14 dead in bombing of WCup view site in Nigeria
By ADAMU ADAMU FILE – In this file photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, Nigerian security forces stand guards during Eid al-Fitr celebration in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Police say over…
East Africa
48 Kenyans dead: Witness: Gunmen spared Muslims
By TOM ODULA A member of the Kenyan security forces walks past the body of one of those who were killed by militants, in the village of Kibaoni just outside…
GAYS IN KENYA PROTEST AGAINST UGANDAN BILL
Kenyan gays and lesbians and others supporting their cause wear masks to preserve their anonymity as they stage a rare protest, against Uganda’s increasingly tough stance against homosexuality and in…
MANY SOUTH SUDANESE REMAIN IN CAMPS DESPITE TRUCE
By ILYA GRIDNEFF In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, displaced South Sudanese women queue for water at the United Nations base where they have sought shelter in Malakal,…
CHINA CONDEMNS JAPAN LEADER ON VISIT TO ETHIOPIA
By ELIAS MESERET Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, sits between Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, right, and Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission Erastus Mwencha, left, during Abe’s…
WORLD SEA PIRACY FALLS FOR THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR
By EILEEN NG FILE – In this Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012 file photo, masked Somali pirate Hassan stands near a Taiwanese fishing vessel that washed up on shore after the…
BODIES LITTER SOUTH SUDAN OIL TOWN; TALKS RESUME
By ILYA GRIDNEFF Civilians who fled the recent fighting stack their belongings up outside the gate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compound, hoping to benefit from…
PRESIDENT: BETRAY RWANDA, FACE CONSEQUENCES
FILE – In this May 22, 2007 file photo, Rwandan president Paul Kagame during a conference in Nairobi, Kenya. Opposition leaders have accused Kagame of ordering the assassination of Rwanda’s…