Nairobi, Kenya - The International Monetary Fund has announced that the African economy is recovering much quicker than a lot of other regions of the world and they believe the private sector was a key attributing factor to the recovery.

Algiers, Algeria - Algerian national police chief Ali Tounsi has been shot dead by a colleague inside police headquarters in an apparent retaliatory murder-suicide

Ceuta, Spain - What are 54 Indians doing on the woody hill between the Mount Hacho and Mount Jebel Musa, the African side of the Strait of Gibraltar?

The authorities in the U.K. have announced plans to prevent over 3,000 convicted football hooligans from traveling to South Africa later this year to follow the English national team as it competes in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Gallup polls conducted during 2009 show that among Arab League countries, the opinion of United States leadership has improved over the last year.

US intelligence and the UN say Communist guerrillas in Latin America are using narcotics to help finance Al Qaeda-linked groups in North Africa. The security officials say the trade poses a “global security threat. ”

The United Nations has spent more than $27 million in delivering vitamin A pills, vaccinations and bednets to children in West Africa but research has found that they often survive better without the assistance of the UN.

A collision between a bus and truck on a major highway in Algeria has killed 15 people and seriously injured 15 more this weekend.

Authorities in Mali are trying to contact the North African wing of Al Qaeda to negotiate the release of four European hostages. Mali says the three Spaniards and one Frenchman are being held on its territory.

Around 400 cops raided 39 locations to dismantle a dangerous ring which forged Canadian passports and U.S. resident cards along with credit cards and documents such as driving licences. RCMP's national security team participated in the bust.