Employees set for huge payouts after quarterly profits beat market expectations.

Main Niger Delta rebel group to hold fire for 60 days for peace talks with government.

The main rebel group in Nigeria's Niger Delta, Mend, says it will observe a 60-day ceasefire in its campaign against the oil industry.

Kenyan authorities seize almost 300kg of ivory and rhinoceros horn hidden in coffins on a plane bound for Asia.

Interceptor missile will be tested on Pacific Ocean missile range, US general says.

Taliban claims responsibility for 'shooting down' helicopter in Helmand province.

A Swiss court rules that the assets of the former Congolese leader, Mobutu Sese Seko, be returned to his family.

Ex-Liberian president denies accusations he backed rebels known for mutilating opponents.

Indian troops join Bastille Day march in sign of growing links between nuclear powers.

A civil servant in Egypt is jailed for three years for writing a satirical poem about President Hosni Mubarak.

US supreme court nominee tells sceptics on confirmation panel that she is not biased.

Armed men abduct security advisers from a hotel in the capital, Mogadishu.

Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor testifies at his war crimes trial in The Hague, dismissing the charges as "lies" and "rumours".

Speaking in Jeddah, Geithner promises "more clarity, predictability and transparency".

Manchester City manager Mark Hughes says the club is in talks to sign Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor.

Nigerian players taking part in the Under-17 World Cup will be subjected to MRI bone scans to determine their ages.

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A London art gallery refuses to end a sale of prints by Nelson Mandela, despite a long-running legal dispute.

Gunmen in the Somali capital Mogadishu kidnap two French security advisers who were helping the interim government.

Talks aimed at framing a new constitution for Zimbabwe resume a day after they were disrupted by scuffles.