20120321 AFP Police in Malawi on Tuesday arrested an opposition lawmaker who is the son of ex-president Bakili Muluzi, after his supporters torched a police station over the weekend, a party spokesman said.
20120321 AFP South African appeals judges cleared the way Tuesday for a court challenge of the state's decision three years ago to drop graft charges against President Jacob Zuma on the eve of taking office.
20120321 AFP Thousands of Tunisians gathered Tuesday in defence of liberty as they marked Independence Day amid fears of a widening divide between secular and religious groups in the newly democratised nation.
20120321 AFP Libyan schoolgirls stroll the streets of the close-knit neighbourhood of Arada without a second glance at the pile of rubble that was once a house for four families before NATO explosives blew it apart.
20120321 AFP Guinea-Bissau's opposition demanded Tuesday the cancellation of a presidential poll they charge was a sham, further stoking fears of trouble in the coup-prone state after a high-level assassination.
20120320 Press TV At least three mourners have been crushed to death while worshippers came to see the Egyptian Coptic patriarch Pope Shenouda III one last time as he was seated on his wooden throne.
20120320 Press TV A Pro-Palestine conference has been held in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum to express support for al-Quds against the Israeli occupation, Press TV reports.
20120320 Press TV Ireland Says its ready to join the fight against Somalia pirates off the coast of Africa as part of an EU naval Mission and to guard WFP food help for the African country, Press TV reports.
20120319 Xinhua Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is set to begin tracking 10 elephants using satellite technology to help reduce conflict and beef up security operations in the world famous reserve.
20120319 Xinhua Insecurity is gripping Cote d'Ivoire's central region, including the key town of Bouake, adding to the difficulties being faced by the government in its bid to achieve post-war reconciliation and reconstruction.
20120319 Xinhua Sudanese army on Sunday accused rebels in South Kordofan of planning a wide-range attack against Sudan, which is directly backed by South Sudan.
20120319 AFP The lights Daniel Ntibaziyandemye uses for his nocturnal fishing trips are charged by pedal-powered generators that offer an affordable means of creating energy, even for the poor.
20120319 AFP Rhinos will be wiped out from South Africa's wildlife parks by 2015 if poaching continues at its current rate, a campaigner fighting to save the beasts has warned.
20120319 AFP Two Brazilian women tourists kidnapped by Bedouins Sunday in the Sinai peninsula were released hours later, Egyptian police confirmed Monday.
20120319 Press TV A US-born fighter viewed as a key foreign leader in Somalia's al-Qaeda-allied al-Shabab militant group says he fears for his life and is in danger from fellow al-Shabab fighters, Press TV reports.
20120319 IRIB Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs condoled demise of spiritual leader of Egyptian Coptic Christian community, it was announced here on Sunday.
20120319 Reuters NATO has failed to properly investigate or provide compensation for civilian deaths caused by its air strikes during the seven-month operation in Libya that helped bring about the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, Amnesty International said on Monday.
20120319 Press TV Press TV journalists, Nicholas Davies and Gareth Montgomery-Johnson, who were held by Libyan militia for less than a month, have been freed, AFP reports, citing the Libyan Interior Ministry.
20120319 Press TV After almost a decade of being in power, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia is still struggling to produce an effective plan to provide the people’s basic needs, Press TV reports.
20120319 Press TV The Libyan government is faced with increasing difficulties in trying to promote security throughout the country, as the number of newly formed armed militia groups grows, Press TVreports.
