Africa
Ethiopia, Eritrea reopen border points for first time in 20 years
The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea re-opened crossing points on their shared border for the first time in 20 years on Tuesday, ...Ebola death toll rises to 75 in DR Congo
The death toll from an outbreak of Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 75, the health ministry said ...Malians vote for president amid worsening insecurity
Malians voted on Sunday to decide whether or not to give President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita a second term, amid widespread ethnic and ...Black and white Zimbabwe farmers try to bridge a sharp divide
Two years ago, a black Zimbabwean farmer saw a white farmer thrown off land by a violent mob. Now the two work ...Ethiopia hopes Eritrea peace will bring prosperity
Eighteen years after the guns fell silent following Ethiopia\'s bloody border war with Eritrea, the frontier town of Zalambessa is a quiet, ...Champagne as historic commercial flight links Ethiopia and Eritrea
Ethiopia and Eritrea on Wednesday resumed commercial airline flights for the first time in two decades, with emotions spilling over into the ...Bitter foes Ethiopia, Eritrea hold historic peace talks
The leaders of bitter foes Ethiopia and Eritrea met on Sunday, hugging and smiling for cameras in Eritrea\'s capital as officials on ...Islamist militants attack African military base in Mali, at least six dead
Islamist militants armed with rockets and explosives raided the headquarters of an African military taskforce in central Mali, leaving at least six ...86 killed in central Nigeria as farmers, herders clash
Muslim herders and Christian farmers, with one report citing police saying 86 people were killed. The growing conflict by some accounts has ...Ivory Coast govt calls for evacuation from flood zones in Abidjan
Ivory Coast\'s government on Thursday called for the evacuation of all people living in flood-prone zones in Abidjan, the country\'s economic hub, ...




