December 4, 2018 Florida woman attacked by mother hippo during Zimbabwe canoe trip, reports say A Florida woman vacationing in South Africa and Zimbabwe was rushed to a local hospital after a hippo reportedly flipped her canoe and chomped down on her leg as she paddled down the Zambezi River with her husband.
December 4, 2018 Italy investigating 5 Egyptians in student's murder Prosecutors in Rome on Tuesday formally opened an investigation into five Egyptian domestic secret service members and police investigators in connection with the 2016 torture and murder of an Italian researcher.
December 4, 2018 Power cuts hit South Africa, hurting economy South Africa's troubled power utility on Tuesday implemented power cuts nationwide, intensifying concern about growth in one of Africa's biggest economies.
December 3, 2018 UN: New information could shed light on Hammarskjold crash New information has been received that could shed light on the mysterious 1961 plane crash that killed U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold on a peace mission to then newly independent Congo, the U.N. legal chief said Monday.
December 3, 2018 UN: Over 150 sexual violence cases in South Sudan in 12 days More than 150 women and girls have sought treatment in the past 12 days for rape and other acts of sexual violence near Bentiu, the second-largest city in South Sudan, U.N. officials said Monday.
December 3, 2018 Egypt rejects naming of suspects in researcher's killing Egyptian prosecutors have rejected an Italian request to treat several policemen as suspects in the 2016 killing of an Italian graduate student in Cairo, saying there is not enough evidence to warrant such a move, according to Egypt's state-run news agency.
December 3, 2018 Nigerian president says he's alive, not an imposter Nigeria's president took the extraordinary step of denying rumors that he died and was replaced by a body double, telling the country that he is alive and well.
December 3, 2018 Nigerian president says he's not dead and hasn't been replaced by a Sudanese body double Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari says he's not dead, and to prove it, he gave a statement Sunday in which he was alive.
December 3, 2018 Egypt actress says revealing dress wasn't meant to offend An Egyptian actress facing trial on public obscenity charges for wearing a revealing dress says she didn't mean to offend anyone, appealing to her detractors to believe in her good intentions.
December 2, 2018 Gambians embrace new freedoms with environment activism Hundreds of Gambians were grateful for the jobs created by a Chinese-run fish processing plant that arrived in 2014.