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Thousands of people in East Africa died needlessly because the international community failed to respond to early warnings of famine,…

Hosni Mubarak's doctor said the former Egyptian president is not undergoing chemotherapy for cancer but suffers from weak muscles and…

Liberia's Nobel peace laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was sworn in Monday in a lavish US$1.2 million ceremony and called for…

Nigerian unions ended a week-old nationwide strike Monday hours after the president climbed down on a petrol price hike, while…

Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged insurgents to allow health teams to vaccinate children in war-torn parts of the country where…

Tunisia's ex-Prime Minister Rachid Ghannouchi told a tribunal Monday that toppled strongman Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali had wanted to kill at least 1,000 protesters…

Iran has repeatedly violated a UN arms embargo with exports to protest-hit Syria, the French foreign ministry said on Monday,…

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday appealed to the Security Council to act with "seriousness" on Syria, where he…

Swiss archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a female singer dating back almost 3,000 years in Egypt's Valley of the…

Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei's decision to quit the race for the presidency has been seen in Egypt as…