Over 8 killed in violence in Egypt's Port Said
2013-01-26 19:14:13
At least eight people, including two policemen, have died in violence that erupted on Saturday in Port Said, northeast of Egypt's capital.
21 gets death penalty for Egypt soccer violence
2013-01-26 17:30:09
An Egyptian court has handed down death sentences for 21 people accused of taking part in soccer violence last year that killed 74.
Is this the last white man left in Mali?
2013-01-26 08:22:51
Seventy-seven-year-old Pedro Ros doesn't care that he may be the only white person left in a Malian city after foreigners fled amid escalating threats from Islamists. And he doesn't care that his embassy is urging him to pack his bags and leave.
Westerners told to leave Benghazi over 'specific, imminent threat'
2013-01-26 07:37:56
Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Australia have all urged their citizens to leave the Libyan city of Benghazi due to a "specific, imminent threat to Westerners", linked to French action in Mali.
Violence flares on anniversary of Egypt unrest
2013-01-26 07:37:56
Hundreds of youths clashed with Egyptian police in Tahrir Square on Friday in a violent start to the second anniversary of the unrest that toppled Hosni Mubarak and led to the election of an Islamist president.
Westerners told to leave Benghazi over 'specific, imminent threat'
2013-01-26 07:37:56
Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Australia have all urged their citizens to leave the Libyan city of Benghazi due to a "specific, imminent threat to Westerners", linked to French action in Mali.
Thousands of crocodiles on the loose after S.Africa floods
2013-01-25 04:30:33
Some 15,000 crocodiles escaped from a South African reptile farm in flood waters this week and were on the loose in and around one of southern Africa's biggest rivers, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
Malian-French forces continue to push north
2013-01-24 14:21:41
The Malian troops and its French allies on Wednesday continued to push north after they regained control over the central towns of Diabaly and Douentza from Islamist militants.
Kenyans protest against poaching of elephants and rhinos
2013-01-23 15:52:20
Kenyans march on a street to protest against poaching of elephants and rhinos, in Nairobi, Kenya, Jan 22, 2013.
Gunmen kill 18 hunters in northeastern Nigeria
2013-01-23 04:02:46
Gunmen suspected to be militants of the Boko Haram sect killed 18 hunters in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, a senior military source told Xinhua on Tuesday.
37 foreigners killed, 5 missing in Algerian hostage crisis
2013-01-22 00:12:06
Algerian Prime Minister said that 37 foreigners from eight countries were killed and another five remain missing in the hostage crisis in a Algerian gas facility.
Senegal starts to send troops to Mali
2013-01-21 10:15:36
A group of some 60 soldiers of the 500 men contingent that Senegal has decided to send to Mali as part of the multinational force of West Africa, left Dakar to Bamako on Sunday, local media reported.