The death toll from bombings in Uganda rose to at least 64, authorities said Monday, a day after explosions ripped through two venues where crowds were watching the World Cup...

At least nine people were killed Sunday in a pair of bombings that struck a restaurant and a rugby ground in Uganda's capital as patrons gathered to watch the World Cup final, police said.

Thousands of World Cup fans poured into the government-controlled Somali capital of Mogadishu on Sunday to watch the final match in defiance of a ban on football imposed in other parts of the country by hardline Islamist groups.

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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A total of 221 people died in tribal fighting and other violence in Sudan's Darfur in June, peacekeepers said Sunday, as the region's two main rebel groups continued to shun peace talks.

South Africa is preparing for the World Cup final, basking in the success of the competition and aiming to impress the world with its closing ceremony.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - South Sudan's army said on Sunday it killed seven militia fighters in a raid on their camps last week, in the latest sign of unrest ahead of an independence referendum in the oil-producing region.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, back in Israel from talks in Washington on restarting direct peace negotiations with the Palestinians, said Sunday he would meet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak this week.

ABUJA (AFP) - A Nigerian high court ruled Wednesday that Vice President Goodluck Jonathan can take executive powers in the absence of ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua, in hospital in Saudi Arabia since November...

A new orphanage for children whose parents died from Aids has opened in Kenya this week, thanks to pop legend Cher...

LAGOS (AFP) - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has broken a long silence he has kept since going into hospital in Saudi Arabia for heart treatment in November, telling the BBC he hopes to resume his duties...

LUANDA (Reuters) - Angolan authorities have arrested two people it says took part in an armed attack on a bus carrying the Togo national soccer team to the African Nations Cup in Cabinda that killed two of its members...

A forlorn murmur of young voices echoes from a shack pieced together from rusted corrugated iron...

Kenya has deported a Jamaican-born Muslim cleric who was previously jailed in Britain for inciting racial hatred, a Kenyan government spokesman said Thursday...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Two 2,500-year-old tombs discovered at a necropolis near Cairo promise to reveal more about ancient Egypt's middle class, Egypt's chief archaeologist said on Tuesday...

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's political rivals have agreed some outstanding issues of a power-sharing deal, but the pace of negotiations is slow, a South African official mediating in the talks said on Tuesday...

The Somali man accused of attempting to kill Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard was held over a foiled terrorist plot in Kenya, a Danish newspaper has reported...

KHARTOUM (AFP) - Sudan's parliament on Wednesday adopted a law that will govern a referendum in the disputed oil-rich region of Abyei...

Frenchman Laurent Maurice, an agronomist, was kidnapped on November 9 near the border with Sudan, while working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's North African wing said on Monday it was responsible for the kidnapping this month of an Italian couple in Mauritania, Al Arabiya television reported...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council was set to impose sanctions on the Horn of Africa state of Eritrea on Wednesday because of aid council members say it...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's main opposition group announced the results of an election for its governing body and analysts said most of the 16 members are conservatives, signalling that it will reduce its role in mainstream politics...