CAIRO (Reuters) - Radioactive material has been stolen from a nuclear power station on Egypt's Mediterranean…
Ravalomanana to return to Madagascar: statement
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former Madagascar leader Marc Ravalomanana will return to the Indian Ocean island "imminently",…
Rebels attack more towns in northern Mali
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Nomadic Tuareg rebels backed by former soldiers from Libya stepped up attacks on…
Pakistan delays US envoy Marc Grossman’s visit
Pakistan has postponed a visit by US Special Envoy Marc Grossman until a parliamentary review…
‘Path open’ for North Korea talks, neighbours say
A "path is open" for a return to stalled nuclear talks with North Korea, officials…
Activists and Japanese whalers clash at sea
Three activists says they have cuts and bruises after clashing with a Japanese whaling ship…
First oil well drilled in war-ravaged Somalia for 20 years
Drilling has begun on the first oil well in war-torn Somalia in 20 years, as…
480 homeless after heavy rains in Mozambique
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Nearly 500 people were flooded out of their homes in Mozambique's capital after…
Malawi gang ‘stripped women in trousers’
Malawi's police have arrested a gang that had been terrorising trouser-wearing women in the capital Lilongwe by…
Ethiopia says four kidnapped in Afar tourist attack
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Four people, including two foreign tourists were kidnapped by gunmen who killed…