The Sharks blew away the Queensland Reds to reach the Super Rugby semifinals with a 30-17 win at Lang Park.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a law which will tighten controls on civil right groups funded from abroad.
Cote d’Ivoire plans to spend over 11-trillion CFA francs through 2015 on a development programme aimed at reversing a decade of economic decline.
The Russian ambassador to France says he believes Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad will leave power – but only in an orderly fashion.
A masked gunman has shot and killed 14 people, wounding 50 others at a showing of the new Batman film at a Denver movie theatre in the US.
Vodacom, the South African unit of British mobile operator Vodafone, has reported a 9.3% rise in first-quarter revenue.
The AU policy talks in Ethiopia have been governed by discussions on terrorists in Mali, reconciliation in Sudan and the AU commission leadership.
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a wedding reception in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least 22 people and wounding 40 others.
Cement maker Pretoria Portland Cement is to sell a 6.5% stake to its staff and black investors in a deal worth about $133.4-million.
The crime-fighting crusader could fly but if he did, he would smash into the ground and probably die, a group of physics students have calculated.