[News24Wire] A search operation was under way in Somalia on Thursday for a cargo plane that crash-landed south of Mogadishu and whose crew were taken hostage by the Islamist group al-Shabaab, officials said.
[SciDev.Net] The mood was upbeat at the Chatham House conference on climate change earlier this week. Five weeks before COP21 in Paris, the 21st round of UN climate talks, the buzzwords in the room included "momentum", "turning point" and "optimism".
[News24Wire] South Africa's water woes are reaching a breaking point, with the department of water and sanitation set to address the pressing matter on Sunday.
[Daily Trust] Calabar -Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has given a directive that henceforth no public or private primary and secondary school in the state should hold morning or afternoon prayers.
[New Zimbabwe] As part of the pomp and circumstance at the ongoing India-Africa Forum Summit in Delhi this week, African leaders were invited to kit out in colourful traditional Indian attire for a group photo.
