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Former South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, has hinted that that Africa's right to self-determination is still threatened by a "new imperialism", illustrated by the Nato Libyan operation.

Shell's failure to clean up two oil spills in the Niger Delta in 2008 has caused huge suffering to locals whose fisheries and farmland were poisoned, and the company must pay an initial $1 billion to set up a mop up fund, Amnesty International said on Thursday.

The Muslim world has begun celebrating Eid al-Adha, a festival where humility and solidarity within the community is put promoted.

Feminist protesters gathered outside the 60th Miss World competition in London Sunday night.

Sunday marked the Eid al-Adha feast, celebrated throughout the world by millions of Muslims.

Suicide bombers have targeted a military base in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, official said and several blasts have been recorded.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, accompanied by his foreign minister, paid a visit on Sept. 15 to Tripoli, the recently liberated capital of Libya. This was the first visit there by the head of state of a key European country since the deposition of former Libyan President Col. Moammar Gadhafi.

Argentina 3-1 Nigeria: Lionel Messi Inspires Friendly Victory [Match Highlights and Goals]. Barcelona's Lionel Messi led Argentina to a 3-1 friendly win over Nigeria in Dhaka on Tuesday.

Throughout the last six months, Algeria has been a constant feature of the conflict: imaginary or real ally of Gaddafi, the country has been accused throughout the months of sending troops, arming Gaddafi forces or sheltering the former dictator.

As violent clashes between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria continue to make more casualties, religious tensions continue to threaten the stability of the country.

A car bomb was detonated at the UN offices in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, with reports suggesting as many as 16 people may be dead.

The international charity Oxfam has launched an initiative to get Africans and their governments to donate more towards the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa as it complained the donations given by African countries so far are too small.

At least 14 people including a child, who were ordered to lie along a busy road by robbers, were crushed to death by a speeding vehicle in northern Nigeria, police said on Wednesday.

Thousands of Africans are taking to Twitter to vent grief and anger over another famine in Somalia, raising money and comforting each other showing that once again social network are increasingly used to highlight international issues.

Experts at Southampton University have drawn up a league table of countries most likely to suffer severe loss of life or catastrophic damage, should a large asteroid hit Earth.

The Duke is well known for his verbal "gaffes" and a blunt wit that has hammered everyone from small children to presidents, will he have any words of wisdom for the happy couple tomorrow? Here are some quotations attributed to Prince Philip.

Voters in the ongoing referendum in South Sudan on independence from the rest of the country have been given a very interesting choice on their ballot papers.

Koreans are going hostile after Dana Petroleum, a British FTSE 250 company that has refused a bid for its oil and gas exploration in the North Sea and Africa.