

Burundi: 12 Killed in Attacks on Army Bases
Residents look at the slain bodies of people killed at the Cibitoke district in Burundi's capital Bujumbura, December 9, 2015. A...


3 Women of Muslim Backgrounds Receive US Human Rights Prize
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Irshad Manji and Rebiya Kadeer came together Thursday from different corners of the world. One of them survived...


Several Killed in Ethiopia Oromia Protests
A general view shows part of the capital Addis Ababa at night, Ethiopia. Clashes between police and protesters in Ethiopia's Oromia...


Body Count Rises as Crisis Continues in Burundi
A young boy joins other onlookers at the scene where five dead bodies were found in a street in the Cibitoke neighborhood of the capital...


UN: Rwanda Genocide Suspect Arrested
Family photographs of some of those who died hang in a display in the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre in Kigali, Rwanda, April 2014....


Succession Battle a Threat to Party, Zimabwe's Mugabe Says
President Robert Mugabe waits to address crowds gathered for Zimbabwe's Heroes Day commemorations in Harare, Aug. 10, 2015. HARARE,...


Boko Haram Still a Threat as Deadline Nears
Minister of Information Lai Mohammed briefs the media on the town of Bama liberated from Boko Haram, during a news conference in Abuja,...


President Turns Garbage Man on Tanzania's Independence Day
Tanzanian President John Magufuli joins a clean-up event outside the State House in Dar es Salaam on Dec. 9, 2015. Magufuli cancelled...


Niger to Transfer 500 Boko Haram Prisoners to Nigeria
Men line up in July 2015 after being detained on suspicion of affiliation with Boko Haram. NIAMEY, NIGER—Niger has agreed to transfer...


No Safe Place to Run in Burundi's Capital
BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI—Many families in Burundi’s capital have moved across town for fear of being caught in clashes between armed youth and...















