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The former Cape Town biscuit factory, reworked into a shabby-chic urban setting, is just one of the gourmet markets that have popped up in South Africa.
A helicopter crash is seen in Al-Faw, an area of Sudan's Gedaref state, February 27, 2012.
The situation remains tense in the southeastern Libyan town of Kufra, where the death toll from recent inter-ethnic clashes is at least 100 and half the population has fled.
Macky Sall, ex-prime minister and one of the main competitors in Senegal's presidential election, on Monday expected a second round of the vote.
Pascoe said here Monday that despite the best efforts of governments and organizations, piracy in the Gulf of Guinea is becoming an even greater threat.
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos welcomed visiting UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon who is on a two-day official visit to the African country.
Sudan on Monday indicated a possibility of using military options against South Sudan in response to what Khartoum terms as "repeated aggressions" by the south on Sudan's territories.
Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh on Monday formally handed over power to new President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, marking the end of his 33-year rule in the Arab country.
South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela was discharged on Sunday from hospital after doctors declared nothing "seriously wrong" with his health.
Former South African president Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital for treatment for a "long-standing abdominal complaint", the government said.
Participants gathering at the Friends of Syria Conference in Tunis endorsed the Syrian National Council (SNC) as the "legitimate representative" of the Syrian people.
Delegates at the Friends of Syria Conference on Friday in Tunis are mulling a United Nations cease fire resolution to guarantee access of humanitarian aid to Syrian civilians.