

Kenya President: Al-Shabab Will Pay 'Heavy Price'
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta prepares to inspect a guard of honor before the opening of the 11th Parliament at the National Assembly...


Research: Sub-Saharan Africa Has World's Highest Rates of Stillbirths
Sughra Ramzan, who is pregnant, waits for a doctor at Muzaffargarh District Hospital's maternity ward in Punjab province, Pakistan....


Observers See Several Motives for Eritrean Involvement in Yemen
The conflict between Saudi Arabia and Houthi rebels in Yemen is drawing in participants from across the Red Sea. Eritrea last month...


Witnesses Discount Iran's Claims of Saudi Airstrike on Embassy in Yemen
Witnesses in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, discounted Iranian claims Thursday that Saudi Arabia hit Tehran's embassy there in an overnight...


US Shuts Down Drone Base in Ethiopia
The U.S. government has shut down a drone base in southern Ethiopia that was part of the U.S. anti-terrorism effort in the region. The...


Kenyan Bus Hero Says Won't Change Route After Attack
Passengers hoping to travel to Nairobi line up at a bus in the town of Mandera near the Kenya-Somalia border, Dec. 8, 2014. The driver of...


2 Kenyan Police Killed in Al-Shabab Attack
Somali militant group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for an attack in northeastern Kenya that killed at least two police officers...


Explosion at Ethiopia Mosque Wounds Six
A hand grenade was thrown Friday at a mosque in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, wounding at least six people, police said....


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...


American Al-Shabab, Nabbed in Somalia, Denies IS link
This undated photo provided by the FBI shows Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan, a former Minnesota resident, who was arrested by authorities in...















