senegal, africa,...

MADRID — A Spanish aid worker kidnapped late last year in Mauritania by suspected Islamic militants was freed Wednesday but two colleagues remain in captivity, the Spanish government said. ...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JOHANNESBURG -- A British newspaper's interview quoting Nelson Mandela's ex-wife bitterly criticizing the anti-apartheid icon has prompted outraged headlines in South Africa. ...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JOHANNESBURG -- South Africa's governing party says a leading member didn't mean it literally when he sang about killing whites. African National Congress Youth League leader...

PETALING JAYA: Three African men were detained for investigation on an attempted rape on a private college student at a house in the Flora Apartments in Damansara,...

New York Times examines development and health improvements in Sauri, Kenya, which was the first Millennium Village in Africa, a project conceived by economist Jeffrey Sachs, which aims "to show that...

"A heating device that uses radio frequency energy to heat parasites and kill them could provide a new way to treat ... cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, military...

Sporadic shooting rang out overnight in the central Nigerian city of Jos, and witnesses said at least one person was killed by soldiers enforcing a curfew days after attacks on three nearby Christian...

Harrowing pictures of the dead have appeared in the media. Dogo Nahawa, a mainly Christian village about 5km south of Jos, was one of the settlements attacked by Islamist fanatics, apparently as a...

BOSASSO, 10 March 2010 (IRIN) - Abdullahi Aden Ali, 32, arrived in Bosasso, commercial capital of the autonomous region of Puntland, 10 years ago from southern Somalia. His aim, like that of...

Pope Benedict XVI denounced the "atrocious" bloodshed in Nigeria on Wednesday after a massacre of Christian villagers, as police said 49 people would be charged over the killings. As new...

Tripoli/Washington - Libya announced Wednesday that it accepted the apology issued by a US official for remarks he had earlier made about Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi's call for jihad against...

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya signalled the end of a diplomatic row with the United States on Wednesday, saying it accepted an apology for acerbic comments made by a U.S. official and wanted to deepen...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African township residents barricaded roads in Soweto on Wednesday, the latest in a series of protests over living conditions that have hit the country less than 100...

Back to top Umpires: N A Malcolm, S J A Taufel, R S Mahanama, C E Mack West Indies: Gayle (C), Barath, Chanderpaul, Deonarine, DJ Bravo, Pollard, Ramdin (W), Sammy, Miller, Rampaul, Roach ...

A Spanish woman kidnapped in West Africa last year has been freed, the Spanish government says.There are unconfirmed reports that an Italian woman held by the same group has also been released....

The Nigerian Football Federation has confirmed four pre-World Cup friendly matches for the Super Eagles. The NFF says the team will play against North Korea, Paraguay, Colombia and Ukraine on dates...

(Reuters) - International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Wednesday he agreed with "most points" of South Africa's economic policy, including inflation...

(Reuters) - Niger needs $123 million in international aid to combat the risk of food shortages this year, the northwest African country's prime minister said on...

1 / 10 Residents from Oukasie outside Brits, a township 30 miles from Pretoria, protest over poor service delivery in the area. With only 93 days to go before the start of the 2010 World Cup, people...

Nelson Mandela 's ex-wife bitterly criticizing the anti-apartheid icon has prompted outraged headlines in South Africa. In Tuesday's Evening Standard, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is quoted as saying...

South Africa's governing party says a leading member didn't mean it literally when he sang about killing whites. African National Congress Youth League leader Julius Malema is often in the news for...

The low number of African Americans in the accounting profession is discouraging, and that number might even be declining despite the best efforts of hiring firms. In 2007 and 2008, 22 percent of...

As far as the oil and gas industry is concerned, few places on Earth present as much opportunity as West Africa. The list of Houston drillers, operators and service companies with a presence in West...

Bukalasi — Rose Nakhayetse is lucky to be alive, but her ordeal is far from over. Having narrowly escaped last week's deadly landslides in eastern Uganda, she and thousands of others are facing...

Dakar — A polio vaccination campaign in the violence-wracked central Nigerian city of Jos has been delayed until 13 March due to the violence and an on-going health worker strike, aid workers...

Johannesburg — THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) central committee has said the "centre" in the Presidency is not holding and blamed this on the inept coterie of people...

Pretoria — The Trade Conditions Survey for February continued on its improved trait rising to 54 points. The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) on Wednesday said the Trade...

editorial THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, last week launched the final phases of a transformation that would make it more transparent, more accountable, and ultimately a provider of...

ACTING President Goodluck Jonathan, in an apparent move to consolidate his position, has requested the Senate to give approval to appoint five special advisers. No names were given in the letter...

Yenagoa — Attempts to contain the spread of the outbreak of measles ravaging some communities in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State may have suffered a setback, as no fewer...

Luanda — The Angolan Parliament speaker, Paulo Kassoma, Tuesday in Lisbon, Portugal, acknowledged that strengthened cooperation among the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP)...

With recovery getting under way, Africa should now address longer term challenges to the continent's future, including governance issues and climate change, to be able to press ahead with the...

MAPUTO (Reuters) - Flooding in Mozambique killed two people and displaced hundreds of families, prompting the government to step up rescue operations and issue a red alert for some...

(AP) — VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI has appealed for an end to violence in Nigeria between Christians and Muslims that has taken more than 200 lives. He issued his condolences to the...

ACCRA, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito left Ghana for the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Wednesday for the second leg of his official visit to the African countries. The...