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Kazakhstan to share experience in poverty eradication internationally: Nazarbayev Kazakhstan’s president Nursultan Nazarbayev proposed to create a poverty eradication roadmap in the countries of Asia and Africa.

28 May 2014

Abkhazia leader forced to flee, denounces coup bid Opposition protesters stormed the presidency in Abkhazia overnight in what the leader of the Georgian breakaway region called a coup attempt, Russian news agencies said.

28 May 2014

Four police killed in attack on Tunisia minister's home Four Tunisian police officers were killed in a "terrorist" attack overnight on the home of Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou in the west-central Kasserine region, a ministerial spokesman said.

28 May 2014

Madonna criticises Malawi president amid vote chaos Pop diva Madonna has weighed in on Malawi's chaotic election, criticising embattled President Joyce Banda, who has tried to nullify the vote amid allegations of irregularities.

27 May 2014

Egypt votes in poll seen giving Sisi landslide victory The ex-army chief who ousted Egypt's first democratically elected leader and crushed his Islamist movement was set for a landslide presidential election win on Tuesday, the final day of voting.

27 May 2014

'We know where missing girls are': Nigeria's top brass Nigeria's highest ranking military officer on Monday gave a glimmer of hope to the families of more than 200 schoolgirls held by Boko Haram militants, revealing they had located the missing teenagers.

27 May 2014

Obama makes surprise Afghanistan visit US President Barack Obama promised a decision on post-2014 troop numbers in Afghanistan "fairly shortly", after paying a surprise visit to soldiers fighting the last battles of America's longest war.

26 May 2014

Boko Haram kill 24 in Nigeria village raid: residents

26 May 2014

Drugs case against Tunisia blogger dismissed A prominent Tunisian blogger who accused police of fabricating drugs charges against him walked free from court on Friday after a judge threw out the case.

25 May 2014

Iran hangs man convicted of $2.6 bn bank scam An Iranian businessman convicted of masterminding a $2.6 billion banking scam, the biggest fraud case in the country's history, was hanged on Saturday, state media reported.

24 May 2014

Pope begins Middle East 'pilgrimage' in Jordan Pope Francis arrives in Jordan Saturday at the start of a Middle East tour aiming to boost ties with Muslims and Jews as well as easing an age-old rift within Christianity itself.

24 May 2014

ICC sentences Congolese warlord Katanga to 12 years The International Criminal Court on Friday sentenced Congolese warlord Germain "Simba" Katanga to 12 years in jail for arming an ethnic militia that carried out a "particularly cruel" 2003 village massacre.

23 May 2014

One dead in Istanbul as anti-government protests flare One man died and about 10 others were injured in Istanbul during violent clashes between police and protesters Thursday, officials said, in the latest eruption of anger against the Turkish government.

23 May 2014

US deploys troops to Chad to hunt for Nigerian girls The United States has deployed 80 military personnel to Chad to help find 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram, who are blamed for a spree of deadly attacks this week including a massive car-bombing.

22 May 2014

Twin Nigeria car bombs kill at least 118 Twin car bombings in central Nigeria killed at least 118 people and brought entire buildings down Tuesday, in the latest affront to the government's internationally-backed security crackdown.

21 May 2014

Iraq election candidate kidnapped as attacks kill 16 Militants kidnapped an Iraqi election candidate Sunday as attacks in Baghdad and northern Iraq killed 16 people and officials prepared to announce the results of last month's vote.

19 May 2014

Briton, Israeli, German among student Oscar winners Young filmmakers from Briton, Germany and Israel were announced Friday as winners of student Academy Awards, along with 12 laureates from American universities, who will get their prizes next month.

18 May 2014

Attack on Ivorian village kills 13: minister An armed gang attacked an Ivorian village near the border with Liberia, killing three soldiers and 10 civilians, Defence Minister Paul Koffi Koffi said.

17 May 2014

Syrian woman's siege of Homs film gets standing ovation at Cannes A Syrian woman whose horrifying footage of the siege of Homs was turned into a film by an exiled director was on Friday given a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival, a few hours after the pair met for the first time.

17 May 2014

24 dead as Libya ex-general battles Benghazi Islamists Libyan forces loyal to a rogue general, vowing to flush "terrorists" out of Benghazi, clashed with former rebel Islamist groups in the eastern city Friday, killing 24 people and wounding some 150.

17 May 2014

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