A black woman whose fatal shooting by a US homeowner has prompted claims of racial profiling was shot in the face, a post-mortem examination finds.

BitTorrent traffic in the US has dipped, according to a new study, indicating that piracy might be on the decline.

Mozambican police arrest seven people for attempting to smuggle 27 children, aged between one and seven years, to neighbouring South Africa, a spokesman says.

Mauritian PM Navin Ramgoolam joins the boycott of this week's Commonwealth summit in Colombo in protest at Sri Lanka's human rights record.

Somalia's government declares the region of Puntland hit by a cyclone a disaster area, amid unconfirmed reports that about 300 people have died.

Miniature video cameras attached to birds have revealed life from a gannet's perspective.

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf welcomes the arrest of six people for allegedly smuggling dugs, but denies that one of them heads her motorcade.

Efforts to vaccinate 165,000 children against polio in Sudan have been blocked by the government and rebels, the UN humanitarian chief says.