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Pirates demand $1m ransom for yacht couple

Retired French couple and their boat were seized by Somali gunmen at the heart of an ever-growing global piracy network

Mugabe gives Tsvangarai power-sharing ultimatum

Zimbabwean President threatens to form a Cabinet without opposition MDC if its leader fails to sign draft proposal

Rice in historic Libya visit for Gaddafi talks

Fist visit of a US Secretary of State since 1953 expected to herald trade and investment deals with former pariah state

Engineer swims river to escape African captivity

Charlie Northfield escapes house in The Gambia where he was awaiting trial on charges of illegally exporting uranium

Tutankhamun's twin daughters

Two foetuses found buried with the 'boy king' could be his children

Berlusconi and Gaddafi seal deal

Pact worth billions of pounds has been signed by the Italian and Libyan leaders as package of investment and reparations

The family: Africa’s blessing and curse

Too often Africa is seen through a prism of war and famine, but this masks its essential energy

Gadaffi accuser fears for his brother

Former servant of a son of Colonel Muammar Gadaffi claims his brother has gone missing following claims he was assaulted

Robert Mugabe lifts ban on aid operations

Zimbabwean government is to allow aid operations to resume to help its starving population after a three-month suspension

Fears for flamingos after conservation row

Three conservationists are suspended after a dispute over water quality at the Kamfers Dam nesting site in South Africa

Kenya's honey hunter tribe driven from forest

Honey hunting tribe, the Ogiek, fear being driven from their Mau forest home in Kenyan Rift Valley by political unrest

Mugabe and Tsvangirai shared table for two

President and his rival got on remarkably well at a dinner for two last month — just as Mugabe was pulling out of talks

Boo all you like, Mugabe is in power

Only one thing is certain: President Robert Mugabe’s hand is still firmly on the rudder of Zimbabwe

Mugabe jeers broadcast on state television

MPs jeered, booed and taunted Robert Mugabe throughout his 30-minute speech at the opening of Zimbabwe's Parliament

Blow for Mugabe as MDC speaker chosen

Dramatic scenes as President's party is reduced to opposition and police try to arrest MPs before vote

Conspiracy claims after Egypt parliament fire

Government dismisses arson allegations as leader faces conspiracy claims after deadly blaze at Egyptian parliament

If animals have feelings, can we justify ogling them in zoos?