Africa
Celebrations as WHO declares Sierra Leone Ebola-free
The UN health agency on Saturday declared that Sierra Leone\'s deadly Ebola outbreak is over, prompting jubilant celebrations as thousands massed in ...Over 90,000 hit by Somalia floods
Over 90,000 people in war-torn southern Somalia have been hit by weeks of severe flooding, almost half of them forced from their ...South Sudan plane crash kills at least 41 on board and on ground
A Russian-built cargo plane with passengers on board crashed on Wednesday after taking off from the airport in South Sudan\'s capital, killing ...14 aid workers kidnapped in eastern DR Congo
Fourteen aid workers were kidnapped Sunday in the troubled east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, their employer said.At least 12 killed as Shebab attack Somalia hotel
At least 12 people were killed in the Somali capital on Sunday after Shebab gunmen used a vehicle packed with explosives to ...U.S. sticks to demand Assad leave power at first peace talks to include Iran
Washington stuck to its demand on Thursday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad leave power, ahead of peace talks which will include Assad\'s ...Ouattara wins second term as Ivory Coast president
Alassane Ouattara has won a second term as Ivory Coast president in the nation\'s first peaceful vote in more than a decade, ...Tanzania votes in tight election race
Tanzanians voted in presidential and general elections Sunday, in what is expected to be the tightest race in the history of east ...Ivory Coast votes in first post-war presidential poll
Ivory Coast\'s President Alassane Ouattara was heavily favored to win a second term in a vote on Sunday seen as crucial to ...Congo votes for presidential referendum
Voting started slowly in a referendum in Congo Republic to determine whether 71-year-old Sassou Nguesso can legally stand for a third consecutive ...