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July 2, 2012
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Gunmen killed two policemen guarding a church, snatched their rifles and then opened fire on the…
June 27, 2012
CLUTCH - 'It seems that the world is conspiring in preaching that there is something wrong with Kenyan ladies’ kinky…
June 27, 2012
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - When Lebo Mothae speaks about the United States of America, she smiles brightly...
June 25, 2012
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Massive landslides induced by torrential rains destroyed three villages in the mountainous district of Bududa in…
June 19, 2012
AUTHOR'S NOTEBOOK - Hidden under clouds as I entered the National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro was a mystery to me...
June 18, 2012
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Nelson Mandela's office has released a video of South Africans singing 'Happy Birthday' in an effort to…
June 15, 2012
SOMALIA (AP) - Evil laughter pealed out of the mobile phone. Abshir Ali Mohamed, an al-Shabab defector now wearing a…
June 14, 2012
Today President Barack Obama will unveil a new plan is hopes of boosting trade, spreading democracy, and insuring peace and…
June 13, 2012
MOGADISU, Somalia (AP) - Mogadishu is losing a label it never wanted in the first place: The World's Most Dangerous…
June 13, 2012
Personal trainer and author David Sylvester's 2009 article about his encounter with the n-word during a bike trip across Africa…
June 11, 2012
Al-Shabaab, the Somalian militant group accused of many kidnappings as well as the destabilization of the government within the horn…
June 7, 2012
LAGOS - Last Sunday afternoon, an American McDonnell-Douglas MD-83 plane fell out of the sky above Iju-Ishaga, a low-income neighborhood…
June 4, 2012
In a letter that reveals a shocking level of government corruption, South Sudan President Salva Kiir is asking more than…
June 3, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration has granted visas to two senior officials from Zimbabwe to attend a meeting of…
June 3, 2012
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's president has declared three days of national mourning after a commercial airliner crashed Sunday in…
June 3, 2012
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A commercial airliner crashed into a densely populated neighborhood in Nigeria's largest city, killing all 153…
May 31, 2012
OPINION - Taylor’s conviction places the spotlight on neighboring Liberia, which has a special relationship with African-Americans...
May 30, 2012
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Judges at an international war crimes court have sentenced former Liberian President Charles Taylor to 50…
May 30, 2012
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Nelson Mandela's African National Congress has brought its centenary celebrations to his home village in eastern South…
May 29, 2012
GENEVA (AP) - U.N. officials say they expect 18 million people in West Africa will go hungry this year, including…