Pirates have hijacked an Italian diesel tanker off Benin in western Africa in an attack…
Africa
Sudan launches a new currency, following South Sudan
Sudan has officially introduced a new currency.
UN holds talks on East Africa crisis
Rome - A catastrophic drought in the Horn of Africa demands "massive and urgent" action…
11 killed in Burkina Faso road accident
Ouagadougou - A highway accident involving two buses and a freight truck in Burkina Faso…
MUTHARIKA SACKS ARMY CHIEF OVER RIOTS
LILONGWE–Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika has fired the country’s military chief, General Marko Chiziko, state…
Militants assault MP, journalist
Harare - Supporters of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's party beat up a lawmaker and a journalist…
Pirates seize Italian ship near Guinea
Rome - Three pirates boarded and seized an Italian merchant ship carrying fuel in the…
North Sudan also launches new currency
Khartoum - Sudan will start circulating its new currency on Sunday, the central bank said,…
Somalis abduct new women minister
Mogadishu - Al-Qaeda-inspired insurgents in Somalia on Thursday abducted and detained a newly appointed woman…
Swaziland AIDS activists march for drugs
About 100 Swazi AIDS activists Thursday marched to the finance ministry to demand that the kingdom not…