Cairo - Lawyers for 11 Egyptian culture ministry officials charged with negligence over the theft of a $55m Van Gogh painting said on Tuesday their clients were scapegoats…
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Special report: Struggles of Somali refugees
Everyday Somalis leave their beleaguered country in search of peace in neighbouring countries. Most of them are camped in Mogadishu Ndogo in Swahili meaning "Little Mogadishu" in neighbouring…
Zimbabweans drinking more beer
Harare - Sales of beer have surged by 50% in Zimbabwe over the past year amid the misery of daily power and water outages and ongoing economic woes.
Baby Lion Cub Live Webcam Launched
The Smithsonian National Zoo has just launched a live webcam of the zoo's four new baby African lion cubs and their mother. The cubs were born during the…
George Soros to Give $100 million to Human Rights Watch
(New York) – George Soros, philanthropist and financier, today announced a challenge grant of $100 million over 10 years to Human Rights Watch. The grant from his Open…
Ghana: $2.1m to train soil scientists
About $2.1 million is being invested over the next five years to train soil scientists for the West African sub-region. The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology…
Guinea poll chief dies
Conakry - A family friend says Guinea's election commission chief has died just days before a scheduled critical election.
Libya sorry for shooting at Italian fishing boat
Libya has apologised to Italy after one of its patrol boats fired machine-gun shots at a Sicilian fishing trawler.
Somaliland Army Drives Out Ethiopian Rebels
Somaliland's deputy minister for foreign affairs and international cooperation said its national army has driven from Somaliland territory Ethiopia's Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels who, he said,…
Chinese man kidnapped in Chad
Khartoum – A Chinese oil worker was kidnapped in Chad, prompting joint Sudanese-Chadian forces to search for him along the border, the Sudanese army said on Wednesday.