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Kidnapped Britons: we could be dead in a week

In a televised appeal, British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler said Somali pirate kidnappers were 'losing patience'

Giant ancient crocodiles found in Sahara

Discovery by scientists in Africa sheds light on why giant reptiles survived while the dinasours became extinct

Tourists sue safari park after lion encounter

Eight Britons are suing the Sanbona Wildlife Reserve after they became trapped by lions when their vehicle overturned

Captain dies in hijack as pirates free trawler crew

A Somali pirate confirmed North Korean captain was dead, but crew of Spanish trawler freed when ransom paid

Ethiopia tries to cover up a new famine

The Government is keen to focus on its achievements but 6.2 million Ethiopians will need food aid in the coming months

Royal Navy head ‘frustrated’ by couple's hijacking

The First Sea Lord says it was safer not to attempt to free a Tunbridge Wells couple who were captured by Somali pirates

Why Ethiopian officials dreads the ‘F’ word

The harsh reality is that 25 years after Bob Geldof’s campaign the Ethiopian government is no closer to feeding itself

Sailors try to fight off Somali pirates

Crew of 28 battled unsuccessfully against marauders who boarded Mombasa-bound chemical tanker north of the Seychelles

Farmer pleads not guilty to Mugabe murder plot

Roy Bennett, a senior aide to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, is accused of plotting to overthrow the Zimbabwe regime

Hungry hippos bag crocodile

Wildlife photographer captures a rare and dramatic clash

Anti-hero security guard gives himself up

Toni Musulin, a security guard who became a sensation after he disappeared with €11.6 million, has turned himself in

Mangled anthem sparks South African rugby fury

Ras Dumisani's version of the national anthem leaves rugby players furious and diplomats in France under the spotlight

British hostages refusing to eat or drink

Somali pirates say that the Chandlers, the couple kidnapped from their yacht on their way to Tanzania, are seriously ill

World news in brief

British hostages 'taken ill’ | Suicide car bomber kills 10 in Pakistan | Australia to apologise to British children

Tobacco poison surrounds child workers

A poor community in Malawi is reliant on a deadly crop, a situation supported by our addittion to cigarettes

Navy failed to open fire as pirates seized Britons

Crew of the RFA Wave Knight were reportedly ordered not to fire as yacht couple were transferred to avoid gun battle

Singing in the wake of war

A middle-class choir from leafy West London was the first to visit Sierra Leone since the country’s bloody civil war