Africa
Migrants missing after boat sinks off Libya
Eighty-four migrants are still missing after an inflatable craft sank off the coast of Libya, according to survivors cited by the International ...14 killed in Nairobi floods and building collapse
Torrential rainstorms in the Kenyan capital have left at least 14 people dead, police said Saturday, including at least seven crushed when ...South Sudan forms new coalition government of national unity
South Sudan\'s leaders have formed a transitional coalition government bringing together politicians from the government and the armed opposition who have been ...Activists celebrate Earth Day with service, awareness events
Organizers of Earth Day, celebrated each April 22, say more than one billion people are marking Earth Day 2016 with activities to ...Ethiopian troops enter South Sudan to rescue 125 children
Ethiopian troops were operating in South Sudan on Thursday after crossing the border to rescue about 125 Ethiopian children who were kidnapped ...Two burned alive in Zambia anti-foreigner riots
At least two people have been burned to death in Zambia during riots targeting Rwandan-owned shops over allegations that foreigners were behind ...Death toll tops 200 in cross-border Ethiopia raid
More than 200 people were killed and over 100 children abducted by armed men from South Sudan in a cross-border raid into ...Malawi president declares national disaster after drought
Malawian President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday declared a state of national disaster due to food shortages caused by drought, in the latest ...Fear spreads as Boko Haram child suicide bombings surge in West Africa
The number of children used by Nigeria\'s Boko Haram to stage suicide bombings has risen more than 10-fold in one of the ...Darfur votes on status in referendum boycotted by rebels
Sudan\'s war-scarred Darfur region voted Monday in the first day of a referendum on its future status despite international criticism, a rebel ...