Sudan's referendum commission agreed on a key post on Thursday, ending a deadlock which has stalled plans for the Jan. 9 southern vote on independence from the north against which it has fought decades of civil war.
An experimental Novartis drug can clear malaria infection in mice with a single dose.
Zimbabwean politicians appeal for urgent food supplies as thousands go hungry in the province of Matabeleland.
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 has said.
Police opened fire on demonstrators protesting against rising prices in Mozambique's capital yesterday. At least six people were killed including two children, police and hospital sources.
One of South Africa's largest state workers' unions said on Wednesday it had rejected a new pay offer from the government aimed at ending a three-week strike by about 1.3 million workers.
The Dutch Christian Democrat Appeal party (CDA) has closed ranks after a deep crisis over coalition talks with Geert Wilders' anti-Islam Freedom Party.
As election momentum builds in Uganda for NRM primaries and the general election, the capital city Kampala is awash in campaign props.
Christian Democractic (CDA) coalition negotiatior Ab Klink’s decision to reject any further cooperation with the Freedom Party (PVV) appears to be final.
The government of Senegal has ordered beggars to leave the streets to go beg in places of worship instead. This unprecedented step, which aims to fight poverty, is already generating criticism.