Two hundred kilometers of desert scrubland populated by nomads herding camels and goats lie between…
Floods in Kenya kill 21 people
Twenty one people have so far been confirmed dead and more than 70,000 lives are…
UN food agency suspends Somalia aid
The UN food agency has suspended aid distribution to about one million people in southern…
Ghana Probes Visit by Bomb Suspect
Officials in Ghana said Monday that suspected airline bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab spent more than…
Nigeria protests US list of terrorist nations
The Federal Government, yesterday, reacted to the new air-travelling security measures by the United States,…
Kabila wants MONUC out of DRC
Their effectiveness has been questioned and United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Africa: U.S. Imposes Tighter Airline Screening for Many Africans
Airline passengers who are citizens of, or fly through, five African nations will undergo more…
Rival Islamists Fight for Town in Somalia
Shabab rebels, who control most of Somalia with allied Islamist groups, on Saturday attacked a…
DR Congo volcano eruption threatens rare chimpanzees
Lava from a volcano in a sparsely populated area of the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Opec ministers gather in Angola
Members of the oil producers' body Opec are meeting in Angola's capital, Luanda, but analysts…