Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the new pope, emerged onto the balcony overlooking the thousands of faithful in St. Peter's Square to a roar of applause. He becomes the 266th pope, and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.

The International Criminal Court's prosecutor said on Monday she would withdraw charges against Francis Muthaura who was accused along with newly elected Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta of orchestrating post-election violence five years ago.

Dirk Coetzee, who led an apartheid-era death squad and later sought protection from the resistance movement that brought down South Africa's white minority government, has died, a hospital said on Thursday.

MTN Group, South Africa's second-largest mobile phone company, fell short of expectations with a 2 percent rise in full-year profit on Wednesday, as foreign currency losses eroded profit from key markets like Iran.