War-torn states top corruption list

Afghanistan has fallen three places in the annual corruption ranking from a year earlier despite receiving billions of dollars a year in international support.

Gadhafi declares war on 'new feudal lords'

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has warned that the widespread acquisition of African farmlands by foreign companies could be the dawn of a new era of "feudal lords."

Germany arrests Hutu genocide suspects

German prosecutors say police are holding two Rwandan militia leaders on suspicion of atrocities committed in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the years following the 1994 Rwanda genocide.

Old rivalry looms ahead of Algeria, Egypt WC tie

A key World Cup qualifier between Algeria and Egypt has reawakened the two sides' decades-long rivalry as both countries are eager to make another WC appearance in years.