Africa
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 ...South Sudan promises probe into claims girls raped, burnt alive
South Sudan\'s government said Sunday it was investigating United Nations allegations that its troops raped then burnt girls alive inside their homes ...South Sudan army retakes town from rebels
South Sudan\'s army said on Monday it had retaken the strategic northeastern town of Malakal from rebels, the latest time the ruined ...14 boys dead in South African province after botched circumcisions
Traditional circumcision ceremonies in South Africa\'s Eastern Cape province, where the rite-of-passage practice is common, have left 14 boys dead and 141 ...Sleepless nights for father of girl allegedly abused by French soldier
Ben Ouedraogo hasn\'t been able to sleep since the discovery of a video that appears to show a French soldier sexually abusing ...Tunisia declares state of emergency after terror attack
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a state of emergency on Saturday to give his government more powers following an Islamic militant ...Boko Haram kills nearly 200 in 48 hours of Nigeria slaughter
Boko Haram carried out a fresh wave of massacres in northeastern Nigeria on Friday, locals said, killing nearly 200 people in 48 ...Nigeria returns 10,000 euros to French love scam victim
Nigeria\'s anti-graft agency said Thursday it had returned 10,000 euros to a French man who thought he met a beautiful Nigerian woman ...UN declares Burundi elections not free or credible
Elections in Burundi that were wracked by violence and boycotted by the opposition were not free or credible, United Nations observers said, ...