Africa
 
South Africa may face power cuts without loan
Published: 04:44 p.m. (GMT+7), Friday, March 12, 2010
South Africa may need to enforce power cuts if a $3.75 billion loan from the World Bank is not approved more »
Kenya imprisons seven Somalis for piracy
Published: 03:29 p.m. (GMT+7), Thursday, March 11, 2010
Seven Somalis were sentenced to 20 years in prison for piracy they tried to attack a Danish cargo vessel more »
Villagers bury their dead after Nigeria clashes
Published: 04:01 p.m. (GMT+7), Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Villagers in central Nigeria have buried dozens of bodies, including those of women and children, in a mass grave more »
Nigeria urged to end impunity after village massacre
Published: 04:27 p.m. (GMT+7), Tuesday, March 09, 2010
U.S.-based Human Rights Watch urged Nigeria to prosecute those behind a massacre of 200 Christian villagers more »
Up to 300 feared dead in central Nigeria clashes
Published: 03:20 p.m. (GMT+7), Monday, March 08, 2010
Nigerian security forces were ordered to hunt down those behind clashes involving Muslim herders and Christian villagers more »
Egypt president to undergo gallbladder surgery
Published: 11:34 a.m. (GMT+7), Saturday, March 06, 2010
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, in power for almost three decades, will undergoes gallbladder surgery in Germany more »
Somali Islamists ban English, science lessons
Published: 05:20 p.m. (GMT+7), Friday, March 05, 2010
Somalia's hardline Islamists have banned English and science studies in schools in the southern Afmadow town more »
Mobile transfers save money and lives in Somalia
Published: 04:39 p.m. (GMT+7), Thursday, March 04, 2010
A new mobile money transfer service is helping people to pay power bills and receive dividends from companies more »
Ugandan landslide kills scores, many missing: minister
Published: 04:37 p.m. (GMT+7), Wednesday, March 03, 2010
A landslide in eastern Uganda after heavy rains killed at least 45 people and hundreds are missing more »
Hundreds feared dead in Darfur clashes
Published: 05:17 p.m. (GMT+7), Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Hundreds of civilians are feared to have died in a surge of fighting between the Sudanese army and rebels more »