WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global food prices held near three-year highs in July and stocks were low,…
Benin seeks planes, boats to fight W. Africa pirates
DAKAR (Reuters) - Benin is seeking to buy planes and patrol boats to fight a rise…
Turkey to raise Africa profile with Somalia engagement
ANKARA (Reuters) - A summit of Islamic countries on the famine in Somalia on Wednesday will…
Eritrea’s president in Uganda for security talks
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Eritrea's diplomatically isolated president, accused by the West of stoking Somalia's Islamist rebellion,…
Doctors, children flee hospital in Mogadishu fighting
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist al Shabaab rebels fought Somali government troops and African Union peacekeepers in…
Somali pirates free Maltese bulk carrier
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates have freed a Maltese owned and registered bulk carrier after the…
Judge ends TV cover of Mubarak case, angering opponents
CAIRO (Reuters) - The judge presiding over the trial of Hosni Mubarak on Monday ordered TV…
Mozambique offers Brazilian farmers land to plant
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Mozambique invites Brazilian soy, corn and cotton growers to plant on its…
Dutch free Libyan funds to pay for medicine
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government agreed on Monday to release 100 million euros in funds…
Egypt liberals launch coalition to counter Islamists
CAIRO (Reuters) - Liberal political groups and a traditional Islamist party on Monday launched a coalition,…