Kenya deports Jamaican-born Muslim cleric

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Kenya has deported a Jamaican-born Muslim cleric who was previously jailed in Britain for inciting racial hatred, the Kenyan immigration minister sai [...]

Southern Sudan needs help to avoid war, aid agencies say

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Major conflict could return to southern parts of Sudan unless international action bolsters a faltering peace accord, ten aid agencies said in a repo [...]

Nigeria's Almajiri children learning a life of poverty and violence

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A low, forlorn murmur of small voices echoed from a small shack made of rusted corrugated iron. Inside, over fifty young children with torn clothes a [...]

Al Qaeda threatens to kill French hostage in Mali

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Al Qaeda's north African wing has threatened to kill a French hostage unless four of its members are released within 20 days.

Three Britons, one Colombian snatched in Nigeria

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Four Shell contractors -- three Britons and a Colombian -- have been kidnapped in Nigeria, a police spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Star witness in Zimbabwe terror trial threatened with impeachment

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The trial of controversial Zimbabwean politician Roy Bennett took a new twist Tuesday when prosecutors told the judge they wanted to impeach their st [...]

Nigeria's 'missing' president breaks silence to dispel death rumors

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Nigeria's ailing president has broken two months of silence to assure his countrymen that contrary to speculation he is alive and intending to return [...]

Pirates free Greek tanker after ransom paid

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Pirates released a Greek oil-tanker more than seven weeks after hijacking it off the coast of Somalia, the European Union Naval Force Somalia said Mo [...]

Three Britons, one Colombian freed in Nigeria

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Four Shell contractors -- three Britons and a Colombian -- have been released after being kidnapped a week ago, a police spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Scores die in Nigeria religious violence

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Authorities have slapped a curfew on a city that has seen repeated violence between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria, but it has failed to stop the [...]

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