About 300 military wives have marched in Mali’s capital Bamako to demand the release of their husbands who disappeared since a coup four months ago.
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, a veteran of the apartheid struggle who has served every president since Nelson Mandela, has now taken the helm of the AU.
A group of Palestinians from Gaza has spent half an hour visiting relatives held in Israeli prisons for the first time in five years.
A car bomb has gone off in Somalia’s volatile capital Mogadishu, killing a former trade minister and wounding six people nearby.
FA chiefs have been urged to follow the example set by the Luis Suarez case and take action against John Terry for using racially offensive language.
Voters have gone to the polls for the first round of legislative elections and are expected to uphold a majority for President Denis Sassou Nguesso.
Corrupt leaders in war-ravaged Somalia should face immediate security council sanctions, a report by the United Nations says.
Rescue workers have evacuated over 2 000 people and dozens of trucks have been stranded as heavy rains and snow batter SA over a freezing weekend.
Four men have been gored and dozens more treated for varying injuries in Pamplona, Spain after eight days of bull runs at the San Fermin festival.
At least 95 people who rushed to scoop up fuel after a Nigerian petrol tanker tipped over have been killed after the vehicle caught fire.