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.
Egyptian crews overpower Somali pirates, kill 2
2009-08-14 16:42A Somali pirate says the crews of two Egyptian fishing boats being held by pirates overpowered their captors, killing two of them, and escaped.
Lockerbie bomber to be freed from jail
2009-08-13 06:43A former Libyan agent convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing is to be released from a Scottish prison on compassionate grounds, Britain's Sky News reported on Wednesday.
For Africa's poor, oil has been no gift
2009-08-12 11:39Nigeria and Angola are Africa's top two oil producers, yet most of their people live in wretched poverty, often in shanties dwarfed by fire-belching derricks.
China, US have nothing to fear from each other in Africa
2009-08-11 09:51Chinese analysts say Africa doesn't represent a "zero-sum" game between US and China interests, but a win-win opportunity for both.
Clinton seeks better ties with oil giant Angola
2009-08-10 09:36US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will seek on her current visit to Angola to boost opportunities for US business in the oil producer, widely seen as an emerging economic power house in Africa.
French embassy targeted in Mauritania attack
2009-08-09 11:16A suicide bomber blew himself up and wounded two guards outside the French embassy in Mauritania's capital on Saturday, a French embassy source said.
Making a meal out of mice in Malawi
2009-08-09 10:27Cooked, salted or dried, field mice strung on sticks are sold as a popular delicacy in Malawi markets and roadside stalls.
Hillary Clinton visits Nelson Mandela
2009-08-07 22:10United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela at his office in Houghton, Johannesburg on Friday afternoon, said the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Algerian-Chinese clash an isolated case: Ambassador
2009-08-07 16:16A recent brawl between some local Algerians and some Chinese in Algiers was an isolated public security case that must be resolved according to law, the Chinese ambassador to Algeria said.
Chinese-Algerian clash an isolated incident: Embassy
2009-08-06 08:50The recent clash between local Algerians and Chinese businessmen in the capital Algiers was an isolated security issue, the Chinese embassy said Tuesday.
More than 10 Chinese injured in clash with Algerians
2009-08-05 18:29"With China's growing economic cooperation with developing countries, occurrences of this kind can not be prevented completely, [but] we [can] only understand each other better through constant communication," said Dong Manyuan, director of Department of Global Strategy from China Institute of International Studies.
He also said Chinese merchants and companies should do business according to law and respect the local ethnic and religious customs.
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'Business owners being targeted in South Africa'
2009-08-05 09:07Police in South Africa have arrested suspects after the slaying of a Chinese man.
