ZAMBIA

Many African countries are hitting the global bond market.

Zambian vehicles are often poorly maintained and overcrowded.

An estimated 4,500 lions remain in Zambia, while the leopard population is unknown.

The Tanzanian port city of Dar es Salaam inaugurated a new commuter rail system on Monday, working within a limited budget.

Angola is trying to make people use its national currency for local transactions, rather than the dollar. But the road to that policy goal is full of potential minefields.

The Biafra War ended in 1970, but sectarian violence still rages in Nigeria. Chinua Achebe's new memoir recalls that bloody conflict with an eye toward preventing new ones.

Coal miners in Zambia killed one Chinese manager and injured another during a riot Saturday. The miners were on strike at the Chinese-owned Collum coal mine in Sinazongwe in protest of delays in raising the minimum wage.

Nayati Moodliar, a 12-year-old Dutch boy with Indian origin, was found alive and returned safely to his family after being kidnapped from a posh area in Malaysia nearly a week ago.

India and Russia have chosen to boycott Zimbabwe's 53rd International Trade Fair this year to express their deep discontent with the country's new policies to nationalize and seize control over foreign companies.

Prince Harry arrived in Jamaica to race Usain Bolt just hours after the Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller called for full independence and a cut of royal ties.

Sports Illustrated magazine on Monday unveiled its annual swimsuit issue with model Kate Upton on the cover in a two-toned, red string bikini with a bottom piece that, literally, appears to be little more than a string.

Labour demands in the south, power problems in the east and new tax burdens in the west: wherever you look in Africa, miners face a perfect storm of soaring costs.

At least 70 people were killed when riots broke out between soccer fans of rival Egyptian football teams in Port Said, Egypt on Wednesday. Hundreds were injured in the riots and there is uncertainty of how many fans were killed. Take a look at the most deadly incidents in football history.

Libya will do all it can to protect its 75 percent stake in Zamtel, the fixed-line telecoms firm in Zambia, whose government announced plans last week to seize Libya's stake in the firm, Libyan Foreign Minister Ashour bin Khayyal said Monday.

Libya will do all it can to protect its 75 percent stake in Zamtel, the fixed-line telecoms firm in Zambia, whose government announced plans last week to seize Libya's stake in the firm, Libyan Foreign Minister Ashour bin Khayyal said Monday.

22-year-old Australian tourist Erin Langworthy survived a 365-foot fall into crocodile-infested waters at Victoria Falls Bridge after her bungee cord snapped.

In an accident captured on video, a 22-year-old Australian student named Erin Langworthy nearly plunged to her death on Dec. 31 into a river infested with crocodiles after her bungee cord broke while bungee jumping in Zimbabwe.

In the aftermath of the war's “official cessation” in 2003, many more people continued to die, from both disease and periodic armed conflicts.

A record number of large scale ivory seizures will be recorded globally in 2011, pointing to a surge in elephant poaching in Africa to meet Asian demand for tusks for use in jewelry and ornaments, a monitoring group said Thursday.

The occasional sheep seeks respite from a sun that has scorched rocks black in this semi-desert region that South Africa hopes will host the world's most powerful radio telescope.

Zambia, which said last month its 2012 budget would hike mineral royalties, could cut back those rates if commodity prices collapse next year, the mines minister in Africa's top copper producer said on Friday.