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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge plan to visit UNICEF's centre in Denmark for distributing food and medical supplies to East Africa coming Wednesday.

Egypt's Citadel Capital plans to scale back investments outside its existing projects until the political and economic outlook becomes clearer, its chairman told Reuters.

Two little known Eritrean rebel groups said on Friday they had killed 12 government soldiers in an early morning attack.

The African force protecting Somalia's government acknowledged on Friday at least 10 of its troops had been killed in battle in Mogadishu and said the true toll could still climb, after rebels showed dozens of bodies.

Mining companies would be banned from investing in Eritrea's potentially booming minerals sector under a draft U.N. resolution that Security Council members are due to start negotiating on Tuesday.

Somali militants linked to al Qaeda prepared to defend a town in southern Somalia on Tuesday from advancing Kenyan and government troops, while a suicide car bomb killed six people in the capital during a visit by a Kenyan minister.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has pegged a per capita investment of US $3 to $ 4 for managing mental health as part of its initiative on World Mental Health day. 2011 commemorates the 20th year of World Mental Health day and this year’s campaign focuses on, Investing in mental health”, noting that financial and human resources allocated for mental health are inadequate especially in low resource countries.

Amber Miller may have not finished in the top three at the 2011 Chicago Marathon but she stole the headlines for giving birth straight after she crossed the finish line.

Mauritius' year-on-year rate of inflation slowed for a second straight month, with some analysts saying this gave the central bank room to give the economy a boost.

The Somali rebel group responsible for the suicide bombing Tuesday that killed 70 people has vowed that attacks will increase day by day. But what does al-Shabab want?

The Obama administration is constructing a network of drone strike bases in Africa and the Arabian peninsula as its broadening campaign against Al Qaeda affiliates reaches increasingly into Yemen and Somalia.

The U.S. has been stepping up its efforts to mediate between both Israel and Turkey -- its critical allies in the region

The issue of Palestine is also likely to occupy Erdogan’s time.

Jamaican Yohan Blake blazed to the second fastest 200 meters of all time at the Brussels Diamond League meeting on Friday, upstaging compatriot and training partner Usain Bolt who clocked the quickest 100m of the season.

It's an underground prison in the compound of the presidential palace.

According to a new study, ancient humans created advanced tools 1.76 million years ago, much earlier than was previously thought.

A team from the United States and France used an advanced technique to date the dirt, and were able to calculate the age of the tools, which they place at 1.76 million years.

A team from the United States and France has found newly discovered hand axes from about 1.76 million year ago. The team made the discovery after traveling to an archaeological site located along the northwest shoreline of Kenya's Lake Turkana.

A team of French and American researchers unearthed stone axes, cleavers and picks in Kenya that are at least 300,000 years older than previous finds.

Hannibal Gadhafi and his wife Aline Skaf allegedly abused their Ethiopian nanny when she refused to physically punish the couple's son. The nanny was discovered by rebels in a beach-side estate in Tripoli.

Moammar Gaddafi, who has long helped to bankroll the AU, has recruited fighters from sub-Saharan African countries as his soldiers and bodyguards.