Authorities imposed an indefinite 24-hour curfew and deployed troops in the Nigerian town of Kafanchan Wednesday following…
Africa
Tanzania opposition chief surrenders after demo
A Tanzanian opposition leader surrendered to police Wednesday after leading a protest calling for the…
Thousands of opposition supporters protest in Togo
Several thousand Togo opposition supporters protested Wednesday to demand the return of nine parliamentarians removed from their seats…
Somali lawmaker killed in Mogadishu
Several armed and masked men on Wednesday shot to death a Somali deputy in front…
16 killed as buses crash head-on in Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities say 16 people are dead in Nigeria after two buses crashed…
Violence, boycott call deter Liberia voters
MONROVIA (Reuters) - Many Liberians failed to vote in a presidential run-off on Tuesday, poll observers…
Gunmen kill peacekeeper, wound two in Sudan’s Darfur: UNAMID
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Gunmen have killed an international peacekeeper in Sudan's war-stricken Darfur region and wounded…
Tanzania arrests 20 Congo ‘army deserters’
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania has arrested 20 suspected army deserters from the Democratic Republic…
Burundi leader fires six ministers for poor work
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has sacked six ministers from his cabinet for poor…
Congo opposition leader courts South Africa support
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Congo's main opposition leader, Etienne Tshisekedi, is in South Africa meeting senior African…