Africa
Sudan rebel groups sign AU-brokered peace roadmap
Prominent Sudanese rebel groups said Tuesday they have signed a roadmap brokered by African Union mediators to end deadly conflicts in Sudan\'s ...Moroccan Olympic boxer held over alleged sex attacks
Brazilian police arrested a Moroccan Olympic boxer on Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting two female cleaners in the athletes\' village in Rio ...ANC battered at South Africa local elections
The African National Congress (ANC) reeled from bruising local election results Friday as South African voters drift away from the celebrated party ...UN Security Council weighs trip to Sudan, South Sudan
The UN Security Council is considering a visit this month to Sudan and South Sudan to push for a return to peace ...U.S. warplanes launch bombing campaign on Islamic State in Libya
U.S. planes bombed Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday, responding to the U.N.-backed government\'s request to help push the militants from ...Ugandan army enters South Sudan to evacuate citzens
A heavily-armed Ugandan military convoy crossed into South Sudan on Thursday to evacuate citizens trapped in the capital Juba as fears persist ...Suspected Islamist recruiter kills four at Kenyan police station
A suspected recruiter for Somalia\'s al Shabaab militant group being held in a west Kenyan police station shot dead at least four ...Ceasefire declared after fierce fighting in South Sudan
South Sudan\'s president ordered a ceasefire Monday after a new day of heavy fighting in the capital Juba that sent thousands of ...South Sudan peace deal in tatters as fierce fighting erupts in Juba
Heavy fighting resumed in South Sudan\'s capital Juba on Monday despite international calls for calm after deadly gun battles sent thousands of ...Heavy fighting erupts in South Sudan capital
Thousands fled renewed heavy fighting in South Sudan\'s capital on Sunday as former rebels and government soldiers exchanged fire in several parts ...