Africa

Borno state governor Kashim Shettima, center, visits the secondary school Chibok, were gunmen abducted more than 200 students in Chibok, Nigeria, April, 21. 2014.

April 23, 2014

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

April 23, 2014

Over 60 Killed in DRC Train Derailment

Some passengers believed to be trapped in wreckage

A man votes at a polling station in Bissau, April 13, 2014.

April 23, 2014

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

April 23, 2014

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

In this photo taken on March 29, 2014, medical personnel at the emergency entrance of a hospital receive suspected Ebola virus patients in Conakry, Guinea.

April 23, 2014

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

April 22, 2014

Militants Kill Second Somali Lawmaker

FILE - Children gather for breakfast at the Local Education primary school refugee center Bondon, Kaura Local Government Kaduna State, Nigeria, March 20, 2014.

April 22, 2014

African Educators Stress Millennium Development Goals

Experts say it is more critical than ever that donor countries reaffirm their commitment to world's poorest people, adopt strategies that can improve access to education

FILE - Troops from the Central African Republic stand guard at a building used for joint meetings where U.S. special forces have paired up with local troops and Ugandan soldiers to seek out Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, in Obo, Central African Republic.

April 22, 2014

LRA Commander Captured in Central African Republic

African troops also freed 10 people - mostly children - held captive by group, which is notorious for forced recruitment of child soldiers, other crimes against humanity