2009-11-20 22:13
Somalia has announced it plans to ratify a global treaty aimed at protecting children, leaving the US as the only country outside the pact, the UN says.
2009-11-20 21:09
Meat traders in the Nigerian city of Calabar are counting the cost after a truck carrying more than 100 dogs overturned, crushing scores of canines and triggering a scramble to snatch up survivors.
2009-11-20 20:11
More than 30 000 refugees from ethnic clashes in the DRC have crossed the border into the Republic of Congo, aid agencies say.
2009-11-20 15:57
Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore, who is mediating in Guinea's crisis, has recommended that junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara stay in power, a report says.
2009-11-20 14:41
Egyptian police have shot dead a Bedouin in north Sinai after the arrest of fellow tribesmen prompted clashes, a security official says.
2009-11-20 13:38
Three children have been killed and two others seriously injured in northern Mozambique after accidentally exploding a mortar bomber, a report says.