Baby gorillas to get new sanctuary in east Congo
GOMA, Congo (AP) -- Conservationists say Congolese schoolchildren will soon be able to take a closer look at baby mountain gorillas....

Kenya unveils constitution to avoid vote violence
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A government-appointed panel this week unveiled a draft constitution that is part of wide-ranging efforts to avoid a repeat of political violence that saw more than 1,000 people killed after Kenya's December 2007 presidential elections....

Plane misses runway in east Congo, landing in lava
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) -- A passenger plane overshot the runway Thursday, landing in hardened lava surrounding an airport in eastern Congo and injuring 20 people, a U.N.-run radio station reported....

Ethiopian court convicts 26 in alleged coup plot
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- An Ethiopian court on Thursday convicted 26 people who were accused of taking part in an alleged coup plot earlier this year and acquitted five others....

Activist probing Guinea massacre denied entry
BANJUL, Gambia (AP) -- A human rights activist says he's been denied entrance to Guinea, where he planned to investigate a massacre of opposition supporters earlier this year....

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Somali pirate: Captain of ship captured Monday has died of wounds suffered in hijacking....

Lebanese diva accused of singing racist song
CAIRO (AP) -- A famous Lebanese pop singer, who normally stirs controversy for her seductive dresses and provocative dancing, has now been accused of singing a song with racist lyrics that compares black Egyptians to monkeys....

Correction: Internet conference story
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) -- In a Nov. 15 story about Egypt's plan to apply for the first Internet domain name written in Arabic, The Associated Press incorrectly quoted Yahoo Inc. co-founder Jerry Yang. Yang said new Internet users in emerging markets "will need Web content, and want more content in their native language, and still others won't just be bound by language and barriers, but have other challenges such as reading, literacy." Yang did not use the word "liberty" in the passage....