Kenya police say they have arrested four men on suspicion of attempting to leave the country to join extremist group Islamic State in Libya. The four men appeared in court in the coastal city...
The Pentagon says a U.S. airstrike in central Somalia has killed more than 150 Al-Shabab militants who were preparing for a large-scale attack. Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis told reporters Monday that the weekend...
Benin appears headed for a run-off presidential election between the prime minister and a prominent businessman. Preliminary results from Sunday’s poll show Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou leading the field with 28 percent of the...
Allegations of sexual abuse by United Nations peacekeepers and staff rose in 2015, despite the institution’s “zero tolerance” policy on such misconduct. According to a new report from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, released Friday, there...
The United Nations refugee agency says the number of people who have fled Burundi because of violence and political tension has climbed to a quarter-million. Spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said Friday that camps are becoming...
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe said late Thursday that he will not back down on his decision to seize control of the diamond industry. Last month, Mugabe gave foreign mining companies 90 days to stop...
The United Nations now says at least 25 people were killed and some 120 wounded in last month’s attack on a U.N. civilian shelter in Malakal, South Sudan. The U.N. Office for the Coordination...
Benin goes to the polls Sunday to choose a new president, and the ballot is long – a record 33 candidates. Incumbent Thomas Boni Yayi is stepping down after serving his maximum of two...
KAJIADO,KENYA Sixteen million Kenyans lack access to safe drinking water. Sixty percent of rural folks remain off the water grid. In Kenya’s Kajiado province, an initiative is enlisting local women to try to fill...
The U.N. and African Union chiefs strongly urged Sudan on Thursday to grant freedom of movement to peacekeepers and aid workers in Darfur, where tens of thousands of civilians are homeless because of fighting....
