2009-11-22 21:29
Sudan's national electoral commission is giving people another week to register to vote in the country's first elections in 24 years.
2009-11-22 21:29
A Spanish trawler captain released by Somali pirates says he is haunted by his failure to save a 12-year-old Ukrainian girl held captive for more than six months.
2009-11-22 21:29
Health workers are about to launch a yellow fever vaccination campaign for nearly 12 million West Africans.
2009-11-22 18:14
Tourists love to watch herds of elephants trekking but farmers watch in dismay when the animals trample their crops, leaving them little to eat.
2009-11-22 14:11
Angola's president Jose Eduardo Dos Santos has called for "zero tolerance" of corruption within the country's government to halt what he said was the "squandering of resources".
2009-11-21 22:02
Thousands of victims of toxic waste dumped in Ivory Coast are still waiting for compensation two months after a settlement was agreed.