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Excited cheetah grazes face of Botswana president
An overexcited cheetah jumped up from behind a fence and scratched the face of Botswana's President Ian Khama, causing minor injuries, the southern ...
Adichie focuses on Nigeria's present for new novel
The traffic is there, grinding life to a halt as the middle class pound out messages on BlackBerry mobile phones and worry about Facebook. The heat, ...
Watchdog: 5 sailors kidnapped off Nigeria coast
An anti-piracy watchdog says five sailors have been kidnapped off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta. The International Maritime Bureau ...
Gunmen surround Libya Foreign Ministry
Libya's prime minister warned of a perilous security situation Sunday after armed men stormed the Interior Ministry and a state-owned television ...
Egypt president, judges compromising on reform law
The Egyptian president's office indicated Sunday a compromise has been reached with the judiciary to defuse an uproar over a proposed law that would ...
Mini-stroke could limit Algeria president ambition
The mini-stroke suffered by Algeria's president has cast fresh doubt on his perceived ambition to run for a fourth term next year as leader of one of ...
Egypt court turns down Mubarak's release request
Egypt's state news agency says a court has turned down deposed President Hosni Mubarak's request to be released from prison during an investigation ...
Lonely year for French president at time of crisis
The sounds of raucous protest echo in the Presidential Palace, unemployment is rising to levels not seen in over a decade, and his country's economy ...
Report: Algeria's president has mini-stroke
Algeria's president was hospitalized Saturday after having a mini-stroke without serious complications, the state news agency said.
Egypt opposition files court case to reveal budget
Several Egyptian opposition parties and civil society groups filed a lawsuit on Saturday to try to force the government to disclose the upcoming ...
Jews ease back into Tunisia for famed pilgrimage
Under a bright Mediterranean sun Saturday, Jews whose forebears once thronged Tunisia are trekking to a celebrated synagogue under the protection of ...
Ethiopia flies first Dreamliner since grounding
A Boeing 787 operated by Ethiopian Airlines flew from Ethiopia to Kenya's capital Saturday, the first commercial flight since air safety authorities ...
Gunmen kill 10 Iraqi security forces in 2 attacks
Gunmen killed 10 people in Iraq, including five soldiers near the main Sunni protest camp west of Baghdad, the latest in a wave of violence that has ...
Bomb hits Libya police station in Benghazi
An explosion hit a police station in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi on Saturday, a day after militants killed a pro-government militiaman in an ...
Group: Sudan army supporting fugitive warlord Kony
The fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony recently found safe haven in territory controlled by Sudan, a watchdog group said Friday, accusing the ...
Red line: Obama cautious on Syria chemical weapons
Proceeding cautiously, President Barack Obama insisted on Friday that any use of chemical weapons by Syria would change his "calculus" about U.S.
Muslim-Christian relationship fuels row in Egypt
An alleged romance between an Egyptian Muslim college student and a Coptic Christian man heightened sectarian tension on Friday in a small rural ...
French defense minister visits northern Mali
France's defense minister reaffirmed Friday that his country will keep 1,000 troops in Mali to fight radical Islamic militants even after the arrival ...
American jihadi in Somalia tweets on kill attempt
A most-wanted American jihadi in Somalia said Friday that the leader of Islamic extremist rebels in Somali was starting a civil war, just hours after ...
Draining cash, Egypt on $30 billion search for aid
During a meeting in a Black Sea resort city, Egypt's president and members of his government turned to Russian President Vladimir Putin and asked for ...
US has a range of military options in Syria
U.S. commanders have laid out a range of possible options for military involvement in Syria, but they have made it clear that any action would likely ...
Egypt's rights group decries draft NGO law
A leading Egyptian human rights group on Thursday denounced a draft law prepared by the country's Islamist government to grant licenses and monitor ...
South African aviator dies
Laurie Kay, a South African pilot best known for flying a Boeing 747 passenger jet low over a Johannesburg stadium before the final of the 1995 Rugby ...
Central African Republic elephant poaching rises
Elephant meat is flooding food markets in villages near a famed wildlife reserve in Central African Republic one month after rebels believed to be ...
UN approves peacekeeping force for Mali
The Security Council unanimously approved a new U.N. peacekeeping force for Mali on Thursday to help restore democracy and stabilize the northern half ...