Africa
Somali, AU troops capture key Shebab stronghold
Somali government troops backed by African Union forces on Wednesday captured the Shebab stronghold of Bardhere, one of the last key bases ...Violence as Burundi votes with president seeking re-election
Burundians voted Tuesday amid gunfire and grenade blasts, with President Pierre Nkurunziza widely expected to win a third consecutive term despite international ...Australian surfer fights off South African shark attack
Australian surfer Mick Fanning, who survived a terrifying encounter with a shark while competing in South Africa, has experienced both triumph and ...AU troops in new offensive against Shebab
African Union troops said Sunday they had launched a new offensive against Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab rebels in southern Somalia, vowing to flush the ...16 Niger villagers killed in Boko Haram attack
Boko Haram jihadists killed 16 civilians in an attack this week on a southeast Niger village, near the Nigerian border, a local ...11 soldiers killed in Algeria ambush
Eleven soldiers were killed in an overnight ambush carried out by suspected Islamists in a wooded region southwest of the Algerian capital, ...Zambian president gives death row inmates life sentences
Zambia\'s President Edgar Lungu on Thursday reduced the sentence of 332 prisoners awaiting death by hanging to life imprisonment to ease maximum ...UN: World can end AIDS epidemic by 2030
The world can end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, the United Nations said on Tuesday, highlighting global success in rolling out life-saving ...Libyan parties reach peace deal
Libyan political leaders reached a new version of a U.N.-brokered peace deal Saturday, putting pressure on the Tripoli leadership to sign on ...Al Shabaab attacks hotel in Somali capital, six civilians killed
Six civilians and four militants were killed when al Shabaab Islamists attacked a hotel in the center of the Somali capital Mogadishu ...