Diamond watchdog gives Zimbabwe time to comply
AP - 17 hours ago

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Investigators for the world's diamond control body say the gems were mined by virtual slaves who had been told to dig or die, and were smuggled out by soldiers who rape and beat civilians.

Zimbabwe's premier counting on South Africa
AP - 1 day ago

MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) - Zimbabwe's prime minister says assurances South Africa will be watching persuaded him to end his boycott of his country's troubled unity Cabinet.

South Africa track chief suspended in Semenya case
AP - 1 day ago

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The South African track chief who lied about his role in runner Caster Semenya's gender tests was suspended Thursday.

ICC prosecutor wants to investigate Kenya violence
AP - 1 day ago

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said Thursday that Kenya's postelection violence that killed more than 1,000 people was a crime against humanity and pledged to initiate proceedings that could result in top officials facing trial.

Medical aid group raises alarm about AIDS funding
AP - 1 day ago

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The global recession and pressure to divert funds to other health crises are hurting the fight against AIDS, a medical group warned Thursday, with one health worker saying he feared a return to the days when the AIDS virus was a death sentence in Africa.

43 Somalis rescued by EU warship handed to UNHCR
AP - 1 day ago

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The EU Naval Force says it has handed over 43 Somalis abandoned at sea by their human smugglers to the United Nations refugee agency in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti.

South Africa cancels Airbus contract
AP - 1 day ago

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa's government says it has canceled a contract to buy eight Airbus military aircraft that had set off a debate about public spending.

Former senior Rwandan executive jailed for 8 years
AP - 1 day ago

ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) - A United Nations war crimes tribunal sentenced on Thursday a former chief of Rwanda's tea processing and marketing agency to eight years in prison for his role in the country's 1994 genocide.

Air Zimbabwe plane smashes into wild pigs
AP - 1 day ago

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Zimbabwe's transport ministry says one of the national airline's planes collided with five wild pigs on the runway in the capital during takeoff.

Equatorial Guinea coup-plotter returns home to UK
AP - 3 days ago

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - British mercenary Simon Mann has threatened to settle some old scores after arriving home Wednesday following more than five years in African jails for a failed plot to take over Equatorial Guinea's oil riches.