Somalia: Islamic militants planning retaliation attacks
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's government has credible intelligence that Islamic militants are planning attacks following the death of their leader in a U.S. air...
Mugabe must step down to get direct funding from China
China has dropped a bombshell on top of President Robert Mugabe’s roof by openly telling him to reliquish power, as a precondition for their...
Kenya leader Uhuru Kenyatta’s ICC trial shelved
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have asked for the case against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to be adjourned indefinitely.ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda...
Ethiopia refugee camp submerged by floods
Ethiopia's Lietchuor camp, home to almost 40,000 refugees from South Sudan, has been made uninhabitable by flooding, Doctors without Borders (MSF) said.The medical charity...
Mozambique rivals Dhlakama and Guebuza sign peace deal
Mozambican President Arnando Guebuza has signed a peace deal with ex-rebel leader Afonso Dhlakama, who on Thursday emerged from two years in hiding.President Guebuza...
Libyan jet crashes in Tobruk near parliament
A Libyan military jet has crashed in the eastern city of Tobruk, causing a huge inferno and killing a child and at least two...
Police disperse pro-Brotherhood protests in Alexandria, Egypt
Cairo, Egypt - Police forces dispersed pro-Muslim Brotherhood rallies in Alexandria and arrested 16 protesters after Friday prayers.Tens of Brotherhood supporters have organised six...
Sierra Leone to impose Ebola curfew
Sierra Leone has announced that it will impose a four-day, countrywide "lockdown" in an escalation of efforts to halt the spread of Ebola across...
Ebola border controls hinder Ivory Coast cocoa farmers
It is almost harvest time for cocoa in West Africa, a crop that plays a major role in some of the region's big economies...
US Plans Major Border Security Program in Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria - The United States is preparing to launch a "major" border security program to help Nigeria and its neighbors combat the increasing...