30/08/2010 at 20:27:49 - African Champions Egypt use failure to qualify for the World Cup to motivate the team ahead of the Nations Cup qualifiers.

30/08/2010 at 17:49:30 - There is controversy in Nigeria about the identity of a man police rescued from kidnappers believing he was the son of the country's first prime minister.

30/08/2010 at 16:53:03 - Sierra Leone's top striker Mohamed Kallon has pulled out of his country's squad for their opening 2012 qualifier with Egypt.

30/08/2010 at 12:52:14 - Algeria's JS Kabylie draw 1-1 with Egypt's Al Ahly to earn semi-final spot in the African Champions league.

29/08/2010 at 19:47:41 - Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is rested from Ivory Coast's squad for their first qualifying match for the Nations Cup in 2012.

29/08/2010 at 02:11:34 - Rwanda says it will reconsider its UN commitments - including peacekeeping contributions - if a draft report is published accusing its troops of possible genocidal acts.

Today at 20:27:56 - Britain's former deputy prime minister has pressed police to reveal more about what he alleged was a massive phone hacking campaign by a tabloid newspaper.

Today at 20:27:56 - The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has asked Israel to consider signing up to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Today at 19:31:45 - A 747-400 Boeing cargo plane operated by UPS has crashed at an air force base near Dubai's airport after takeoff, the US parcel delivery company says.

Today at 19:31:45 - A major earthquake, near Christchurch in New Zealand, has caused widespread damage but no casualties have been reported, authorities say.

Today at 19:16:07 - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has made his first speech before the Cuban public since falling ill in 2006, warning of the threat of nuclear war.

Today at 18:35:06 - A UPS cargo plane has crashed near a busy highway intersection about 16km south-east of Dubai's international airport.

Today at 17:29:20 - ID leader Patricia de Lille will join the Western Cape government as social development minister, provincial premier Helen Zille said in Cape Town .

Today at 17:12:13 - The three men who "nonchalantly and callously" murdered an elderly Dutch engineer in front of his wife four years ago were given life sentences.

Today at 17:10:09 - A Mangaung taxi driver was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Bloemfontein High Court on Friday for several murders and robberies in and around Bloemfontein in 2009

Today at 16:47:12 - Former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi has asked his lawyers to tell "authorities" that his corruption prosecution may have been improper

Today at 16:41:22 - A 28-year-old man has been arrested for raping a woman at knifepoint then stealing her cellphone, according to Kwazulu-Natal police

Today at 15:32:24 - Mozambique's capital Maputo got back to work on Friday after two days of rioting, triggered by a sharp hike in bread prices, which the government said left seven dead, 288 injured and millions of doll ...

Today at 14:10:46 - Striking motor industry workers began marching from Botha's Park to the Durban City Hall on Friday.

Today at 11:23:25 - BP Plc said on Friday the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8bn and that it was a fortnight away from sealing the well for good.

Today at 08:17:59 - INFLATION was lower now than the Reserve Bank had expected, but it would take a "forward-looking" approach when it decides on interest rates next week, the Bank's governor, Gill Marcus, said last ...

Today at 08:17:58 - BEHIND-the-scenes negotiations yesterday failed to end the public service strike as trade unions conferred with each other in an effort to work on a unified position against the government.

Today at 15:30:00 - Israeli and Palestinian leaders have cleared the first hurdle in what promises to be difficult negotiations.

Today at 14:39:00 - A blast ripped through a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 22 people, the second major attack this week.

Today at 09:17:00 - Militant groups in the Gaza Strip said on Thursday they had joined forces to step up attacks against Israel, possibly including suicide bombings.

02/09/2010 at 14:41:00 - God no longer has any place in theories on the creation of the universe, UK scientist Stephen Hawking said in extracts published from a new book.

02/09/2010 at 11:01:00 - The chief of the UNAids agency says that global contributions to fighting the Aids pandemic are dropping off for the first time in 15 years.

Today at 15:08:01 - The African Development Bank (AFDB) has put its troubled past behind it and is now stronger than ever, according to president Donald Kaberuka.

Today at 03:08:01 - The United Nations appears to have been aware of rape by rebels in eastern Congo earlier than it originally said it was, according to an internal e-mail and a humanitarian bulletin.

02/09/2010 at 21:08:01 - At least one person was killed Thursday as riots in the southern African nation of Mozambique continued into a second day, the director of a hospital told a local television station.

02/09/2010 at 19:38:01 - Southern Sudan, the autonomous region in Sudan, may unilaterally declare its sovereignty, since the central government isn't doing enough to plan and stage a referendum on independence by January, an ...

02/09/2010 at 18:08:01 - The Kenyan government Thursday defended its decision not to arrest Sudan's visiting head of state -- wanted on charges of war crimes and genocide -- saying Kenya's first obligation was to the African ...

Today at 05:33:05 - Foreign visitors to South Africa had risen by more than 350 000 for the first four months of this year as compared to the same period in 2009, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has said. ...

02/09/2010 at 12:41:07 - During the past week, I came across the opinions of four South African influencers that showed just how difficult it is to decide what is perception and what is reality!The first was Gavin Lewis of th ...

02/09/2010 at 09:05:23 - Vehicle sales in August showed improvement in comparison to the same period last year rising at 36.9 percent, the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA) said on Thur ...

02/09/2010 at 08:26:53 - The Department of Transport is working on a massive rail investment programme to improve the country's ageing rail network.

02/09/2010 at 07:41:32 - Black South Africans own 18 percent of the available shares of the top 100 companies listed in Johannesburg, edging closer to a government target of 25 percent, a study showed on Wednesday.

Today at 01:27:46 - Angry protesters burned tires on the streets of Mozambique's capital and a TV station said at least one person was killed Thursday, a day after at least four people died in clashes between police and ...

02/09/2010 at 19:42:40 - A Ugandan court has charged two additional suspects in connection with the July bomb blasts that killed 76 people. Uganda - Bomb - Africa - Somalia - Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahideen

02/09/2010 at 15:17:24 - Angry protesters burned tires on the streets of Mozambique's capital and a TV station said at least one person was killed Thursday, a day after at least four people died in clashes between police and ...

01/09/2010 at 23:41:18 - The number of reported victims of a recent mass rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo has grown by nearly a hundred over the last week, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Democratic Re ...

01/09/2010 at 22:16:41 - Striking South African civil service unions say they have rejected a government wage hike offer. Government - South Africa - Civil service - Africa - Strike action

27/08/2010 at 08:54:00 - The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says Government needs to be clearer on its definition of essential services. Cosatu has also called on Government to finalise minimum service agreem ...

27/08/2010 at 08:27:00 - Chinese economic and trade experts have warned that China would have to slow down its rapid economic growth to avoid drastic shortages of energy resources which may hurt its development needs. The bus ...

27/08/2010 at 08:11:00 - Kenya's new laws take effect this morning, marking the end of a 20 year journey in search of a new constitution for the East African nation. Kenyans took to the polls earlier this month to vote for a ...

27/08/2010 at 07:55:00 - Villages in Pakistan's Sindh province were still being engulfed yesterday, more than four weeks after devasting floods hit the country. Floodwaters breached defences at Kot Aalimo village yesterday, a ...

27/08/2010 at 07:47:00 - Floods and heavy rains in Niger caused havoc to the country already suffering from a severe food crisis, leaving thousands of people homeless and forcing hungry families to crisis point, according to ...