Track-It Africa

LAGOS, Nigeria — A video posted on a militant Web site calls for Muslims in Nigeria to use "the sword and the spear" to rise up against Christians in Africa's most populous nation, according to a translation released Tuesday by a U.S. group that... Read more

JOHANNESBURG — South African President Jacob Zuma began a crucial two-day visit to neighboring Zimbabwe on Tuesday, in his first official trip as chief mediator charged with resolving tension in Zimbabwe's troubled coalition government. Read more

LAGOS, Nigeria — Militants in Nigeria's oil-producing region detonated two car bombs Monday near a government building where officials were discussing an amnesty deal, showing their resolve to resume attacks after an agreement to bring peace and... Read more

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Madagascar's disaster officials say at least 36 people have died and more than 38,000 were made homeless by Tropical Storm Hubert. Read more

CAIRO — Sudan will continue peace talks with the most powerful Darfur rebel group beyond Monday's deadline for an agreement. Read more

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's government signed an agreement with a powerful militia on Monday that offers high-level militants senior government positions in return for their military support during a long-planned offensive against an Islamist... Read more

NAIROBI, Kenya — A World Bank report says teachers and other public servants who don't show up for work are fueling "quiet corruption" throughout Africa that is disproportionately hurting the continent's poor. Read more

JOHANNESBURG — A court convicted the governing party's youth leader of hate speech Monday after he said the woman who once accused South Africa's president of rape had had a "nice time" because she stayed the night and asked for taxi money.... Read more

MAPUTO, Mozambique — Authorities say rescue teams have evacuated 6,000 people, some of them forcibly, from flood-stricken districts in central Mozambique. Read more

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — South Africa's independent Chamber of Mines says the country has dropped to fourth place in worldwide gold production. Read more