Africa
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 ...UN, Sudan in talks on Darfur peacekeeping force
The United Nations and Sudan began talks in Khartoum Tuesday to prepare for an eventual orderly withdrawal of UN/African Union peacekeepers from ...Sierra Leone vice president requests asylum at U.S. embassy
Sierra Leone\'s vice president, Samuel Sam-Sumana, said on Saturday that he had requested asylum at the U.S. embassy in Freetown after soldiers ...Angola storm death toll rises to 69, half of them children
The death toll from torrential rains that pounded the Angolan town of Lobito has risen to 69, including 36 children, officials said ...




