Mo Dewji was walking outside a hotel gym when a gang of violent thugs abducted him.

Helicopters plucked people from their flooded homes as the typhoon wreaked havoc.

Across Africa, the number of lions has dropped by more than 40 per cent in two decades.

Behind the scenes, the Royal tour in Africa is not as posh as it seems.

Geldof on boyhood beatings, the Boomtown Rats and what he really said at Live Aid.

Robert Mugabe was cold, calculating and very clever. This is how he ruined a country.

Mugabe, 95, was first celebrated as a liberator the criticised as a combative enforcer.

It was a last-minute decision, made after midnight in a bid to confuse the paparazzi.

The sharks that supported a diving industry in South Africa have disappeared.

Only two countries failed to join the ban on the trade of baby elephants

It was a hot day in the chamber and lawmakers had just returned from a heavy lunch.

In Nigeria, an unidentified man was spotted by pilots approaching the plane on foot.

Musician Johnny Clegg, who defied racial barriers during SA's apartheid years, has died.

Islamic extremists took over a hotel in Somalia for more than 14 hours, leaving 26 dead.

Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Sudan yesterday.

Captain of humanitarian rescue vessel could face up to 10 years in prison for the act.

Morsi had just addressed the court, warning he had 'many secrets' he could reveal.

The moment that health professionals have feared has arrived.