Africa
Eight soldiers, 8 assailants dead in Burkina attack
Eight soldiers were killed and 61 injured, as well as 24 civilians, in last week\'s twin attacks in Burkina Faso\'s capital Ouagadougou, ...Zuma quits as President of South Africa
Jacob Zuma resigned as President of South Africa on Wednesday, heeding orders by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to bring an ...Zimbabwe opposition leader Tsvangirai dies in South Africa
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai died on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer, casting his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party ...More than 300 child soldiers released in South Sudan
More than 300 child soldiers were released Wednesday by armed groups in South Sudan, the second-largest such release since civil war began ...90 migrants feared dead in boat capsize off Libya: UN
About 90 people are feared drowned after a smugglers\' boat carrying mostly Pakistani migrants capsized off Libya\'s coast early Friday, the U.N.\'s ...UN wants Libya to agree to shut down migrant camps
The United Nations wants Libya\'s internationally-backed government to agree to shut down 30 detention centers holding 15,000 migrants, most of whom will ...Mugabe refuses to stand down in talks with military
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, the world\'s oldest head of state, refused to resign during a crunch meeting Thursday with military generals who ...Zimbabwe crisis: Mugabe under house arrest as military takes control
Zimbabwe\'s military was in control of the country on Wednesday as President Robert Mugabe said he was under house arrest, although generals ...East Libyan forces make new push to end Islamist resistance in Benghazi
Eastern Libyan forces on Thursday expelled Islamist fighters from one of their last strongholds in the country\'s second-largest city of Benghazi, military ...Bombs kill at least 17 people in Mogadishu
Two car bombs killed at least 17 people in Somalia\'s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, police said, and Islamist group al Shabaab claimed ...