At least 100 Pakistani soldiers were buried alive in a remote area in the Himalayas when an avalanche crushed their camp.
A US Navy F-18 jet has crashed into a block of flats in Virginia Beach, Virginia causing an inferno. Reports of injuries have not yet been confirmed.
Thabo Mbeki, representing the AU, has arrived in Sudan after earlier talks with South Sudan, in a bid to defuse a military and diplomatic crisis.
Zimbabwe will not nationalise foreign mining companies that haven’t yet ceded a 5% stake to locals, the country’s economic planning minister says.
In open defiance of the conditions of his suspension from the ANC, youth league leader Julius Malema has addressed a church service in Butterworth.
Joyce Banda, who rose to prominence as a champion of women’s rights, seems set to become the second female African head of state in modern times.
President Jacob Zuma has opened the ANC’s Mpumalanga elective conference in Nelspruit, which may test the extent of his influence within the party.
Julius Malema’s presence at a church service in his capacity as ANCYL leader appears to be in open defiance of his suspension from the ruling party.
A lawyer from the International Criminal Court says Saif al-Islam, the son of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been attacked in detention.
The Wellington Hurricanes put last week’s defeat behind them with a 42-18 victory over the Sharks in a sometimes fractious Super Rugby encounter.