can make up to $75,000 selling a complete dismembered set.
Journalists kidnapped in Somalia released: MP
2009-11-26 02:23Two freelance journalists kidnapped in Somalia in August 2008 were freed on Wednesday, and are in a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, a Somali member of parliament and hotel sources said.
At least 400 pipelines vandalized in Niger Delta: official
2009-11-23 18:49More than 400 pipelines have been destroyed in Nigeria's oil rich Niger Delta region in the last two years, the Lagos-based Vanguard newspaper reported on Monday.
