LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba has asked a court to rule on…
Rare Egyptian paintings found in museum cellar
Rare paintings by some of Egypt's most renowned artists thought to have belonged to the…
NATO strikes target Gaddafi compound: witnesses
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO launched a number of missile strikes against targets in the Tripoli…
Libya migrants tell IOM boat sank off Tripoli
GENEVA (Reuters) - Traumatised migrants have told the International Organization for Migration (IOM) they saw…
S.African municipal workers suspend planned strike
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African municipal workers have suspended a nationwide strike to demand an…
Chad’s Deby wins re-election in boycotted poll
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad's President Idriss Deby won a presidential election by a landslide, according…
Nigerian Islamist sect rejects amnesty offer
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A radical Islamist sect in remote northeastern Nigeria, blamed for almost…
S.Africa says Wal-Mart could cost thousands of jobs
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Wal-Mart's acquisition of South Africa's Massmart could lead to thousands of job…
No money for union wage demands: S.Africa’s Gordhan
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Monday the government could…
Namibia may limit biofuel crop planting: paper
WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibia may ban large-scale growing of biofuel crops in the fertile Kavango…