Africa
US, Britain push for UN sanctions on South Sudan
The United States and Britain pushed for UN sanctions Tuesday to punish South Sudan\'s government over failure to sign a peace deal ...Boko Haram raids Nigerian village, at least 150 dead
Up to 150 people drowned in a river or were shot dead fleeing Boko Haram gunmen who raided a remote village in ...South Sudan rivals hold peace talks on deadline day
South Sudan\'s warring rivals held peace talks Monday in a bid to broker a deal to end its civil war, hours ahead ...At least 40 migrants die in Mediterranean
At least 40 migrants died after apparently getting trapped and suffocating in the water-logged hold of a fishing boat in the Mediterranean, ...South Sudan government suspends peace talks after rebel split
South Sudan\'s government said Friday it was pulling out of peace talks to end a 20-month long civil war after rebel forces ...Asylum seeker found in plane hold at Stockholm airport
An Ethiopian asylum seeker who stowed away aboard a flight from Addis Ababa to Sweden was found safe and sound Friday in ...South Sudan rebels split, reject peace efforts
A top South Sudan rebel general said Tuesday that he and other powerful commanders had split from their chief Riek Machar, rejecting ...Chasing fair skin, Ivorians ignore whitening cream ban
At just 26, Fatou\'s skin is marbled from layer on layer of whitening cream. Some even call her a "salamander" woman after ...Twelve killed in Mali hotel siege
Twelve people including a South African and another foreigner were killed in a hostage siege at a hotel in central Mali that ...Mediators urge South Sudan to let opposition figure join talks
Mediators in South Sudan\'s troubled peace talks urged the government on Friday to let a prominent opposition figure join the negotiations, after ...