Iran denies plotting to kill US diplomat in SA

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has dismissed a report claiming that Iran was plotting to kill the US ambassador to South Africa, Lana Marks.
Five mixed-race women have sued the Belgian government
Mixed-race Congolese women sue Belgium for separating them from their families
Five mixed-race Congolese women have sued the Belgian government for forcefully separating them from their families when the European country administered Congo as a territory.
Women and children are among those known to work in DR Congo's informal mines (file photo)
DR Congo gold mine collapse leaves 50 feared dead
Rescuers are digging through rubble after a gold mine collapsed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving about 50 people feared dead.
Liberia is now an observer at the African Union
Liberia loses membership at African Union: Owes $1.6 Million
The Republic of Liberia has lost her full membership rights at the African Union, is now an observer at the African Union, one without a voting right, from being a founder to a shocking rejected stone, one who understood the purpose for which the organization was founded.
Protests were held at the end of August (Reuters)
Call to investigate lethal force used on Libyan protesters
The US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling for an investigation into the lethal force used by armed groups in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, against protesters, and the subsequent apparent disappearance of some of them.
Patrice Lumumba was murdered in 1961
Belgian court says Lumumba's tooth should be returned
A court in Belgium has ruled that a tooth taken from the corpse of Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba should be returned to his family, Belgian media are reporting.
President Alpha Condé has been cleared for a third term bid in next month's election.
Guinea's top court clears Alpha Condé third term bid
Guinea's constitutional court, the highest in the West African country, has approved 82-year-old President Alpha Condé's bid for a third term in next month's election.