Africa
Sudan opens border with South Sudan for first time since 2011
Sudan\'s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ordered the opening of his country\'s border with South Sudan for the first time since the south\'s ...Suicide bombers kill 32 in north Cameroon market
Thirty-two people were killed when at least three suicide bombers blew themselves up at a market in northern Cameroon, a region often ...Ugandan rebel commander Ongwen faces 70 war crimes charges
The International Criminal Court on Thursday began laying out 70 charges of war crimes against notorious Lord\'s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen, ...Blast at Somali capital restaurant, heavy gunfire: police
A car bomb exploded at a popular seaside restaurant in the Somali capital Thursday, with intense gunfire following the blast, police said.WHO confirms second new Ebola case in Sierra Leone
A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in Sierra Leone, officials said Thursday, the second since west Africa celebrated the end ...U.N. seeks $1.3 billion in humanitarian funding for South Sudan
The United Nations is seeking $1.3 billion in humanitarian aid for South Sudan, where two in ten of the population have been ...Siege over at Burkina Faso hotel, restaurant, new assault ongoing
Security forces in Burkina Faso ended a siege Saturday at hotel and a restaurant that were stormed by Al Qaeda linked gunmen, ...Suspected Islamist gunmen hold hostages at hotel in Burkina capital
Security forces battled suspected Islamist fighters who were holding hostages at hotel used by foreigners in Burkina Faso\'s capital on Friday, gendarmes ...Al-Shabab attack African Union base in Somalia
Somalia\'s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants stormed an African Union base Friday, the Somali army said, with witnesses reporting several dead.New Ebola death in Sierra Leone as WHO says epidemic over
Tropical disease experts in Sierra Leone scrambled Friday to investigate a new suspected death from Ebola announced just hours after west Africa ...