BBC (UK)
Friday, July 12, 2013 - 08:06
South Africa's former African National Congress Youth League leader, Julius Malema, has launched a political group called the Economic Freedom Fighters.
Mr Malema, who was expelled from the governing ANC in 2012, said the EFF wanted the redistribution of farm land and the nationalisation of the mines.
Friday, July 12, 2013 - 06:04
Nigeria has stopped blocking the mobile phone signal in one of the three states where an emergency has been declared because of militant attacks.
Friday, July 12, 2013 - 00:00
Thursday's day of action was much more traditional than the earlier demonstrations, with trade unions and political banners prominent in the crowds.
Friday, July 12, 2013 - 00:00
Some 21,155 bombs have been planted on roads, bridges and in schools in Colombia this year
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 00:00
Brazil apparently remains the main target of US snooping in Latin America, with major firms and foreign visitors routinely targeted.
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 00:00
Brazilian indigenous people in the Amazon region have blocked one of the country's most important railways in a protest for better public services.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 06:50
A car has exploded inside the main market in the Somali capital after a hand grenade was thrown into the vehicle, police have told the BBC.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 00:00
The top administrative court has now ruled the party had been targeted by state-sponsored death squads, and decided to re-instate its status
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 13:43
A car bomb has wounded dozens of people in a stronghold of Lebanon's Shia militant group Hezbollah in Beirut.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 09:06
Sixty-eight Islamists in the United Arab Emirates have been jailed over allegations of a plot to overthrow the government. Many of those convicted were imprisoned for at least seven years. Another 26, including 13 women, were acquitted.