Africa
South Sudan women raped as payment for fighters: UN
South Sudan has encouraged fighters to rape women in place of wages while children have been burnt alive, the UN said Friday, ...South Sudan troops suffocated 60 in church compound: Amnesty
The deliberate suffocating of over 60 men and boys stuffed into a baking hot shipping container in South Sudan is a war ...South African woman convicted of kidnapping baby in 1997
A South African woman was convicted Thursday of kidnapping a newborn baby and raising her for 17 years before an astonishing coincidence ...Death toll from Lagos building collapse hits 34
Thirty-four people died in the collapse of a five-storey building under construction in an upmarket area of Nigeria\'s biggest city, Lagos, a ...19 dead in Tunisia as militants attack barracks near Libya border
Militants attacked a barracks in a Tunisian town near the Libyan border on Monday sparking heavy fighting in which three civilians, three ...Veteran Sudan opposition leader Turabi dead at 84
Veteran Sudan Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi, one of the fiercest critics of President Omar al-Bashir\'s government, died of a heart attack ...Benin votes to elect new president
Benin held an election on Sunday to choose a successor to President Thomas Boni Yayi who is stepping down after two terms, ...Turkey newspaper defiant after raid as police disperse protests
A leading Turkish newspaper opposed to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and seized by authorities warned of the "darkest days" in the history ...76 hungry Boko Haram members surrender to Nigerian military
Dozens of emaciated-looking Boko Haram members begging for food have surrendered in northeast Nigeria, the military and a civilian self-defense fighter said ...At least 16 killed in prison fire in Guyana
A riot at an overcrowded maximum security prison in Guyana Thursday has left 16 inmates dead, prison authorities said.