After two years of high growth, Zimbabwe’s economy is set to slow to 5% amid a poor farming season, blamed on erratic rainfall, and election concerns.
		
	 
	
		
		Apple sold out of its latest smartphone, with more than five million iPhone 5 sales in the three days after it hit stores.
		
	 
	
		
		Jo-Wilfried Tsonga overpowered Italy’s Andreas Seppi on Sunday to retain his title at the Metz Open in the race to the World Tour Finals.
		
	 
	
		
		Islamist rebels said they shot dead a Somali lawmaker in Mogadishu on Saturday and threatened to kill every legislator in the country.
		
	 
	
		
		The Senate unanimously passed a Bill on Saturday that would shield US airlines from paying for their carbon emissions on European flights
		
	 
	
		
		The South African Reserve Bank has left the repo rate unchanged at 5%, saying there was no need for more monetary loosening.
		
	 
	
		
		Construction of the 4 764MW Medupi coal-fired power plant has returned to full speed after workers returned following protests at the site.
		
	 
	
		
		A British police officer and two journalists from Rupert Murdoch’s the Sun tabloid newspaper have been arrested on suspicion of corruption.
		
	 
	
		
		Rock drillers at Lonmin’s Marikana mine have accepted a 22% overall pay increase to end more than five weeks of crippling and bloody strikes.
		
	 
	
		
		A new video shows Libyans trying to save Chris Stevens, cheering "God is great" and rushing him to hospital after finding him inside the US Consulate.