2009-11-23 15:12
An opposition candidate in Equatorial Guinea's presidential election has accused President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of abusing state funds to finance his election campaign.
2009-11-23 13:45
In a frenzy fed by venomous headlines that portrayed Algerians as barbaric terrorists with a history of violence, angry soccer fans have rampaged through a posh diplomatic neighbourhood in Cairo.
2009-11-23 13:45
Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has vowed that he will win the next presidential election by a landslide, holding on to three decades in power.
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.
2009-11-23 11:27
A 23-year old Nigerian suspected of ripping off foreigners over the internet and giving most of the proceeds to his church has been arrested, the EFCC says.
2009-11-23 12:46
An Algerian court has acquitted two former detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who were returned home to face charges of links of terrorism, their defence lawyer says.
2009-11-23 10:30
Israel will anger all Muslims if it doesn't resolve Jerusalem's disputed status, Egypt's president has warned his Israeli counterpart.
2009-11-22 11:13
A cholera outbreak has killed eight inmates in Kenya's largest prison outside the capital Nairobi and hospitalised 25 others.
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.