Africa
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 ...Nord Stream Nr. 2: The Project’s Implications in Europe
Russia, Germany and a consortium of Western European companies have re-activated the Gazprom-led Nord Stream Two gas pipeline project.South African riot police clash with students outside parliament
South African riot police used stun grenades to disperse protesting students outside parliament in Cape Town on Wednesday, as demonstrations against rising ...Guinea opposition leader vows protests against Conde re-election
Guinea\'s opposition leader Saturday called for demonstrations against the "serious denial of democracy" in the first round of presidential elections won by ...South Sudan civil war worsening: aid agencies
War in South Sudan is worsening despite a faltering peace deal, with thousands of women and girls raped, killed or abducted in ...Turkey suspends Ankara police, intelligence, security chiefs after bombing
Turkey\'s interior ministry said it had removed the police, intelligence and security chiefs of Ankara from their posts in an effort to ...Police raid Save the Children offices in Nauru
The offices of Save the Children workers helping asylum-seekers on the Pacific island of Nauru have been raided by police, the aid ...Suspected Boko Haram suicide bomb attack kills 38 in Chad
Thirty-eight people, including five attackers, were killed and another 51 were wounded on Saturday in a series of suicide bombings in a ...UN envoy proposes Libya unity government
The UN envoy for Libya proposed the members of a unity government Friday aimed at ending years of conflict, but the plan ...