December 10, 2015 African troops thwart Shebab attack in south Somali port African troops in Somalia said they thwarted an attack Thursday by Islamist Shebab fighters on their base in the southern port city of Kismayo.
December 10, 2015 Struggling Al Qaeda offshoot using Twitter to spread message The PR campaign by the terror network seeks to tap into social grievances and champion mainstream causes such as unemployment, all in bid to reverse decline and win new followers.
December 10, 2015 Militant RPG attack kills 24 Egypt police in Sinai Militants fired rocket-propelled grenades at two buses packed with Egyptian policemen in Sinai, killing 24 in the deadliest attack of its kind in years, medical and security sources said.
December 10, 2015 Anger in Egypt as Mubarak Cedes Power, but Refuses to Quit Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Thursday he has passed authority to Vice President Omar Suleiman, but will not step down before September elections.
December 10, 2015 Organising Zimbabwe vote will be 'tough': SADC warns Leaders from the southern African bloc SADC warned that organising the upcoming Zimbabwe elections will be 'tough' given the paucity of time for preparations.
December 10, 2015 US 'fully engaged' in case of Sudanese woman sentenced to die for Christian faith U.S. State Department officials are “fully engaged diplomatically” in the case of Meriam Ibrahim, a Sudanese woman sentenced to death earlier this month after refusing to renounce her Christian faith, FoxNews.com has learned.
December 10, 2015 S. Africa's 'cruel' livestock export under fire A ship carrying 3,500 head of cattle, goats and sheep will on Tuesday leave South Africa for the island paradise of Mauritius -- and the slaughterhouse -- despite an outcry over "inhumane" livestock exports.
December 10, 2015 Liberia president says Ebola has brought country to 'a standstill' Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said Ebola has killed more than 2,000 people in her country and has brought it to "a standstill," noting that Liberia and two other badly hit countries were already weakened by years of war.
December 10, 2015 Pistorius apologizes, sobs through testimony at murder trial Stifling sobs, Oscar Pistorius took the witness stand Monday in his murder trial and apologized to the family of the girlfriend he shot dead, describing himself as traumatized and now on antidepressant medication, and sometimes waking from nightmares to the "smell of blood.
December 10, 2015 Rocket strikes UAE mission in Libya Unknown attackers fired a rocket at the UAE embassy in Tripoli Thursday but it caused little damage and no casualties, Libya's interior ministry said, in the latest assault targeting foreign missions in the country.