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AP PHOTOS: Egypt's Sufis thrive despite attacks
Egypt's Sufi Muslims say their places of worship are under threat by rising radicalism, as shrines sacred to them are coming under attack by Islamist ...
SAfrica's Mandela remains in hospital for 7th day
Schoolchildren in Nelson Mandela's home village are singing songs in his honor and others are leaving balloons and well wishes outside the hospital ...
Bolt runs track record 19.79 over 200 at Bislett
Piqued by suggestions of a possible decline, Usain Bolt responded with a blistering season debut at 200 meters and a new track record at the Bislett ...
South Africa president: Mandela is improving
Nelson Mandela's health is improving but the 94-year-old beloved anti-apartheid hero remains in serious condition, South Africa's president said ...
Van der Walt leads Saint-Omer Open
Tjaart Van der Walt of South Africa made five birdies and a bogey to card a 4-under 67 and lead by one stroke after the first round of the Saint-Omer ...
Zimbabwe president says elections set for July 31
Zimbabwe's president officially announced Thursday that elections will go ahead next month despite opposition from the prime minister, setting the ...
Egypt president's backers, opponents scuffle
Scuffles between supporters and opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi have injured up to 16 in the northern port city of Alexandria.
Ethiopia ratifies Nile accord opposed by Egypt
Ethiopia's parliament on Thursday ratified an accord that replaces colonial-era deals that awarded Egypt and Sudan the majority of the world's longest ...
Yugoslav and Rwanda courts won't meet UN deadline
The presidents of the U.N. tribunals prosecuting alleged war criminals from the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and key figures in the 1994 Rwanda ...
Tunisia imprisons 3 European topless activists
A Tunisian court on Wednesday convicted three European feminist activists who staged a topless courthouse protest last month, sentencing them to four ...
Egypt Islamists call for counter-demonstrations
Egyptian Islamist groups called Wednesday for demonstrations to counter this month's planned opposition protest campaign against the rule of the ...
Top military leader disputes diplomat on Benghazi
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday that four members of Army special forces in Tripoli were never told to stand down after last ...
Zimbabwe PM won't agree to July elections
Zimbabwe's prime minister said Wednesday that he won't agree to hold elections in July after President Robert Mugabe said he would go ahead with the ...
Main Tuareg rebel group says ready to sign accord
The Tuareg rebel group occupying a part of northern Mali says it is ready to accept a proposed agreement with the government, a positive sign that ...
SAfrica: Mandela 'responding better to treatment'
Former President Nelson Mandela began responding better to treatment Wednesday morning for a recurring lung infection following "a difficult last few ...
Vigilantes target extremists in northeast Nigeria
Young men armed with machetes and sticks have entered the streets of Nigeria's biggest city in the northeast to target suspected Islamic extremists, ...
South Africa disciplines 93 soldiers on UN mission
South African's defense minister says 93 of its soldiers are being disciplined for offenses committed during a United Nations mission in Congo and ...
Algeria: president had full stroke, but recovering
Algeria's president had a full stroke, not a mini-stroke as originally reported, but he is recovering with the help of physical therapy, his office ...
Mali manual suggests al-Qaida has feared weapon
The photocopies of the manual lay in heaps on the floor, in stacks that scaled one wall, like Xeroxed, stapled handouts for a class. Except that the ...
Egypt's opposition rejects call for unity talks
Egypt's largest opposition group on Tuesday rejected calls by the president for national reconciliation talks as "too late" as pro and anti-government ...
Libya army chief vows end to militias this year
Libya's interim army chief of staff insisted Tuesday that militias will have to lay down their arms or join the military by year's end after 31 people ...
Mandela daughters visit ill father in hospital
Doctors are doing all they can to improve Nelson Mandela's health as the 94-year-old icon spent a fourth day in the hospital for a recurring lung ...
Court says case against Gbagbo can go ahead
International Criminal Court judges say the crimes against humanity case against former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo can go ahead because he ...