This Week's Deals - Thailand, South Africa, Venice and Cornwall
Thomas Cook Signature has an eight-night break at the beach resort of Pattaya, on the eastern coast of the Gulf of Thailand, for 729 per ...
View ArticleNigeria crisis talks fail to reach compromise
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian unions and President Goodluck Jonathan met late into the night Saturday but failed to reach a compromise over the removal of fuel subsidies that has raised fears of a ...
View ArticleLate president's body flown back to Guinea-Bissau
The body of Guinea-Bissau's late President Malam Bacai Sanha has been flown back from Paris to the this tiny, coup-prone nation a day before the funeral.Thousands gathered in the streets of ...
View ArticleNigeria's assembly catches fire; no major damage
A Nigerian official says a malfunctioning air conditioner started a fire at the country's National Assembly. There was no major damage.Sen. Enyi Abaribe told The Associated Press the blaze ...
View ArticleRwanda grenade blast kills two, wounds 16
Two people were killed in a previous attack in January and seven were injured, two fatally, in a blast after presidential elections in August ...
View ArticleNigeria police hit in first attack since emergency decree
Nigeria Police block protesters on a road leading to the State governor's office, on January 4, 2012 in Kano, on the second day of demonstration over soaring fuel prices. ...
View ArticleGuinea-Bissau leader Malam Bacai Sanha dies in Paris
The leader of the troubled West African republic of Guinea-Bissau, President Malam Bacai Sanha, has died in a French hospital in Paris, a French government official said ...
View ArticleRenewed South Sudan clashes kill at least 24
Renewed tribal clashes in South Sudan's troubled Jonglei state have killed at least 24 people, days after a cattle vendetta rattled the stability of the world's newest state, officials ...
View ArticleNigeria's unlikely leader under pressure
Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan is a mild-mannered former zoology professor who became an unlikely president in 2010 and faces his biggest challenge yet amid mass strikes and religious ...
View ArticleU.S. Muslim group aiding insurgents in Somalia
A handful of young Muslims from the U.S. are taking high-visibility propaganda and operational roles inside an al Qaeda-linked insurgent force in Somalia known as al-Shabab. While most are from ...
View ArticleAmericans' ranks ascend in Somalia jihadist group
Alabama-born Omar Hammami has taken on the role of jihadi lecturer and Islamic scholar in the militant Muslim group of al-Shabab in ...
View ArticleNo deal to end Nigeria fuel strike
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Nigeria's government and labor unions failed Saturday night to end a paralyzing nationwide strike over high gasoline costs, potentially sparking an oil production shutdown in ...
View ArticleTechnology Hub Launches Businesses in Cameroon
Zinger Systems began as a business idea in the minds of a few Cameroonian entrepreneurs. After they spent one year developing their academic software and business model at Activspaces, a technology hu
View ArticleBan calls for South African political party to continue fight against...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commemorated the centenary of South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), hailing its successes as a key liberation movement in the country but also
View ArticleUN official urges more help for South Sudan to cope with crises
The head of the United Nations refugee agency today urged the international community to show greater solidarity with South Sudan as it strives to cope with enormous humanitarian challenges as tension
View ArticleSkipper De Villiers backs Smith to hit form in S.Africa-Lanka ODIs
South African one-day captain AB de Villiers believes that opener Graeme Smith will strike form sooner than later, and admitted that he still plays a huge role in the side.
View ArticleBacher agrees to give verbal statement on alleged 2003 World Cup pay-off
Former Cricket South Africa (CSA) chief Ali Bacher is expected to explain the alleged payment of Rand five million in bonuses when the country's sports ministry's inquiry into cricket resumes in Preto
View ArticlePresident, PM Urged to Call 2012 Election
President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga were on Sunday under pressure to resolve the general election date issue following Friday's court ruling that polls can only be held this year ...
View ArticleResurgent S. Africa gnawing at Australia's ODI top ranking
A seemingly resurgent South Africa is set to make further inroads on Australia's once comfortable lead at the top of the ICC one-day international rankings.
View ArticleCricket South Africa commercial manager resigns
Cricket South Africa (CSA) has received another setback after its commercial manager, Richard Glover, resigned from his post.
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