2009-11-12 22:29
There is no war in Darfur, and the people who are saying so, are doing it to justify their own political agendas, says former President Thabo Mbeki.
2009-11-12 21:20
Eight people will go on trial in Egypt on charges of negligence in a deadly train crash that prompted the resignation of the transport minister.
2009-11-12 19:35
At least one person has been killed and several injured when a plane operated by RwandAir crashed on take-off at Kigali's airport, say officials.
2009-11-12 18:28
An Egyptian court has sentenced to death three Jordanians for trying to smuggle hashish into the country, reports an AFP correspondent.
2009-11-12 13:12
A Somali judge who sentenced four men with links to Islamist insurgent group al-Shabaab to jail has been shot dead in the Puntland region, reports say.
2009-11-12 11:33
The Ivory Coast has once again delayed presidential elections that were due to take place at the end of November.
2009-11-12 10:18
The mother of one of Africa's most notorious rebel leaders has relayed one last wish for her son before her death: Make peace.
2009-11-12 09:02
Gunmen have shot and killed two Somali officials in the breakaway state of Puntland, police and witnesses say.
2009-11-11 21:12
Floods and landslides after torrential rains have killed at least 20 people and left 10 missing in northern Tanzania's Kilimanjaro region, say officials.
2009-11-12 13:12
Journalists in Sierra Leone have vowed to press for reforms of the country's libel laws which they say criminalise their profession.
2009-11-11 22:36
Amid worldwide events to mark Armistice Day, a small one took place near Bordeaux in south west France in memory of the Senegalese Rifles who fought during the Great War.