Politics
France sentences Rwandan ex-soldier for genocide role
A court in France has delivered the country\'s first ever conviction for genocide, sentencing a former Rwandan soldier to 25 years in ...Sierra Leone war-time leader Ahmad Tejan Kabbah dies
Sierra Leone\'s former president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, who is widely credited with ending an 11-year civil war, has died after a long ...Crimea talks fail to find US-Russian solution
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called talks Friday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov "constructive and frank" but said that Russia ...East African states to send troops to monitor South Sudan ceasefire
East African countries have agreed to send troops to South Sudan, to help enforce a shaky cease-fire deal between government and rebel ...Ousted Libyan PM flees to Europe despite travel ban
Libya\'s former Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has left the country despite a travel ban, reports say.NATO jets to monitor Ukraine border
NATO says it is deploying reconnaissance aircraft along the borders of member states Poland and Romania, to monitor the crisis in nearby ...UN says tens of thousands flee fighting in Darfur
The United Nations says attacks in Sudan\'s long-troubled Darfur region have forced more than 45,000 people to flee their homes.Taliban warn Afghans not to participate in presidential election
The Taliban has warned Afghans not to participate in the upcoming presidential election and has ordered its fighters to disrupt the vote.42 African migrants drown off Yemen coast
Forty-two African migrants have drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to officials.Nuns held by Syrian rebels released after three months
Rebels in Syria freed more than a dozen Greek Orthodox nuns on Monday, ending their three-month captivity in exchange for Syrian authorities ...