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Twins named after Obama and Romney in Kenya

Genitals in wallet discovery gets South Africa man arrested

South Africa: Linkin Park fan killed in Cape Town concert accident

Obama wins: View from Kenya

Somalia: Car bomb explodes next to parliament in Mogadishu

Ghana: Melcom department store collapses in Accra, 'many trapped' (VIDEO)

As Kenyans eye US election, fears linger their own could turn bloody

Military strategists draw up plans for war in Mali

South Africa issues new Nelson Mandela banknotes, aka the 'Randela'

Biafra independence protests: At least 100 arrested in Nigeria

Malawi suspends anti-gay laws ahead of decision on whether to repeal legislation

UN human rights worker expelled in South Sudan

Migrant boat sinks between Italy and Libya, killing 11

Boy fell into wild dog enclosure at Pittsburgh Zoo after mother lifted him onto railing for a better view

Somalia gets first female foreign minister

Kenya: grenade attack on church kills police officer

Uganda to withdraw peacekeepers from Somalia over controversy

Mogadishu suicide bombing kills three

Nigerian army shoots up to 40 people in northeast

Nigeria introduces law to protect 'witch' children

South Africa: Two striking miners shot dead by security guards at coal mine

Libyan congress approves new government

Zimbabwe: Men caught trying to steal corpse stashed with heroin

Victoire Ingabire, Rwanda opposition leader, jailed for 'genocide denial'

South Africa's Jacob Zuma spent $28 million of public money to make his house cooler

Warsame Shire Awale, Somali poet, killed in Mogadishu

South African census shows continuing racial inequality

Iran sends warships to Sudan following alleged Israeli airstrike

South African girl, 5, scolds 'naughty' carjacker

Somalia: Aid slow to return to key port city

Algeria: Hillary Clinton visits to discuss possible Mali intervention

Somalia's tenuous peace

Saving Somalia: A matter of charcoal and UN bureaucracy

Johannesburg: The new Williamsburg?

South Africa: Zuma drops 'rape cartoon' lawsuit against Zapiro

Kenya police kill two terror suspects in Mombasa

Laurent Gbagbo: Former Ivory Coast president's appeal rejected

Nigeria: Church suicide bombing kills 8, sparks revenge attacks

Satellite images show Sudan weapons factory hit from above, monitoring group says

Cynthia Carroll, Anglo American’s chief executive, resigns

Johannesburg turns hip

16th Somali journalist killed this year

African Union lifts Mali suspension

Crew of seized Argentina ship fly home

Man sends toenails to Chinese embassy to protest rhino poaching (VIDEO)

Kenya restricts "hate" election texts

South Africa: AngloGold Ashanti fires 12,000 miners on wildcat strike

Sudan blames Israel for Khartoum arms factory explosion

South African gold mine fires over 8,000 workers

E-mails: White House was told about Libya militant link within hours

Ani al-Harzi, Benghazi suspect, extradited to Tunisia: Report

Mali offensive to retake north will take time

South Africa: Bomb 'kills three' in Johannesburg prison escape attempt

AIDS vaccine 'a step closer' after HIV antibodies discovery

Somali pirate attacks lowest since 2009

Fighting Al Qaeda: Has Al Qaeda gained ground under Obama's watch?

Obama and Romney are missing the point on Libya


French reporter attacked near Cairo's Tahrir Square

Nigeria: Boko Haram member captured in senator's home

Hong Kong seizes massive $3.4 million African ivory shipment

Read all about it: Newspapers are thriving!

Moussa Ibrahim, spokesman for Muammar Gaddafi, reportedly captured in Libya

Mali: African leaders meet to plan intervention on Mali crisis

Books: 'The Revolution through Libyan Eyes'

UN to sanction M23 rebels in the eastern Congo

Libya: The shadow of Muammar Gaddafi

South African court rules witchdoctor's sick note valid

Researchers use cell phones to track the movement of malaria in Africa

Rwanda voted onto UN Security Council, despite fresh allegations of support for DRC rebels

'Lady Gaga' eaten by lion in new Die Antwoord video

Rwanda commands M23 rebels in neighboring Congo, UN says

South Africa: Jacob Zuma reveals 'action package' to end mine strikes

Chelsea Clinton launches diarrhea project in Nigeria

Libyan officials name Ansar al Sharia leader as commander of Benghazi attack: Reports

Congo demands sanctions on Rwanda, Uganda over rebel support

Rhino killings reach record levels in South Africa

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton takes responsibility for Benghazi attacks

South African rapper Jub Jub guilty of killing four schoolchildren while drag racing through Soweto (VIDEO)

Zimbabwe woman fined in court for failing to feed husband best cuts of chicken

Ivory Coast: Gunmen attack power stations, military posts

Apes, monkeys, lemurs among world's most endangered primates

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma takes over as first female African Union chief

The Earth Project: Sun Speak

No winner of 2012 Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership

Libya elects Ali Zidan new prime minister

Nigeria: gunmen kill at least 18 outside Dogo Dawa mosque

Tunisia leadership backs June date for presidential election

Mauritanian president mistakenly shot, to go abroad for treatment: officials

Somalia’s fragile hope is linked to Ethiopia

'Arab Spring' countries get $165 mil in aid from world nations