Africa
Sudan says Bashir plans to speak at U.N. summit in New York
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who has been indicted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes and genocide charges, is planning ...11 soldiers killed in attack on Mali camp
Eleven soldiers were killed Monday in a "terrorist" attack on their camp in northern Mali\'s Timbuktu region, a government statement said, an ...Benin sends 800 troops to fight Boko Haram
Benin\'s President Thomas Boni Yayi announced he will send 800 troops to join a new multinational force tasked with fighting Boko Haram ...Bolivia recognizes workers for mastery of native languages
Thousands of public workers in Bolivia are being recognized for having complied with a federal law requiring them to learn one of ...Ebola vaccine trial proves 100% successful in Guinea
An Ebola vaccine provided 100-percent protection in a field trial in hard-hit Guinea, researchers and officials said Friday, mooting "the beginning of ...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 ...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 ...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 ...




