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Somalis who took SA sailors face trial
The Hague - Five Somalis suspected of having abducted two South Africans from their yacht…
Red sea shark scares tourists away
Sharm el-Sheikh - Beaches were almost deserted at Egypt's luxury Red Sea resort of Sharm…
Gambia intelligence agents sentenced
Banjul - A Gambian court on Tuesday sentenced six former National Intelligence Agency operatives to…
Boko Haram, Nigeria cops in shoot-out
Maiduguri - Authorities say a shootout between suspected members of a radical Muslim sect and…
Split of Sudan now unavoidable – Egypt
Cairo - Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit of Egypt, an advocate of Sudanese unity, said…
Egypt killed wrong sharks
Cairo - Conservation workers in Eygpt caught and killed the wrong sharks after attacks on…
Libya risked nuclear disaster
London - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was prepared to leave highly enriched uranium potentially unprotected…
Ivory Coast: Two presidents sworn in
Abidjan - The two candidates in Ivory Coast's disputed presidential election took dueling oaths of…
German dies in Sharm resort shark attack
Cairo - A shark mauled to death a German woman tourist snorkelling off Sharm el-Sheikh…