Ghana's incumbent President John Mahama has won Friday's election, officials say, but the opposition says the poll was fraudulent.

Officials in Nigeria say the mother of the Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been kidnapped from her home in Delta State.

A US commando was killed during a mission to rescue an American doctor kidnapped by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan, the White House has said.

Barcelona and Argentina's Lionel Messi scores his 86th goal of 2012 to break Gerd Mueller's record for most goals in a calendar year.

The farm of former white minority leader Ian Smith is seized by Zimbabwe's government, as President Robert Mugabe addresses his supporters.

President Morsi orders Egypt's military to maintain security and protect state institutions as tensions rise in the run-up to a referendum on the constitution.

A building that collapsed in New Zealand's Christchurch earthquake, killing 115 people , was badly designed, a final report says.

The Australian radio station at the centre of the UK royal hospital hoax death says it tried to contact the nurses involved to seek permission to use the taped conversation.