Potchefstroom (South Africa) (AFP) - Dimuth Karunaratne and Kaushal Silva put on 159 for the first wicket as the touring Sri Lankans got off to a strong start on the first day of a three-day match against a South African Invitation XI at Senwes Park on Sunday. Karunaratne hit 71 and Silva made 80 before both batsmen retired at the end of the 45t ...

Tunis (AFP) - The Tunisian government on Sunday said that foreigners were behind the murder of a Tunisian engineer, after the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said Israel was behind his death. The investigations concerning the assassination of Tunisian citizen Mohamed Zaouari and the latest findings have proven that foreign elements were involv ...

Banjul (Gambia) (AFP) - Gambian President Yahya Jammeh would effectively become a rebel leader if he failed to leave office at the end of his mandate, the opposition said Sunday. He will lose constitutional legitimacy and any president who loses constitutional legitimacy becomes a rebel, said Halifa Sallah, a spokesman for the coalition that ...

Ouinhi (BÃ nin) (AFP) - Daniel Aboko proudly shows off the 11 hectares (27 acres) of paddy fields he shares with other farmers -- a small spread that produces a bounty of food thanks to smart irrigation and a hardy strain of rice. In just four years, small farmers in Ouinhi, southeastern Benin, have seen their harvest double from three to six to ...

Soamahamanina (Madagascar) (AFP) - The mine had not yet opened, but Madagascans were already seething with rage and the Chinese management finally quit Soamahamanina, leaving behind empty tents and cigarette butts. For months, this small city in central Madagascar was engulfed by protests targeted at a Chinese gold mining company, Jiuxing. Ev ...