Africa

Rains pose new risk to famine survivors

Sunday, 11 September 2011

Matt Chorley: Vaccination urgently needed to protect children.

Libyan interim leader arrives in capital

Sunday, 11 September 2011

The chief of Libya's former rebels has arrived in Tripoli, greeted by a boisterous red carpet ceremony meant to show he's taking charge of the interim government replacing the ousted regime of Moammar Gaddafi.

Peace with Egypt to continue, says Netanyahu

Sunday, 11 September 2011

Israel and Egypt's leadership have tried to limit the damage in ties after protesters stormed Israel's embassy in Cairo, trashing offices and prompting the evacuation of nearly the entire staff from Egypt in the worst crisis between the countries since their 1979 peace treaty.

Nearly 200 drown as overloaded ferry sinks

Sunday, 11 September 2011

Almost 200 have people are known to have drowned after an overloaded ferry capsized as it sailed from Zanzibar to Pemba Island in Tanzania's worst maritime disaster in at least 15 years.

Fighters gear up for 'final Libya battle'

Saturday, 10 September 2011

Fighters join what they expect to be the final push for one of Gaddafi's last remaining strongholds.

Gaddafi's men trapped their prey – then threw grenades

Saturday, 10 September 2011

Kim Sengupta discovers evidence of a recent atrocity by the feared Khamis Brigade in Libya.

PM condemns attack on Israeli embassy

Saturday, 10 September 2011

David Cameron today strongly condemned the attack on the Israeli Embassy in Cairo and called for full protection of diplomatic property and personnel.

380 missing as ferry sinks off Tanzania

Saturday, 10 September 2011

Survivors say the ship sank off the mainland with 600 people on board.

Still fighting after all these years – the 76-year-old who refuses to give in

Saturday, 10 September 2011

Khairi Abdul Jalil al-Masri was 76 when Libya's revolution began, but that didn't stop him from joining the struggle. The former university professor helped set up the underground resistance cells that delivered Libya to the rebels last month.

Egyptian protesters target Tantawi

Saturday, 10 September 2011

Thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square yesterday to demonstrate against the slow pace of reform and the trials of civilians in military courts.

Siege gives way to final assault as rebels enter loyalist stronghold

Saturday, 10 September 2011

The battle for one of the last towns loyal to ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi began last night, as fighters representing the country's new rulers entered Bani Walid under fire from snipers.

Fierce street fighting in Gaddafi stronghold

Saturday, 10 September 2011

Rebel fighters were inside Bani Walid last night, one of the few remaining Gaddafi strongholds, and engaged in street fighting with remnants of the former dictator's forces.

Egyptians storm Israeli embassy in mass protest

Saturday, 10 September 2011

Hundreds of Egyptian protesters stormed the Israeli embassy in Cairo last night, tearing down parts of a security wall using hammers, poles and their bare hands.

Special Libyan unit hunting Gaddafi

Friday, 9 September 2011

Libya's new rulers have dedicated a special unit of fighters to track down former leader Muammar Gaddafi, listening in on his aides' phone calls, poring over satellite images and interviewing witnesses.

'We fight for Muammar. He protected our country'

Friday, 9 September 2011

Kim Sengupta: Gaddafi's hired guns are still fervently loyal – even the injured ones.

South Africa hails big drop in murder rate

Friday, 9 September 2011

Alex Duval Smith: Experts said the 6.5 per cent drop in homicides could be the result of strict gun laws and better social provision.

South African 'apeman' could be a missing link, say scientists

Friday, 9 September 2011

Steve Connor: Primitive species that lived about 2m years ago has become the strongest candidate for being the oldest direct ancestor of the entire family of human species.

Pro-Gaddafi forces fire rockets at the front line

Friday, 9 September 2011

Gaddafi loyalists in all three towns have been given until Saturday to surrender, or face an all-out battle.

No apology for rebel chief tortured by Gaddafi police

Friday, 9 September 2011

Libya's rebel commander revealed last night that Britain has refused to apologise for its part in sending him back to be tortured by Muammar Gaddafi's secret police.

Jibril's late arrival in Tripoli fuels fears of rift in rebel leadership

Friday, 9 September 2011

Portia Walker: The new interim PM of Libya, Mahmoud Jibril, faced an early challenge to his authority last night, after finally arriving in Tripoli, a fortnight after opposition fighters captured the capital.

Anger at new Chief Justice of South Africa

Friday, 9 September 2011

President Jacob Zuma has appointed Mogoeng Mogoeng as Chief Justice of South Africa, despite accusations that the judge has been lenient on rapists and is homophobic.

Missiles go missing from abandoned arms dumps

Thursday, 8 September 2011

As Libyan rebels take over, fears rise that huge arsenal may have fallen into hands of terrorists.

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Gaddafi denies fleeing as fighting continues

Thursday, 8 September 2011

Former leader denounced reports that he had fled to neighbouring Niger in a new audio message broadcast by a TV channel.

Libyan commander quizzes envoy on rendition

Thursday, 8 September 2011

The military commander of the Libyan rebels sought answers from a top UK diplomat today over claims of British involvement in his rendition and torture.

Gaddafi regime sold 29 tons of gold

Thursday, 8 September 2011

The new governor of Libya's central bank says the former regime sold about 20% of the country's gold reserves to cover salaries amid the uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi.