Forces loyal to Côte d’Ivoire’s Alassane Ouattara have gone to "fetch" his rival Laurent Gbagbo from a bunker where he is holed up.
It is 8pm and amateur teams of youngsters drawn from one of Nairobi’s toughest slums are locked in a five-a-side soccer match.
South Africa’s state pension fund Public Investment Corporation has expressed its concern about Freeworld Coatings’ handling of the takeover offer.
Around 150 people were missing after a boat carrying migrants from North Africa capsized in heavy seas near the southern Italian island of Lampedusa.
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The tiny island of Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos has been voted the top beach destination in the world.
US President Barack Obama will visit Facebook’s California headquarters on April 20 and hold a town hall forum on the economy.
The UN has roundly rebuffed remarks by the South African judge Richard Goldstone that cast doubt on the report into the Gaza war.
Italy and Tunisia have struck a deal to choke off the flood of Tunisians heading to Italian shores.
Darfur’s most powerful rebel group has suspended meetings with Sudan’s government in Qatar in protest at Khartoum’s plan to hold a referendum.