December 11, 2015 Journalist inside Nairobi mall tells tales of horror, heroism Nairobi-based AFPTV journalist Nichole Sobecki was the only television journalist able to gain access to the Westgate mall, just after the attack started. Following is her account of the horrific events:
December 11, 2015 Mugabe vows free, fair vote in Zimbabwe Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe dismissed allegations of vote rigging in elections on Wednesday, saying that is just "politicking".
December 11, 2015 Congolese army helicopters blast rebel positions Three Congolese army helicopters fired on M23 rebel positions near the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) provincial capital of Goma on Tuesday.
December 11, 2015 Kenya government minister among 6 dead in helicopter crash Police say Kenyan cabinet minister, six others killed in helicopter crash.
December 11, 2015 Grandson takes up Mandela challenge to serve Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla wanted to be a disc jockey but his illustrious grandfather had other ideas for him -- passing down a lesson on the responsibility that South Africa's most famous surname carries.
December 11, 2015 Suicide bombers kill 26 in Niger car bomb attacks Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France.
December 11, 2015 Rescue officials: shark kills man off Cape Town A shark killed a surfer off Cape Town Thursday, South African police said.
December 11, 2015 Tunisian women 'waging sex jihad in Syria' Tunisian women have travelled to Syria to wage "sex jihad" by comforting Islamist fighters battling the regime there, Interior Minister Lotfi ben Jeddou has told MPs.
December 11, 2015 Algeria army boosts forces on Tunisia border: minister Algeria's army has reinforced its forces along the eastern border with Tunisia, Interior Minister Daho Ould Kablia said on Thursday, days after the killing of eight Tunisian soldiers.
December 11, 2015 France says US helping in battle against Islamist militants in Mali France's foreign minister says the United States is providing communications and transport help for an international military intervention aimed at wresting Mali's north out of the hands of Islamist extremists.
