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Protesters burn library in southeastern S.Africa
Protesters have torched a library in an impoverished area of South Africa in what began as a march to call for more jobs.
updated: 0 minutes ago

Fire at South African orphanage kills 13 children
A South African official says 13 children are dead after a fire tore through an orphanage early Tuesday.
updated: 2 hours, 35 minutes ago

Nigeria: Lawmakers empower vice president
Parliament empowered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday to take over for the ill president of oil-rich Nigeria, whose absence has stoked unrest in Africa's most populous country.
updated: Feb 9th - 8:13am

Zimbabwean law to require black business ownership
White businesspeople in Zimbabwe who don't cede control of their companies to black partners could face jail under a law going into effect next month.
updated: Feb 9th - 7:22am

Nigerian Christians count dead after Jos violence
A Christian group says 20 of its members died and another 56 remain missing after religious and political violence that consumed central Nigeria last month.
updated: Feb 8th - 8:55am

Delays plague Somali offensive against Islamists
Top Somali officials are threatening to begin a military offensive against Islamist insurgents but critics _ some of them demoralized soldiers _ say a lack of equipment, funds and training put any ultimate success into doubt.
updated: Feb 7th - 10:52am

Nigerian militants claim attack on Shell pipeline
A Nigerian militant group claims to have attacked an oil pipeline operated by Royal Dutch Shell PLC in the Niger Delta but oil company officials could not confirm the attack.
updated: Feb 7th - 10:11am

S.African president expresses regret over affair
South Africa's polygamist president has apologized to the nation after being criticized for having an extramarital affair that resulted in a daughter born in October.
updated: Feb 7th - 4:53am

One by one, rebels desert from army in Congo
The young man had been fighting in the rebel movement for 11 years when a piece of paper fell from the sky and fluttered down onto the jungle floor.
updated: Feb 7th - 12:00am

Danish forces free ship captured by pirates
Danish special forces disrupted the takeover by pirates of a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden on Friday, in a maneuver rarely undertaken by NATO warships, a naval spokesman said.
updated: Feb 5th - 1:03pm

President's love child hits a nerve in SAfrica
Confirmation that President Jacob Zuma, who has three wives and a fiancee, has fathered a child with yet another woman has prompted jokes in South Africa's media but has also hit a nerve in a country hardest hit by the virus that causes AIDS.
updated: Feb 5th - 10:46am

Zimbabwe's civil servants strike for higher pay
Zimbabwe's civil servants are on strike after the government refused to meet their salary demands.
updated: Feb 5th - 9:04am

Man blamed for Guinea massacre: Ready for trial
The man who tried to assassinate Guinea's now-exiled junta leader and has been blamed for a September massacre says he's ready to face international justice.
updated: Feb 5th - 8:07am

Mandela celebrates 20 years of freedom
Nelson Mandela, fellow veterans of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle and family have raised glasses of bubbly to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his release from prison.
updated: Feb 4th - 5:11pm

African body: Kenya illegally evicted group
A global group says a key African human rights body has determined Kenya illegally evicted an indigenous population to make way for a wildlife reserve.
updated: Feb 4th - 11:31am

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