ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Madagascar's political rivals have agreed on posts within a transitional government that will hold power until next year's elections following a power struggle that brought months of volatility to the country, an African Union statement said.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Investigators for the world's diamond control body say the gems were mined by virtual slaves who had been told to dig or die, and were smuggled out by soldiers who rape and beat civilians.

MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Zimbabwe's prime minister says assurances South Africa will be watching persuaded him to end his boycott of his country's troubled unity Cabinet.

MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Zimbabwe's prime minister says he's ending boycott of unity Cabinet.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African track chief who lied about his role in runner Caster Semenya's gender tests was suspended Thursday.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said Thursday that Kenya's postelection violence that killed more than 1,000 people was a crime against humanity and pledged to initiate proceedings that could result in top officials facing trial.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The global recession and pressure to divert funds to other health crises are hurting the fight against AIDS, a medical group warned Thursday, with one health worker saying he feared a return to the days when the AIDS virus was a death sentence in Africa.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The EU Naval Force says it has handed over 43 Somalis abandoned at sea by their human smugglers to the United Nations refugee agency in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's government says it has canceled a contract to buy eight Airbus military aircraft that had set off a debate about public spending.