December 10, 2015 Libyan Officials Say Military Remains Strong, As Rebels Advance Despite mounting evidence that Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi is losing his grip on power and running out of options his government is putting a brave face on recent rebel gains and the deteriorating situation in his besieged capital Tripoli.
December 10, 2015 Kenyan Olympic flops out to atone in Moscow Kenya's former Olympic 1500m champion Asbel Kiprop and compatriots Silas Kiplagat and Nixon Chepseba flopped when favourites to sweep the medals at the London Olympics and now want to make amends at the world championships in Moscow.
December 10, 2015 King dissolves Swazi parliament ahead of vote Africa's last absolute monarch, Swaziland's King Mswati III, on Friday dissolved parliament in the run-up to new legislative polls in September which critics have branded a sham.
December 10, 2015 S.Sudan president suspends vice president, cabinet: ex-minister South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has suspended his entire cabinet and vice president in the largest reshuffle in the history of the two-year-old nation, the former information minister told AFP Tuesday.
December 10, 2015 Injured African migrants eye bright lights of Europe In a forest overlooking the Spanish enclave of Melilla, Diamani nurses fresh wounds from his latest desperate bid, along with hundreds of other African migrants, to scale the heavily guarded border fence.
December 10, 2015 Al-Qaida Implants Itself in Africa with Candy and Cash The first time the members of al-Qaida emerged from the forest, they politely said hello. Then the men carrying automatic weapons asked the frightened villagers if they could please take water from the well.
December 10, 2015 U.S. Navy Captures 5 Pirates After Gun Battle in Indian Ocean The USS Nicholas reported taking fire from a suspected pirate skiff and returned fire before pursuing it and eventually disabling it.
December 10, 2015 BP Confirms It Lobbied for Libyan Prisoner Release, Denies Involvement in Lockerbie Case BP confirmed Thursday it lobbied the U.K. government to speed up the release of Libyan prisoners -- but denied it tried to intervene in the case of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al Megrahi.
December 10, 2015 U.N. Chief Urges Libya to Secure Qaddafi's Weapons U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Libya's new leaders to quickly bring under control unsecured munitions following the 8-month civil war that ended with the capture and killing of Muammar Qaddafilast month.
December 10, 2015 Somalia gang rape victim accuses African Union force Abducted, drugged and gang raped in Somalia: a young mother details the most brutal of allegations against African Union troops and Somali soldiers in a case causing widespread anger.
