Sierra Leone kicked off a month-long campaign on Wednesday for its national elections but few women have featured as candidates in the race.
International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has warned the Syria conflict risks setting the region "ablaze" as clashes broke out across with Lebanon.
British novelist Hilary Mantel has made literary history by becoming the first British author to be a two-time winner of the Man Booker Prize.
South Korea authorities are taking steps to curb over-sexualised performances by teenaged stars of the country’s thriving K-pop scene.
Senegal have been disqualified from the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations after crowd trouble forced their qualifier with Cote d’Ivoire to be abandoned.
Advocate Mo Ibrahim says Zimbabwe should be a powerhouse in Africa but its stagnant political leadership under Robert Mugabe is holding it back.
The IMF has called for accelerated efforts to help millions of people who face an "humanitarian emergency" in West Africa’s Sahel region.
Tony Martin of Germany successfully defended his Tour of Beijing title after Steven Cummings of Britain claimed the fifth and final stage.
Highlighting Zambia’s struggle to balance economic growth with rights for the poor, a hundred homes in Lusaka have been cleared making way for a mill.
Gordon Igesund on Friday played down Bafana Bafana’s 1-0 defeat by Poland in a friendly, saying the result was not the issue.