Angola's ruling party has claimed victory in the country's first parliamentary election in 16 years. The country's electoral commission said on Sunday that the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) has received more than 81 per cent of the vote at the national level, with half the ...
Up to 500 people are feared to have been buried in their homes after a mountain landslide crushed a town on the outskirts of Egypt's capital. At least 18 people have been declared dead and 35 injured after at least eight rocks, some measuring 30m high, buried more than 50 homes in the poor distri...
Rescue workers in Haiti are being hampered in their efforts to get food and drinking water to thousands of people after tropical storm Hanna left many roads flooded and bridges collapsed. At least 136 people have died as a result of the storm, mainly in the city of Gonaives, Alta Jean-Baptiste,...
Opposition fighters in Somalia appear to have made a major comeback after being ousted by Somali government troops backed up by Ethiopian forces last year. The fighters and remnants of the Islamic Courts Union first took the key port city of Kismayo and now they say they are making headway across...
Georgia has broken diplomatic relations with Russia, heightening hostilities between the neighbours as Moscow also hit back at Western criticism. Georgia announced on Friday the split three days after Russia formally recognised the Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as ...