FORMER United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan is among a group of prominent figure who has cancelled a visit to Zimbabwe after being denied entry into the country by President Robert Mugabe`s Government
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo rebels have allowed rangers to return to a famed reserve, home to almost a third of the world`s remaining mountain gorillas, 14 months after fighting forced them out of the zone
ARAB Red Sea states are holding an emergency meeting to discuss the threat of piracy off Somalia, with Egypt saying all options were on the table to deal with the growing crisis
AN outbreak of cholera in Zimbabwe over the last month has claimed at least 90 lives, including three deaths of Zimbabweans across the border in South Africa
SOUTH Africa said it will not release nearly $US30 million ($50 million) in aid to Zimbabwe until it forms a new government, as the country prepares to host new power-sharing talks next week
SOMALI pirates who hijacked Saudi oil super-tanker Sirius Star are demanding $US25 million ($A39.25 million) in ransom and have set a 10-day deadline, one of the pirates said
AN Indian warship destroyed a pirate ship in the Gulf of Aden and gunmen from Somalia seized two more vessels despite a large international naval presence off their lawless country
SOMALI pirates are giving the shipping industry the "two-fingered" salute with their capture of the world`s biggest ship carrying a high-value cargo and high-value crew, experts say
SOMALI pirates who hijacked the Saudi oil supertanker Sirius Star have demanded a ransom, according to a man presented on al-Jazeera TV as one of the authors of the attack
