Africa Breaking News

Kerry to Promote Trade, Security in Africa

State Department says top US diplomat to hold high-level talks with African Union in Addis Ababa

Mass Abduction Confounds Desperate Families, Nigerian Politics

An expert on Nigeria’s Boko Haram says the militant Islamists who are believed to have abducted more than 200 school girls will not negotiate and now confront Nigeria’s military with a new kind of threat

Mother: Stow-away Son was Trying to Reach Her in Africa

South Sudan Frees Political Detainees

Release of four detainees accused of plotting a coup a bid to revive peace talks with opposition

UN Security Council Considering South Sudan Sanctions

Rebels killed hundreds of people based on their nationality or ethnic origin after seizing control of Bentiu on April 15

Rights Group Urges Nigeria's Government to Rescue Captured Girls

Parents and school officials say as many as 230 girls are still missing, after being abducted from school in country's northeast

Over 60 Killed in DRC Train Derailment

Some passengers believed to be trapped in wreckage

Guinea-Bissau Presidential Run-Off Scheduled for May 18

Former finance minister Jose Mario Vaz faces Nuno Gomes Nabiam, an independent candidate who headed civil aviation authority

Actress Nyong'o Is People's 'Most Beautiful' Woman

Ebola Death Toll Rises in West Africa

A medical relief worker at an Ebola treatment center in Guinea says new patients continue to be admitted on a daily basis

Militants Kill Second Somali Lawmaker