Africa Breaking News

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

East African Countries to Send Troops to South Sudan

Protesters at Sudanese Funeral Call for 'Revolution'

Forensic Analyst: Pistorius Likely Not Wearing Prosthetics When Hitting Door

Panel Opens Probe into South Sudan Atrocities

African Union Commission will investigate abuses that have occurred since armed conflict erupted in mid-December