Africa
Students killed in Nigeria college attack
Gunmen killed at least 42 people on Sunday in an attack on a college in northeast Nigeria, a Reuters witness said, in ...42 dead, 100 missing in Nigeria river boat accident
A boat has sunk on the River Niger in central Nigeria, leaving at least 42 people dead, officials say. Rescue teams are ...Sudanese police open fire on fuel protesters
Sudanese security forces have opened fire on demonstrators, killing at least four, as thousands marched through the streets of the capital in ...Interpol issues warrant for British terror widow
Interpol issued a wanted persons alert at Kenya\'s request on Thursday for Samantha Lewthwaite, a British citizen dubbed the "White Widow", without ...Deadly Sudan protests over cut in fuel subsidies
Violent protests against the Sudanese government\'s decision to scrap fuel subsidies raged into a third day Wednesday as public transport ground to ...Kenya says mall siege is over, declares 3 days of mourning
Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta addressed his nation Tuesday, declaring the deadly four-day siege at the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi is over, ...Death toll rises as Kenya mall siege continues
Heavy gunfire and loud explosions erupted at Nairobi\'s Westgate shopping mall on Tuesday as Kenyan troops fought al Qaeda-linked gunmen who were holding hostages ...UN holds first high-level meeting on the disabled
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened a historic U.N. meeting of world leaders Monday "to break barriers and open doors" for the more than ...Al-Shabab twitter account suspended after Nairobi attack
Somalia\'s al-Shabab Twitter account has been reportedly suspended after they claimed responsibility for the Nairobi shopping mall attack, in which 39 people ...EU pledges 650 million euros to back Somalia reconstruction plan
The European Union pledged an additional 650 million euros ($862 million) in aid for Somalia on Monday to back a three-year reconstruction ...




