THE top brass of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe`s party will meet tomorrow to discuss the assignment of ministerial portfolios in the new national unity government, a party spokesman said
AN Egyptian archaeological team has unearthed a temple and parts of a statue belonging to one of Egypt`s most famous pharaohs, in a rare find inside the capital
NIGERIAN militants have attacked a Royal Dutch Shell oil flow station in the third day of heavy fighting with security forces in the Niger Delta region, the military said
TWELVE people, including six foreign tourists, were killed when a coach full of day trippers hit a truck head-on along the west coast of Egypt`s Sinai peninsula today
US oil giant Chevron today confirmed a shooting incident at one of its facilities in southern Nigeria, after a top militia group declared an "oil war" in the region
MOROCCO is to vaccinate 22 million goats and sheep against a deadly virus which has spread in an epidemic since July, an agriculture ministry official said in an interview published today
A SOUTH African court today threw out a corruption case against ruling ANC party chief Jacob Zuma, who is at the forefront in the race to become the country`s president
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai have reached a power-sharing deal to end Zimbabwe`s political crisis, South African mediator Thabo Mbeki announced today
THE okapi, an African animal so elusive that it was once believed to be a mythical unicorn, has been photographed in the wild for the first time, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) says
Freedom ... South African miners show their relief as they reach the surface after being trapped in a gold mine in Carletonville for over 15 hours / AFP
