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China Denies Plans To Build On Disputed Shoal
China Wednesday denied plans to build an environmental monitoring station on a disputed shoal near the Philippines'...
Five Dead In Mogadishu Bombing As PM Unveils New Lineup
At least five people were killed when a vehicle laden with explosives blew up in Mogadishu on Tuesday, a local official...
Central Africa’s Transition To Peace Still Elusive
With a spike in militia killings, a deepening humanitarian crisis and the army still in shambles, the Central African...
Somali Pirates Suspected of First Ship Hijacking Since 2012
An oil tanker has been hijacked by suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia, reports say, the first such hijacking in...
Mystery of the Mona Lisa’s Solved
The subject of centuries of scrutiny and debate, Mona Lisa's famous smile is routinely described as ambiguous. But is...
Steps To Peace Falter In Mali’s Timbuktu As Militias Squabble
Tensions between armed groups who encircled Mali's fabled Timbuktu have prevented the head of a new regional body from...
Algeria Women Footballers Wave Red Card At Stigma
When Fathia was seven years old, she would wait each day for classes to end, throw down her schoolbag and rush to play...
Somalia Reports 110 Deaths From Drought Over 48 Hours
Somalia's prime minister said Saturday that at least 110 people had died from drought and drought-related illnesses on...
Yemen’s Displaced Families Struggle To Survive
Wrapping their children in plastic sheets to stave off the winter cold, Yemeni families driven out of the historic port...
The Rise of Benin’s Devil-Hunting Female Pastor
In the Very Holy Church of Jesus Christ of Baname, the 25-year-old founder calls herself God, her business partner is a...
Shelling Blocks UN Aid Chief Visit To Yemen’s Taez
UN aid chief Stephen O'Brien on Tuesday cancelled a visit to Yemen's third city Taez when shelling and a rebel...
16 Killed In Three Days of DR Congo Clashes
Sixteen people have been killed in three days of fighting this week that pitted the Democratic Republic of Congo's army...
Bushmeat Trade Tests Cameroon’s Ebola Prevention
The market in Ambam, a colonial town with brick-red cottages and rusty roofs, near the southern borders with Equatorial...
Where Are the Jobs?
The Arab Spring started in Tunisia after a December 17, 2010 self-burning of a street vendor in a provincial town of...
Boko Haram Attacks Town Previously Bombed By Nigerian Air Force, 15 Killed- Army
Around 15 Boko Haram fighters were killed when the jihadists attacked a town in northeastern Nigeria, two days after...
Ivory Coast Defence Minister Freed By Mutinous Soldiers
Mutinous soldiers in Ivory Coast have released the country’s defence minister after detaining him for two hours in a...
Ivory Coast Mutiny Deal Reached, Says President, But Unclear If Unrest Is Over
President Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast says he has reached an agreement with soldiers who have mutinied. He said he...
Ivorian Minister Trapped After Soldiers Open Fire
Mutinying soldiers in Ivory Coast's second largest city Bouake opened fire on a local official's house where the...
What Has Tanzania’s Magufuli Done During His Year In Office?
What has Tanzania's Magufuli done during his year in office? John Magufuli is known as "The Bulldozer" for driving a...