Burkina Faso: Arrest Warrant Issued for Ex-Leader Compaore
Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore announced he was stepping down following violent protests demanding an end to his 27-year rule,...
Rwanda's Kagame Leaves Next Term Up in Air
Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Rwandan President Paul Kagame thanked the nation Monday for voting to change term limits in the...
US Adds African Lions to Endangered List
An African lion at the Paris Zoological Park, Bois de Vincennes, east of Paris, April 8, 2014. The United States added two species of...
Air France Makes Emergency Landing in Kenya after Bomb Scare
Airport workers are seen near the Air France Boeing 777 aircraft that made an emergency landing at Moi International Airport in Kenya's...
Niger Says Nine Military Officers Arrested in Alleged Coup Plot
NIAMEY, NIGER—Niger's government has arrested nine military officers for allegedly planning a coup, the interior minister said Saturday....
Rwandans Vote on Measure Allowing Kagame More Terms
Election materials are being verified by polling assistants at a polling station on the eve of a referendum as Rwandans will vote to...
Dutch Court: Nigerian Farmers Can Sue Shell Over Oil Spills
Friends of the Earth campaign leader Geert Ritsema, second left, and plaintiff Eric Dooh, left, wait for the start of the ruling in the...
Niger President: Claim Government Foiled "Coup Attempt"
Niger President Issoufou Mahamadou, also widely know in Niger as "Charlie" in reference to his "clownish boot-licking behavior" toward...
Panel: UN's Response to Peacekeeper Abuses in CAR 'Seriously Flawed'
U.N. peacekeeping troops take part in a ceremony in Bangui, Central African Republic, Sept. 15. 2014. A dozen allegations of sexual...
'Unprecedented' Protests in Ethiopia Against Capital Expansion Plan
Map of Oromia region of Ethiopia. ADDIS ABABA—Students from the Oromo ethnic group in Ethiopia have been protesting for three weeks...
