Africa
7.5 million going hungry as Ethiopia crisis worsens
The number of hungry Ethiopians needing food aid has risen sharply due to poor rains and the El Nino weather phenomenon with ...Hillary Offers Syria a Libyan-Iraqi-Style Paradise
Americans may find Syria a bit confusing. David Petraeus, sainted hero, has proposed arming ...Burkina Faso coup leader in police custody
General Gilbert Diendere, the leader of Burkina Faso\'s short-lived coup, was in police custody on Thursday after handing himself in, a security ...Palestinian flag flies at UN for first time
The Palestinians raised their flag at the United Nations on Wednesday for the first time as president Mahmud Abbas called on the ...Central Africa leader pleads for calm as 30,000 flee tense capital
The streets of the capital of the Central African Republic were deserted Tuesday with terrified residents sheltering indoors and tens of thousands ...At least 21 killed in attacks in Central African Republic capital
At least 21 people were killed in the capital of Central African Republic and around 100 others were wounded as Muslims attacked ...Twin suicide bombings kill at least 25 at Houthi-run Yemeni mosque
Two suicide bombers killed at least 25 people at a mosque run by Yemen\'s Houthi group on Thursday in the capital Sanaa, ...Burkina Faso coup leaders sign deal to end crisis
Burkina Faso coup leaders agreed to return to their barracks and said they would restore the deposed president to power, signing a ...Burkina president resumes power after week-long coup
Burkina Faso\'s interim President Michel Kafando officially resumed power Wednesday after a week-long coup by renegade troops, who bowed to pressure from ...Burkina army enters capital as coup leaders free president, PM
Burkina Faso army troops have entered the capital Ouagadougou without resistance and begun negotiating the surrender of coup leaders, police said Tuesday, ...