NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters)—Namibia’s outgoing president, Hifikepunye Pohamba, has won the Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s $5 million African leadership prize, an award meant to recognize good governance...
NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters)—Namibia’s outgoing president, Hifikepunye Pohamba, has won the Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s $5 million African leadership prize, an award meant to recognize good governance...
Jason Patinkin, ASSOCIATED PRESS JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The U.N. children’s agency said on Saturday that hundreds of children were abducted two weeks ago...
Tim Cocks, REUTERS OTUOKE, Nigeria (Reuters)—The most impressive building in Otuoke, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s home town in the oil producing Niger Delta, is the...
Edwin Kindzeka Moki, ASSOCIATED PRESS YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Thousands of Cameroonian youths marched through the capital Saturday to show support for the military’s battle...
AHMED SAKA, Associated Press HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Explosions in Nigeria’s north central city of Jos and the northeastern town of Biu...
(BBC) – Ugandan police harass and physically abuse gay people in custody, a report by a human rights group has said. Chapter Four Uganda documented several...
(BBC) – Ugandan police harass and physically abuse gay people in custody, a report by a human rights group has said. Chapter Four Uganda documented several...
(BBC) – If you are a Ghanaian, you tend to worry about Nigeria. Some would say we Ghanaians have enough on our own plates to...
LYNSEY CHUTEL, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The African Union chairwoman is “safe and sound,” the organization said on Thursday, after leaked intelligence documents revealed a...
LYNSEY CHUTEL, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The African Union chairwoman is “safe and sound,” the organization said on Thursday, after leaked intelligence documents revealed a...
(Reuters) – Somalia’s al Shabaab militants said they carried out a mortar attack on the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu on Thursday, but there...
(Reuters) – Somalia’s al Shabaab militants said they carried out a mortar attack on the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu on Thursday, but there...
TIA GOLDENBERG, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — When Israelis go to the polls next month, tens of thousands of Jewish settlers in the West Bank will...
DAVID McFADDEN, Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaican lawmakers on Tuesday night passed an act to decriminalize small amounts of pot and establish a licensing...
(Bloomberg) – Emerging markets in Asia and Africa still reign supreme: They’re at the top of global growth projections over the next two years. The world...
LUZ DARY DEPABLOS, Associated Press HANNAH DREIER, Associated Press SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (AP) — A 14-year-old boy died Tuesday after being shot in the head during...
LUZ DARY DEPABLOS, Associated Press HANNAH DREIER, Associated Press SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (AP) — A 14-year-old boy died Tuesday after being shot in the head during...
Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network (GIN) – After a published plea from Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan for U.S. combat troops in the...
REUTERS – Israel set a 10-year record last year for the number of tenders it issued for construction in settlements on occupied land in the...
HAVANA (New York Times) — The river where Jonas Echevarria fishes cuts through neighborhoods brimming with new fine restaurants, spas and boutiques, springing up in Cuba’s accelerating...
NEW DELHI (AP) — The leader of the U.N.’s expert panel on climate change stepped down on Tuesday amid an investigation into a colleague’s allegations...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A senior Afghan leader said on Monday that his country’s government will begin peace talks with the Taliban in the “near...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A senior Afghan leader said on Monday that his country’s government will begin peace talks with the Taliban in the “near...
Andrew Meldrum, ASSOCIATED PRESS JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A video purported to be by Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in...