Kenyan authorities say "the red line has been crossed" after at least 49 people were killed by suspected al-Shabab militants in Mpeketoni.
F1 legend Michael Schumacher has emerged from a five-month induced coma following his skiing accident in December.
More than half of Brazil’s population has African roots, and the state has now approved a law creating 20% quotas for black people in government jobs.
Three days before the city hosts the World Cup kick-off, protesters set fire to garbage piles, prompting police to fire stun grenades and tear gas.
Tunisia’s interior minister’s spokesperson says four officers were killed and one other was injured in a "terrorist attack" on his house in Kasserine.
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the ex-army chief who ousted Mohamed Morsi, is set for a landslide presidential election win on Tuesday.
According to the producer of "Madiba: The African Opera" there are no funds because the Lotto did not pay out the promised amount.
The European Union has expressed concern after armed groups attacked Libya’s Parliament in Tripoli and an air base in the east.
Joyce Banda says Malawi’s graft scandal that broke during her administration is her greatest achievement and helped her turn the economy around.
Gas-rich Qatar says it will contribute to the Darfur Development Strategy, which aims to help the war-devastated region become more self-reliant.
After 13 colleagues died in an avalanche, Nepalese guides and climbers have cancelled Everest expeditions, with anger growing over sherpas’ poor pay.
Following reports that masked men were seen handing out tracts demanding Jews register or be expelled, Arseniy Yatsenyuk has called for justice.
A pathologist hired by Oscar Pistorius says he won’t testify at the murder trial amid suggestions his post-mortem findings supports the prosecution.
Africans pay some of the highest charges in the world for interational money transfers – in sub-Saharan Africa it’s almost double the global average.
Woolworths has pledged a $4 per share cash offer for Australia’s David Jones, which the store operator’s board says will be recommended unanimously.
Clashes between the Bani Hilal group and Nubian villagers in Egypt have left at least 15 people dead, prompting police to send in reinforcements.
A court in Egypt has sentenced 529 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to death after a mass trial, say judicial sources.
Two objects possibly related to the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been sighted in the southern Indian Ocean.
South Africa and Rwanda have both issued diplomatic expulsions as a row escalated over the attempted assassination of an exiled Rwandan general.
Gunmen involved in the Nairobi shopping mall attack were in apparent disagreement over whether they should kill women and small children.
Sweden says it will stop development aid payments to Uganda "because of the anti-gay legislation" passed in late February.
A Canada-based bitcoin bank has had to close down after losing about $600 000 in bitcoins to a hacker – a loss it says it cannot come back from.
King Tuheitia has rejected an offer to meet Prince William, wife Catherine and their baby Prince George on the UK royal family’s trip Down Under.
President Robert Mugabe has voiced his support of President Yoweri Museveni’s anti-gay laws in Uganda and hinted at following suit in Zimbabwe.
Mozambique’s ruling party picks defence minister Filipe Nyussi as its presidential candidate in polls set for October 15.
The World Bank has joined various EU countries in cutting economic ties with Uganda over its anti-gay law, blocking a $90-million loan.
Guinea’s Cabinet and prime minister have resigned as part of a transition to a new government after elections.
With accusations flying of Malawi’s president’s involvement in a state corruption scandal, Joyce Banda has promised foreign donors a forensic audit.
The government has spoken out against two suicide bombings in the Russian town of Volgograd, in which over 30 people died and many were injured.
From January 1, cannabis growers can legally trade marijuana in parts of the United States. The legalisation of pot is expected to boost US tourism.
SA’s preliminary Twenty20 squad does not include Jacques Kallis, who has announced his retirement from Test cricket.
A bus has plunged into a deep ravine in north-east Thailand, killing at least 29 people and leaving four others critically injured.