Jill Worrall is bewitched by the beauty of the boy king's death mask.

The director of Madonna's Raising Malawi charity has blasted reports of a land dispute that pitted the star against impoverished villagers.

Kenyan authorities have begun a plan to restore the predator-prey balance in one of the country's premier game parks after a recent drought.

NZ has for the first time designated four international terrorist groups which are not listed by the United Nations, John Key says.

Research finds that running without any footwear could be better for your legs because it encourages the use of a different set of muscles.

Jill Worrall visits the last of Libya's remaining Ubari lakes, most of which dried up long ago.

Western food manufacturers are buying so little sustainable palm oil that the system set up to limit damage to tropical forests caused by the world's cheapest vegetable oil is in danger of collapse.

If the joyous and spirited sounds on this album are anything to go by, the 60s and early 70s would have been a golden age to be partying on the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique.

Chimpanzees have been seen performing a "fire dance" in behaviour that could indicate an ability to understand and even control fire.

A midnight phone call reminds Jill Worrall of the clumsy wooing she encountered in the Sahara.

Homophobia is on rise in Uganda as the government seeks an Anti-Homosexuality Bill and the minister for ethics and integrity insists that it will be every citizen's duty under new laws to denounce anyone they suspect of being gay.

The deadly ambush of Togo's soccer team has cast a pall over the Africa Cup of Nations and raised security doubts about the World Cup.

Unidentified gunmen attacked the Togo soccer team as it travelled to the Africa Cup of Nations tournament, wounding several players.

Following the marriage of President Jacob Zuma to his fifth wife, the Independent looks at the arguments for and against polygamy.

British intelligence passed on to US authorities about a Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner - but he was not singled out as a particular risk, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office said Monday.

Lava flowing from a volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo is threatening a population of endangered chimpanzees.

Jill Worrall takes part in the fast of Eid-ul-Adha and struggles to manage a full day of sightseeing in Sabratha.

Clint Eastwood's forthcoming film about South Africa's 1995 Rugby World Cup victory may cause NZ rugby loyalists to shout 'Hollywood!'

Yemeni officials say hundreds of al-Qaida members could be living in the country.