Oxfam says impoverished communities are already being hit hard by the effects of global warming.
Prosecutors will try to charge Pres. Bashir with genocide in Darfur after the ICC denied this count in March.
Western pressure for Robert Mugabe's removal could lead to chaos in Zimbabwe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said.
Hardline Islamist insurgents killed Somalia's security minister and at least 24 other people on Thursday.
Zimbabwe, its economy in ruins, is dreaming of millions of tourist dollars and even training visits...
Ethiopia will distribute 4.5 million free energy-saving light bulbs in response to a worsening power shortage.
Ethiopia charged 32 people with planning to kill government officials and blow up public utilities.
Gabon's President Omar Bongo, Africa's longest-serving leader, died on Monday in a Spanish clinic.
Worsening violence in Somalia has heightened concerns for the safety of Alberta journalist Amanda Lindhout and a colleague who were kidnapped for ransom last August.
The bodies of 15 more illegal miners were brought to the surface, raising the death toll to at least 76.