Africa
Morocco arrests 57 in cash-for-answers exam scandal
Dozens of people have been arrested in Morocco for selling answers to high school leaving exams in a racket that even saw ...Woman gives birth after transplant of ovarian tissue
A woman who had ovarian tissue removed and frozen during childhood has given birth to a baby after the tissue was successfully ...UN accuses Eritrea of crimes against humanity
Eritrea\'s government is responsible for systematic and widespread human rights abuses on an almost unprecedented scale, driving some 5,000 Eritreans to flee ...G7 leaders agree to strive for low-carbon economy
Group of Seven leaders agreed on Monday to wean their economies off carbon fuels and supported a global goal for reducing greenhouse ...Turkey AKP loses absolute majority in parliament
A senior official from Turkey\'s ruling AK Party said on Sunday initial parliamentary election results suggested the party may be forced to ...Ghana petrol station blaze kills 96 as floods cut power
An explosion at a petrol station in Ghana\'s capital killed around 96 people sheltering from a storm early on Thursday, emergency services ...EU, Libya hold talks on joint naval force to combat human traffickers
The EU\'s foreign policy chief held "constructive" talks with Libya\'s foreign minister, focused on a European naval force that would fight people ...Regional powers launch new South Sudan peace effort
A fresh bid to end 17 months of civil war in South Sudan was launched by regional powers on Monday with a ...Sepp Blatter resigns as FIFA president
Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA president on Tuesday in the face of a U.S.-led corruption investigation that has plunged world soccer\'s governing ...South Africa admits paying $10M but denies FIFA bribe
South Africa denied that a $10 million payment it made in 2008 was in any way a bribe to FIFA for the ...