Africa
Gunmen storm Kenyan university in Garissa, death toll at 15
At least 15 people were killed and scores wounded on Thursday when masked gunmen stormed a university campus near Kenya\'s border with ...At least 40 killed in air strike on Yemeni refugee camp
An air strike killed at least 40 people at a camp for displaced people in north Yemen on Monday, humanitarian workers said, ...Boko Haram kills 41 as voting continues in Nigeria
Voting in Nigeria\'s elections continued in some areas on Sunday because of technical problems. More than 40 people were killed in election-related ...Nigerians vote for president amid fears of Boko Haram, political violence
Nigerians went to the polls on Saturday in what looks set to be the first genuine electoral contest since the end of ...Somalia Shebab militants launch major assault on Mogadishu hotel
Somalia\'s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants carried out a car bomb attack followed by a major armed raid on a Mogadishu hotel Friday, causing ...Sierra Leone in new anti-Ebola lockdown
Sierra Leone imposed a three-day nationwide lockdown Friday for the second time in six months in a bid to prevent a resurgence ...Anti-government forces advance on southern Yemen
Anti-government forces advanced towards President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi\'s refuge of Aden in southern Yemen, as the embattled leader again pressed the United ...Tunisian president says third museum gunman on the run
Tunisia\'s President Beji Caid Essebsi said on Sunday that a third gunman involved in an attack that killed 23 people, mostly foreign ...Magical views from top of the world for solar eclipse
All eyes were turned to the heavens early Friday for a solar eclipse offering spectacular views from selected airplane seats, European countries ...Sierra Leone president sacks deputy for seeking asylum in U.S. embassy
Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has sacked Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana for seeking asylum in a foreign embassy, a statement from ...