December 10, 2015 Ivory Coast President Refuses to Surrender Days into an offensive aimed at dislodging him from the presidential mansion, Ivory Coast's strongman refused to budge Thursday from a bunker underneath his home, insisting he would never surrender despite the immense international pressure bearing down on him.
December 10, 2015 Egypt acquits anti-Morsi bloggers of inciting violence An Egyptian court on Sunday acquitted 12 activists opposed to ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi of charges they incited violence against members of his Muslim Brotherhood, a judicial source said.
December 10, 2015 Pistorius trial to resume Monday after athlete undergoes month of psychiatric examination The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius resumes Monday after one month during which mental health experts evaluated the athlete to determine if he has an anxiety disorder that could have influenced his actions on the night he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
December 10, 2015 Mugabe still the boss at 89 Zimbabwe's veteran leader Robert Mugabe once quipped that he would rule his country until he turned 100.
December 10, 2015 Ex-judge gunned down in Libya's Benghazi A former judge, aged 79, was gunned down as he left a mosque in the restive eastern city of Benghazi on Monday, a Libyan security services spokesman said.
December 10, 2015 Death toll from Nigerian mall bomb rises to 22 The National Hospital spokesman says a victim wounded in the bomb blast at a mall in Nigeria's capital died overnight, raising the death toll to at least 22.
December 10, 2015 Flooding in Niger kill at least eight Severe flooding in drought-prone Niger has killed at least eight people, including seven children, and left around 2,000 homeless, authorities said Tuesday.
December 10, 2015 Two Kenyans kidnapped by Somali Shebab in 2012 freed: official Two Kenyan officials kidnapped by the Somali Islamist group Shebab during an attack in northeastern Kenya in 2012 have been released, the Kenyan presidency announced Tuesday.
December 10, 2015 Zimbabwe arrests top rights lawyer Zimbabwean police on Saturday arrested a prominent rights lawyer running for parliament against President Robert Mugabe's party in July 31 polls, a lawyers group said.
December 10, 2015 NATO Airstrikes Take Out 8 Libyan Warships NATO fighter jets struck three ports and eight warships in bombing runs overnight, targeting ruler Muammar al-Qaddafi's navy with a goal of protecting the nearby rebel-held port of Misrata, NATO said Friday.
