Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom to be released in China

2014-07-10 09:41:13

The film Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, will be released in China on July 18 to celebrate the International Nelson Mandela Day of 2014, said the film producer Anant Singh on Wednesday.

Egypt court sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader to life in prison

2014-07-05 18:55:51

An Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 36 others to life in prison on Saturday, state-owned news agency MENA reported.

Aid groups raise fresh S. Sudan famine warning

2014-07-04 08:41:05

Famine will break out in war-torn South Sudan within weeks unless massive funding for food aid is provided, aid agencies warned on Thursday.

W. Africa in crisis talks as virus spreads

2014-07-03 07:42:44

Health ministers from across Western Africa were scheduled to meet on Wednesday to plan "drastic action" against the deadliest ever Ebola epidemic as dozens of new cases continue to emerge.

4 dead after cargo plane crashes in Kenya capital

2014-07-02 17:50:16

Four people were killed when a cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff at the international airport in the Kenyan capital.

Egypt sentences three Jazeera journalists to 7 yrs

2014-06-24 09:47:00

An Egyptian court sentenced three Al Jazeera journalists from seven to ten years over charges for aiding the currently blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood.

183 Morsi supporters get death sentences

2014-06-21 18:30:59

An Egyptian court upheld on Saturday death sentences for 183 supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi.

Medical charity decries high death rate in S Sudan

2014-06-20 20:10:35

International medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said Friday the displaced people in South Sudan are dying of preventable diseases at an alarming rate at the UN base in Bentiu.

Islamist militants kill 8 more on Kenyan coast

2014-06-17 17:11:08

Somali-linked Islamist militants killed at least eight people in a second night of attacks on Kenya's coast, a day after an assault on nearby Mpeketoni town left almost 50 dead.

Extremists kill 48 Kenyans in rampage against non-Muslims

2014-06-17 08:07:01

Dozens of extremists attacked a Kenyan coastal town for hours, killing those who couldn't answer questions about Islam and those who didn't know the Somali language, officials and witnesses said on Monday. At least 48 people were killed and two hotels were set on fire.

Al-Shabaab claims deadly attack in Kenya coastal town

2014-06-17 09:51:44

The radical Islamist group of Al- Shabaab on Monday claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the Kenyan coastal town of Mpeketoni that left dozens killed or injured.

At least 25 killed in Nigeria market attack

2014-06-16 19:58:35

At least 25 traders have been killed in an attack at a local market 30 km away from the scene of the mid-April abduction of more than 200 school girls in Nigeria's restive northeastern state of Borno.