Chinese worker's body found in Sudan
2012-02-07 06:18:37
According to a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the Sudanese side will hand over the missing worker's body to China as soon as possible.
Egypt blast freezes gas supply to Jordan
2012-02-06 15:42:29
Jordan said Sunday an attack against a gas pipeline in Egyptian city of Arish led to the complete halt of natural gas supply Jordan receives from the north African country.
UNEP and the green economy
2012-02-06 11:15:58
40 years ago in the Swedish capital city of Stockholm, history was made at a UN conference on the future of humanity and the planet.
Mubarak's former figures to be distributed
2012-02-06 10:22:20
Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Youssef decided on Sunday to distribute Mubarak's former figures who were detained in Tora prison to five different jails.
Two US tourists kidnapped in Egypt
2012-02-03 21:54:23
Gunmen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula kidnapped two American women on Friday in an apparent attempt to hold them for ransom, security sources said.
Over 1400 injured in Cairo's clashes
2012-02-03 20:27:33
Egyptian Health Ministry said Friday that some 1,482 were wounded in clashes that erupted Thursday night between police and protesters near the Interior Ministry building in central Cairo.
Two dead, over 600 injured in Egypt protests
2012-02-03 17:08:50
Two people have died and more than 600 were injured in Egypt as new protests triggered by a recent football riot hit several places of the country.
Missing Chinese in Sudan unlikely to survive
2012-02-02 20:50:44
Chances for the Chinese worker, who went missing in a rebel attack in Sudan's South Kordofan, are very small, an official of the Chinese embassy said on Thursday.
China sends work team to Libya
2012-02-02 13:46:03
China's Ministry of Commerce is to send a work team to Libya to exchange views on China's participation in the African country's post-war reconstruction.
Racial differences narrow slightly
2012-02-02 13:39:18
There was more representation of blacks in the middle class in South Africa last year, indicating that racial differences had narrowed -- although slightly.
Kenya retains benchmark lending rate
2012-02-02 13:15:30
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) on Wednesday retained the benchmark rate to 18 percent in an attempt to ease inflation.
Italy on forefront of supporting Somalia
2012-02-02 09:45:00
Italy is on the forefront of supporting Somalia politically and economically, Prime Minister Mario Monti said Wednesday after meeting in Rome his Somali counterpart Ali Mohamed Abdiweli.