Africa
Nigerian soldiers rescue 59 children, women from Boko Haram
Nigeria\'s army said Thursday it had set free 59 people held by Boko Haram, among them 29 women and 25 children, amid ...Deadly car bomb hits Yemen capital as fighting rages in south
A car bomb claimed by the Islamic State group exploded outside a Shiite mosque in Yemen\'s capital Wednesday, killing four people, as ...Obama urges Ethiopia to improve record on political freedoms
U.S. President Barack Obama told Ethiopia\'s leaders on Monday that allowing more political freedoms would strengthen the African nation, which had already ...Cameroon to deploy 2,000 more troops after Boko Haram attacks
Cameroon plans to send an additional 2,000 soldiers to its Far North region after three suicide bomb attacks in the regional capital ...Morocco media boss to pay minister defamation damages
The director of Morocco\'s Arabic-language newspaper Al-Akhbar, Rachid Niny, said he was sentenced Monday to pay 400,000 dirhams ($41,000, nearly 37,000 euros) ...Obama in Ethiopia, focus on South Sudan peace bid
Barack Obama on Monday officially begins a two-day visit to Ethiopia, the first-ever trip by a US president to Africa\'s second-most populous ...At least 19 killed in suicide attack in north Cameroon
At least 19 people were killed in a suicide bombing in the northern Cameroonian town of Maroua on Saturday, a local military ...Nigeria marks polio-free year, raising global eradication hopes
Nigeria marked its first year without a single case of polio on Friday, reaching a milestone many experts had thought would elude ...U.S. President commends Kenya for commitment to anti-graft effort
U.S. President Barack Obama commended Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday for his commitment to rooting out corruption in the east African ...Saudi-led coalition declares 5-day Yemen truce
The Saudi-led coalition that has bombed Shiite rebels in Yemen since March unilaterally declared a five-day humanitarian truce from Monday to allow ...