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.
Somali journalist killed in Mogadishu
2009-06-07 16:57The director of Somalia's Shabelle radio network was gunned down in Mogadishu Sunday, one of his colleagues who was also wounded in the attack told AFP.
Illegal miners blamed for fatal fire in S.Africa
2009-06-06 20:23South African mining group Harmony Gold suspended 122 workers on suspicion of helping miners at a disused mine where a fire killed at least 76 people this week, the SAPA news agency reported.
Guinea-Bissau presidential candidate assassinated
2009-06-05 20:48Armed men wearing military uniforms burst into the home of a candidate in Guinea-Bissau's upcoming presidential election and shot him to death, officials and family said Friday.
South African President Zuma to serve two terms - union
2009-06-05 14:30New South African President Jacob Zuma will serve more than one term despite having previously said he planned to step down after five years, a union ally said on Friday.
Somali refugees wait for aid on Kenyan border
2009-06-03 22:45Weeks of intense fighting in Somalia has driven tens of thousands of people fom their homes, swelling camps on the Kenyan border that are already the largest and oldest in the world, sheltering more than 270,000 Somali refugees.
Egypt reports first A(H1N1) flu case
2009-06-02 23:53Egypt has reported its first influenza H1N1 case, the Egyptian Nile television reported in its Arabic channel on Tuesday
DNA test to discover Tutankhamun's parentage
2009-06-02 11:40Egyptian researchers are using DNA tests to discover the lineage of pharaoh king Tutankhamun, whose ancestry remains a mystery to Egyptologists, antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said on Monday.
Obama says US cannot impose its values
2009-06-02 09:53The United States can be a "role model" to the Muslim world, President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Tuesday.
Elephant dies in drought-stricken Mali
2009-06-01 22:18The corpse of an elephant that died from thirst lies in the mud of the dried up Lake Banzena in the drought stricken Gourma region of southern Mali, May 24, 2009.
Pirates' glossy lives win admirers in Somalia
2009-06-01 17:20An extravagant convoy of forty 4x4s and four motorbikes escort a young bride to her nuptials at a sandy beach in the Somali village of Hobyo and are used to light up the twilight celebration...
Family axes wedding plans, Egyptian cuts off penis
2009-06-01 10:20A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his own penis to spite his family after he was refused permission to marry a girl from a lower class family, police reported Sunday.
Guinea-Bissau first head of state dies
2009-05-31 09:53The first head of state of Guinea-Bissau, Luis Almeida Cabral, passed away Saturday evening in Portugal, according to a statement by the Guinea-Bissau National Assembly.
