MOGADISHU, Somalia - Ukraine said it is against using force to free its hijacked ship off Somalia's coast as NATO marshaled a seven-vessel force to protect ships in those perilous waters. More »
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Some rural Zimbabweans facing one of the hungriest years they could remember have been forced to live on a meal a day and in some cases only on wild fruits, the U.N. food aid agency said Thursday. More »
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The South African government will press ahead with plans to sell just over 51 tons of ivory to China and Japan under a special exemption to the international ban on the trade. More »
HARARE (AFP) - - Zimbabwe's inflation rate soared to 231 million percent, but the country's economic and political crisis showed no sign of ending as the opposition Thursday declared a deadlock in power-sharing talks. More »
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says power-sharing talks with longtime ruler Robert Mugabe are deadlocked over the division of Cabinet posts. More »
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's state Herald newspaper quotes official statistics saying annual inflation in Zimbabwe has hit 231 million percent. More »
RABAT, Morocco - Morocco's official news agency says a boat carrying around 50 migrants has capsized in rough seas and the coast guard is searching for survivors. More »
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A Sudanese detainee transferred out of Guantanamo has vowed to campaign for the release of the roughly 255 inmates remaining at the U.S. military prison. More »
KINSHASA, Congo - Congo has accused neighboring Rwanda of sending troops across the border and fighting in support of a Congolese warlord. More »

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