Month: March 2014
Secrets of ‘gorilla whisperer’
Zain Verjee visits Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park -- the home of half of the world's endangered mountain…
Holy water at baptism festival
France has Lourdes, but Ethiopia has Gondar -- with thousands of pilgrims swimming in its holy waters to…
Pistorius’ last texts with girlfriend
Court hears stormy messages between Oscar Pistorius and girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Will Egypt execute hundreds?
A court in Egypt has sentenced to death more than 500 supporters of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood following…
Uganda: Scores of Congolese refugees killed in lake accident
The death toll after from a boat accident on Lake Albert between Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo…
Pistorius trial: Surprise witness?
Whom does Gerrie Nel have up his sleeve? That's the question South Africa is asking as the man…
Giant pharaoh statues revealed
Archeologists in Luxor, Egypt have unveiled two massive ancient statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III to the public.
Honeymoon murder suspect to be extradited to S. Africa
A British man accused of orchestrating his wife's murder by hit men while they were honeymooning will be…
At least 59 people dead in Guinea Ebola outbreak
An Ebola outbreak has killed at least 59 people in Guinea, UNICEF said, as the deadly hemorrhagic fever…
Boat capsizes on Lake Albert, Uganda, 19 people killed
At least 19 people died Saturday when a boat carrying Congolese refugees capsized on Lake Albert, police said.
Oscar Pistorius murder trial extended
The murder trial of "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius will now continue until the middle of May, the South…
Oscar Pistorius forced to sell home to pay legal costs
Oscar Pistorius plans to sell his Pretoria home "to raise the necessary funds to cover his increasing legal…