Police have seized 80 cannabis plants from a home in the NSW Blue Mountains and…
Chemotherapy pricing under review
Cancer patients are being promised a major review of chemotherapy pricing and a one-off $30…
Guinea on brink of chaos over long-delayed poll
Failure by Guinea's politicians to reach agreement for a long-delayed legislative poll is stirring up…
William Hague opens new British embassy in Somalia
Foreign Secretary William Hague has opened a new British embassy in Mogadishu - the first…
Brazil’s Santos Cruz to head UN’s DR Congo mission
The UN has appointed a Brazilian general credited with bringing a Haiti slum under control…
Nigerian senator says 228 killed in gunfight with Islamists
A gunbattle between security forces and Islamist insurgents in Nigeria a week ago killed 228…
Former Madagascar president Ratsiraka to contest July election
Madagascar's former president Didier Ratsiraka will contest national elections in July in a bid to…
Sudan ‘harbouring warlord Kony’
Washington - Sudan appears to be providing shelter to Joseph Kony, one of the world's…
Ghanaians ban ‘spirit child’ killing
Local leaders in northern Ghana have announced the abolition of the ritual killing of babies…
French Islamist captured ‘after fighting’ in Mali
A French Islamic convert who threatened his home country has been captured in northern Mali,…