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At least nine people have been killed and 14 others wounded in heavy shelling in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, according to a human rights group.

Malawian police have arrested a man for allegedly putting up posters supporting homosexuality, which is illegal in the southern African nation.

South Africa’s president has apologized for fathering a child out of wedlock after his admission prompted an outcry from critics who said he was undermining the nation’s health campaign.

A French aid worker was freed Saturday nearly three months after his abduction near Chad’s border with Sudan, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.

NATO forces recaptured a ship Friday that had been taken over by armed Somali pirates, a spokesman for the European Union Naval Forces told CNN.

The African Union has called on the United Nations Security Council to delay war crimes proceedings against Sudan’s president, saying a decision allowing genocide charges harms peace efforts.

An Ethiopian-flagged vessel fought off a pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden earlier this week, the multi-national anti-piracy task force said Thursday.

Pirates seized a North Korean-flagged cargo ship Wednesday in the Gulf of Aden, a European Union anti-piracy task force said.

Judges at the International Criminal Court ruled Wednesday that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir may be charged with genocide for his role in a five-year campaign of violence in western Sudan’s Darfur region.

Judges at the International Criminal Court ruled Wednesday that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir may be charged with genocide for his role in a five-year campaign of violence in western Sudan’s Darfur region.