Africa Breaking News

US Offers Bounties for 3 Somali Militants

State Department says these men hold senior roles in al-Shabab, a group with ties to al-Qaida, and it has claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist acts, including last year's deadly attack on Kenyan shopping mall

France Sentences Rwandan for Genocide Role

Malian Islamist Leader Killed in Airstrike

Omar Ould Hamaha was longtime member of al-Qaida in Islamic Maghreb, later became spokesman for Movement for Unity and Jihad in Islamic Maghreb

Suspected Islamist Militants Attack Northern Nigeria City

Pistorius Trial Focuses on Police Handling of Crime Scene

Suspected Islamist Militants Attack Northern Nigeria City

Militants Attack Army Barracks in Northern Nigeria

Gunmen storm military barracks, setting off fierce exchange of gunfire with soldiers

Militants Strike Northern Nigerian City

Officials say soldiers have engaged gunmen in a shootout in Maiduguri, a hotbed of the Boko Haram terrorist insurgency

HRW: Transparency Group Should Reject Ethiopia's Membership Bid

Ethiopia attempted to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in 2010 but was rejected

US Suspends Some Aid to Uganda Over Anti-Gay Law

Officials say cooperation between ministry's AIDS program and U.S. Centers for Disease Control is on hold while U.S. reviews relations with Uganda

Former Sierra Leone President Kabbah Dies