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Zimbabwe's plan to win back international funding by paying compensation to white farmers forced off their land faces a major snag: the black farmers expected to stump up the cash say they don't have it. The new occupants working the...

Democratic Republic of Congo's Jean-Pierre Bemba became the highest-ranking politician convicted by the international war crimes court on Monday, when it judged him responsible for a campaign of rape and murder in Central African Republic. Bemba, who served as vice...

Explosions tore through the departure hall of Brussels airport on Tuesday morning killing up to 10 people and injuring 30 others and a second blast struck a metro station in the capital shortly afterwards, the Belgian public broadcaster RTBF...

Taiwan's top security agency said on Monday China's establishment of diplomatic ties with one of the island's former African allies was meant to put pressure on President-elect Tsai Ing-wen to "fall in line" before her inauguration on May 20. China...

Benin Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou on Monday conceded defeat to businessman Patrice Talon in presidential elections. "I called Patrice Talon tonight to congratulate him on his victory and wish him luck," Zinsou said in a statement on his Facebook page. Zinsou...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 20, (THEWILL) – Reports that at least 14 European university exchange students have died in a motorway coach crash near Tarragona in north-east Spain has been confirmed. At about 6am on Sunday the driver lost control near...

Russian officials said on Saturday that all 61 people on board a passenger jet flying from Dubai to southern Russia were killed when their plane crashed on its second attempt to land at Rostov-on-Don airport. Russia's emergencies ministry said the...

The most-wanted fugitive from November's Paris attacks was arrested after a shootout with police in Brussels on Friday, the Belgian federal prosecutor's office said. Local media reported that Salah Abdeslam, the 26-year-old French suspect, was wounded in the operation as...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the European Union of hypocrisy over migrants, human rights and terrorism on Friday as his prime minister negotiated in Brussels over a deal to stem an influx of migrants and refugees into Europe. Reacting to...

The ex-boss of South Africa's state power firm on Friday became the latest figure to accuse a business family with ties to President Jacob Zuma of wielding undue influence, as the leadership of the ruling ANC met to discuss...