December 11, 2015 South Africa inflation surges: official data South African 12-month consumer price inflation jumped to 6.3 percent in July from 5.5 percent in June due to higher fuel prices, official figures showed on Wednesday.
December 11, 2015 Ugandan village digs through mudslide in attempt to search for missing Rescue workers equipped only with hand-held tools gave up their search Tuesday and waited for bulldozers to arrive to help find some 100 people who residents said were missing after landslides struck Uganda's mountainous east.
December 11, 2015 S. Africa rhino poaching toll hits record near 700 Poachers have killed a record 688 rhinos in South Africa so far this year, more than the entire number slaughtered in 2012, according to figures issued Sunday, World Rhino Day.
December 11, 2015 Niger: Only 1 Major Libyan Figure Has Entered Country A spokesman for the president of Niger debunked media reports that a convoy of over 200 military vehicles from Libya had entered his country, saying only three cars had crossed ferrying one senior member of Muammar Qaddafi's entourage.
December 11, 2015 Kenya mall siege will 'end soon': minister Kenyan security forces will soon end a Nairobi shopping mall siege, Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku said Monday, with Islamist attackers still fighting but left with no way out of the complex.
December 11, 2015 Woman allegedly raped by police in Tunisia, then accused of violating modesty laws Hundreds of Tunisians protested Tuesday in support of a woman who says she was raped by police and is facing accusations of violating modesty laws.
December 11, 2015 African Union Members Agree to Disregard Qaddafi Arrest Warrant The body representing nations in Africa called on its members to disregard the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Muammar al-Qaddafi, an official confirmed Saturday, in a move that seriously weakens the tribunal's ability to bring the embattled Libyan leader to justice.
December 11, 2015 Rebels Deploy Around Strategic Libyan Oil Port Mutinous army units in pickup trucks armed with machine-guns and rocket launchers deployed around the strategic oil installation at Brega Thursday, a day after the opposition foiled an attempt by loyalists of Muammar al-Qaddafi to retake the port in rebel-held east Libya.
December 11, 2015 Police clear protesters from US embassy area in Egypt Egyptian police on Saturday cleared out protesters who have been clashing with security forces for the past four days near the U.S. Embassy as most cities around the Muslim world reported calm a day after at least six people were killed in a wave of angry protests over an anti-Islam film.
December 11, 2015 Mali's new premier picks first post-war government Mali's first post-war prime minister began Friday the task of forming a government expected to deliver on promises by the president to reunite a deeply divided nation and crack down on corruption.
