Africa
Islamist gunmen attack luxury hotel in Mali capital, 170 taken hostage
Gunmen shouting Islamic slogans attacked a luxury hotel full of foreigners in Mali\'s capital Bamako early on Friday morning, taking 170 people ...World leaders laud Myanmar election as Suu Kyi secures majority
The party of democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi has won a majority in Myanmar\'s parliament, the election commission said on Friday, ...Burundi police launch crackdown as nine are killed in capital
Gunmen executed nine people in Burundi\'s capital hours before police launched house-to-house searches for weapons on Sunday, amid international fears of fresh ...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, ...