December 10, 2015 Jailed Tunisian rapper to be freed on appeal: lawyer Tunisian rapper Ala Yaacoubi, jailed for two years last month for a song in which he insulted the police, will be freed on Tuesday after being given a six month suspended sentence on appeal, his lawyer said.
December 10, 2015 Pistorius recounts night he killed girlfriend, removes prosthetic legs during testimony Oscar Pistorius described Tuesday what he said were the terror-filled moments before he shot Reeva Steenkamp to death and removed his prosthetic legs in court during his testimony at his murder trial to show how he stood by the toilet door which he fired into last year.
December 10, 2015 Qaddafi's Son Reportedly Eyeing Surrender at The Hague Muammar Qaddafi's fugitive son Saif al-Islam has reportedly requested an aircraft to take him to The Hague war crimes court so he can turn himself in, a source with Libya's National Transitional Council told Reuters on Thursday.
December 10, 2015 Counterfeit medicine trade targets Africa's poor From Cameroon to Ivory Coast, Kenya to the DR Congo, traders in counterfeit drugs do a thriving business with the utmost cynicism and sometimes at the cost of human lives.
December 10, 2015 Nigeria labor announces suspension of fuel strike Unions suspended their nationwide strike on Monday, hours after Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan partially reinstated subsidies to keep gasoline prices low and deployed soldiers in the streets to halt widening demonstrations.
December 10, 2015 Gunmen kill 4 in Sudan protests Gunmen have killed four Sudanese during mostly peaceful protests, the police said on Saturday, as thousands prepared to bury one victim and more demonstrations were expected.
December 10, 2015 At least 71 killed in massive explosion at bus station in Nigerian capital A massive explosion ripped through a bus station during the morning rush hour in Nigeria's capital, killing at least 71 people and wounding 124 in a bombing that marked the bloodiest terrorist attack ever in Abuja.
December 10, 2015 Rudisha out of Kenya's world championships squad World and Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha was left out of Kenya's 49-strong athletics team named on Sunday for next month's World Championships in Moscow.
December 10, 2015 Cairo Islamist camp angers residents As thousands of Islamists massed for a third week at Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya square, residents were beginning to lose patience with ousted president Mohamed Morsi's supporters camped on their doorsteps.
December 10, 2015 Car Explodes Outside Libyan Hotel A car exploded Wednesday outside a hotel in Benghazi where a Fox News crew is staying.
