Africa
At least 40 die after migrant boat sinks off Libya
At least 40 people died and 51 others were rescued after a boat carrying mostly sub-Saharan African migrants sank off Libya\'s coast ...South Sudan frontlines reported calm as ceasefire comes into force
South Sudan\'s government said Saturday that fighting in the country\'s five-month civil war appeared to have stopped as a ceasefire with rebels ...South Sudan president, rebel chief sign peace deal
South Sudan\'s president and rebel chief signed a ceasefire deal on Friday vowing to end nearly five months of civil war, under ...Michelle Obama gives weekly address on kidnapped Nigerian girls
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama took the rare step of delivering her husband President Barack Obama\'s weekly radio address on Saturday to ...Benghazi gunmen assassinate Libyan intelligence chief
Gunmen shot and killed Libya\'s intelligence chief in charge of the country\'s eastern sector in an attack Thursday in the city of ...Nigeria government announces reward for information on missing schoolgirls
Nigerian authorities offered a 50 million naira ($300,000) reward on Wednesday to anyone who could give information leading to the rescue of ...South Africans vote in general election
Voting has begun in South Africa\'s fifth general election since apartheid ended two decades ago, and the first in which the generation ...Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnap 8 more girls in Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have kidnapped eight girls aged between 12 and 15 from a village near one of their strongholds in ...WHO declares polio global health emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday declared the international spread of wild polio virus in 2014 a public health crisis and ...Nigerian president orders renewed efforts to free kidnapped girls
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday ordered a stepped-up drive to free 223 schoolgirls whose abduction by suspected Islamists has ignited a ...




