Africa Breaking News

South Sudan's Machar in Ethiopia for Talks with President Kiir

US Team in Nigeria to Aid Search for Kidnapped Girls

Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren said the team is 'sharply focused' on crisis and 'moving' as quickly as possible.

Ruling ANC Leads Early South Africa Vote Count

Ruling ANC Leads Early South Africa Vote Count

Ruling ANC Leads Early South Africa Vote Count

Provisional results from the country's election commission Thursday showed the ANC with 63 percent of the vote with more than half of the ballots counted

Polls Close in South African Elections

Young Women Work to Break into Senegalese Hip-Hop

Wise musical heads in the music capital of Senegal advise women to be who they are if they want to succeed in hip-hop

Women on the Rise in African Politics

Women have reached the presidential heights in Liberia, Malawi and Central African Republic, three countries that needed someone to rescue them from the political, economic and civil crises of men.

Hundreds Feared Dead in New Nigerian Militant Attack

South Africans Vote in Nationwide Elections

Hundreds Feared Dead in New Nigerian Militant Attack