Artillery battles between allied Somali-Ethiopian troops and Islamist insurgents killed at least 12 people on Sunday around Mogadishu’s sprawling Bakara Market.
Three British divers who were among a group swept away during a dive off Indonesia have been found safe after they managed to swim to a remote beach on a neighbouring island.
Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour questioned escapee Annanias Mathe at the Pretoria prison on Saturday to learn more about the circumstances of Mathe’s latest attempt to escape.
Hillary Clinton on Saturday suspended her bid to become America’s first woman president and vowed to help Barack Obama in his fight to win the White House for the Democratic party.
The United Nations has systematically exaggerated the scale of the Aids pandemic and the risk of the HIV virus affecting heterosexuals, says Professor James Chin, a former senior Aids official with the World Health Organisation.
Tony Burman, the new boss of al-Jazeera English, turns 60 on Friday, but he may choose to keep the champagne on ice for a while.
Zimbabwean police arrested a prominent opposition lawyer on Saturday in a dawn raid at his home.
Johnny Telvor was not happy about Barack Obama becoming the Democratic presidential nominee.
World champions South Africa beat off-colour Six Nations winners Wales 43-17 in the first Test in Bloemfontein on Saturday to hand Springboks coach Peter de Villiers a winning start.
Filmmaker Dino Risi, whose films helped shape Italian comedy during a career that spanned seven decades, died on June 7 in Rome.