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.
CNPC expands Sudan refinery, swaps assets
2009-11-20 16:38China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China's biggest oil and gas producer, has signed agreements with Sudan to expand a refinery and swap oil production assets.
Plane misses runway in east Congo, landing in lava
2009-11-20 00:28A passenger plane overshot the runway Thursday, landing in hardened lava surrounding an airport in eastern Congo and injuring 20 people, a UN-run radio station reported.
US ship thwarts second pirate attack
2009-11-19 00:31Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the US-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device.
Cattle raid kills 47 in south Sudan
2009-11-18 22:39A tribal cattle raid this week left 47 dead in south Sudan, an army spokesman said, the latest in a cycle of fatal clashes between pastoralists.
Greater efforts needed on land to fight piracy off Somali coast: UN chief
2009-11-18 02:26The Somali government and the African Union force in the Horn of Africa country need more help on land to fight piracy in the waters, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report released here Tuesday.
Pirates free Spanish ship, seize chemical tanker
2009-11-18 01:38Pirates freed 36 crew members from a Spanish trawler Tuesday, and a self-proclaimed pirate said the hostage-takers were paid $3.3 million in ransom.
African immigrants drift toward Latin America
2009-11-16 10:25Stowed away on cargo ships and unsure where their dangerous journeys will take them, increasing numbers of African immigrants are arriving in Latin America as European countries tighten border controls.
French navy captures 12 pirates off Somalia
2009-11-14 02:27The French navy seized three boats off Somalia's coast and detained 12 suspected pirates while seizing an arsenal including assault rifles and rocket launchers, the government said Friday.
Angola reports heavy casualties in road accident
2009-11-12 22:37More than 30 people were killed in a road accident and dozens of others injured in northern Angola, the country's national radio reported on Thursday.
Scientists: New dinosaur species found in SAfrica
2009-11-12 17:47A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200 million years ago may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land, scientists in South Africa said Wednesday.
34 illegal immigrants arrested on Mauritania-Morocco border
2009-11-12 16:07A total of 34 illegal immigrants were arrested on Wednesday by the Mauritanian police at the Mauritanian-Moroccan border, security sources said.
UAE denies reports on Somali pirates' abduction of vessel
2009-11-12 05:48The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has denied media reports saying Somali pirates have hijacked a UAE- flagged ship, the state-run news agency WAM reported Wednesday.
