Africa
Rwandan, DR Congo soldiers exchange heavy weapons fire
Heavy weapons fire broke out between Rwandan and Congolese troops near their border on Wednesday after the Congolese government said Rwandan forces ...South Sudan rivals agree to end war, form interim government
South Sudan\'s president and rebel leader have agreed to forge a transitional government within a 60-day deadline in an effort to end ...Nigeria gunmen kidnap 20 women in northeast
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have reportedly kidnapped 20 women from a nomadic settlement in northeast Nigeria near the town of Chibok, where ...Dozens killed in massacre in eastern Congo
Up to 37 people, including women and children, have been massacred in the Democratic Republic of Congo\'s eastern province of South Kivu.Boko Haram kills dozens in assault on Nigerian villages
Forty-five people were killed by suspected Boko Haram gunmen pretending to be preachers in a village near the group\'s spiritual home in ...Hundreds break out of DRCongo jail
At least six two people were killed on Thursday when 301 inmates staged a dawn jailbreak from an eastern Democratic Republic of ...Ebola death toll hits 208 in Guinea
Some 208 people have now died from the Ebola virus in Guinea after a deadly spike in recent days, the World Health ...Obama to name first US envoy to Somalia in 20 years
President Barack Obama is set to name the first American ambassador to Somalia since the start of the brutal civil war more ...30 killed in Muslim attack on Christian church in Central African Republic
At least 30 people have been killed in an attack on a church in the Central African Republic.US tells its nationals to leave Libya
The State Department on Tuesday told US citizens in Libya to leave immediately, warning that the security situation in the country was ...




