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.
11 killed in stampede at Morocco concert
2009-05-24 20:09Thousands of spectators stampeded out of a concert in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, causing a fence to collapse, the country's official MAP news agency said Sunday. Eleven people were killed and about 30 injured.
WHO testing for 1st African H1N1 case in Congo
2009-05-22 23:40The World Health Organisation is testing two suspected cases of H1N1 flu in Democratic Republic of Congo, the WHO's representative in the central African country said on Friday.
Egyptian president's 12-year-old grandson dies
2009-05-20 09:25Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's grandson died abruptly, the president's office said Tuesday, declining to give a cause of the 12-year-old boy's sudden death.
China tips Africa water-storage know-how
2009-05-15 21:55A Chinese expert said Friday he hoped more African countries could tackle water shortages in the future with the help from China.
Demand for skin hurts croc numbers
2009-05-15 09:55Business is booming at Ismail Dauda's crocodile tannery in northern Nigeria, but environmentalists fear soaring demand for skins could be driving the reptiles to extinction.
Nigerian militants claim ship hijack, 15 kidnapped
2009-05-14 22:43Nigerian militant group confirmed on Thursday that one of its affiliate groups has abducted a vessel in the Niger Delta, southeast Nigeria, and kidnapped about 15 foreigners.
US Navy detains 17 suspected pirates
2009-05-14 22:01The US Navy says 17 suspected pirates have been apprehended after an attack on an Egyptian ship in the Gulf of Aden.
UN: 5,900 languages risk extinction
2009-05-14 11:52The United Nations (UN) said Tuesday that 5,900 languages worldwide may become extinct before the end of the 21st century if measures to protect them are not introduced, the News Agency of Nigeria reported Tuesday.
'Green pyramid' found in Egypt
2009-05-13 09:40An Egyptian merchant displays his watermelons that piled into the shape of a pyramid in the major melon market in Cairo, Egypt, May 9, 2009.
Zuma sworn in as South African president
2009-05-09 21:06Jacob Zuma was officially sworn in as South Africa's fourth president at about 11: 20 a.m. on Saturday when he took the oath of office at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
Festimode Fashion Show in Casablanca
2009-05-08 15:36A model displays a creation by Spanish designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada during Festimode Fashion Show in Casablanca May 7, 2009.
Parliament elects Zuma president
2009-05-07 07:41South Africa's parliament elected Jacob Zuma as president yesterday, celebrating with cheers the astonishing rise of a self-educated teenage goatherd who transformed himself into the charismatic leader of Africa's economic powerhouse.
