A leading human rights organization has urged Nato to investigate fully the deaths of civilians in air strikes in Libya last year.

Ugandan forces have captured a senior commander of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army after a brief fight with rebels near the Congo-Central African Republic border.

UN leader Ban Ki-moon has called on Sudan to move its troops out of the disputed territory of Abyei after rival South Sudan withdrew its security forces.

Israel and the Palestinian Authority have issued a rare joint statement saying both are committed to peace.

The first group of South Sudanese refugees stranded for months in a camp in Sudan is on its way to the south.

.Addis Ababa, 11 May 2012 – The Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mr. Erastus Mwencha congratulated the Directorate of Information and Communication (DIC) and AFRO 105.3 FM Radio for establishing a vital partnership during the signing ceremony that took place today, Friday 11 May 2012 at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Some of the observers were touring Damascus while others planned to visit the suburb of Douma, east of the capital to monitor a 12 April ceasefire brokered by special envoy Kofi Annan.

Power cut has slowed Tanzanian economic growth.

The US has foiled a plot by al-Qaeda in Yemen to detonate an upgraded version of the failed 2009 "underwear bomb"

Egypt's presidential elections committee halted work after criticism