Chinese miners flock to Ghana for gold
The killing of a young Chinese miner highlights social and environmental problems at small-scale pits.
Nigerian militia terrifies civilians, and so do security forces trying to stop it
Boko Haram, a homegrown group with suspected ties to al-Qaeda, is killing people nearly every day.
Al-Qaeda group warns France not to intervene in Mali by training soldiers
Extremists say French hostages’ lives are at risk, urge French government to negotiate their release.
Ramaphosa re-enters S. Africa politics
The anti-apartheid activist turned tycoon is embroiled in a fight for the soul of his nation’s governing party.
Mali’s junta ousts prime minister
The African nation’s prime minister was arrested and forced to resign by soldiers who staged a coup in March.
Latest front line in the war on terror
A U.S. and France-backed African force will try to prevent northern Mali from becoming another haven for jihadists.
Ghana poll races tight despite boom
Ethnic, regional factors will influence voting Friday, but policy could now play a bigger role.
Loyalty slips with the ANC
Black South Africans are slowly losing faith in the party that ended apartheid. It is accused of being wasteful, ineffective and out of touch.
Latest Headlines
- UN blames Sudan government, southern rebels for humanitarian crisis; Nearly 1 million need aid
- UN blames Sudan government and rebels for humanitarian crisis; 900,000 need aid
- Africa rises, China falls on Christian persecution list
- Algerian terrorist convicted in 2003 kidnappings of European tourists, given life sentence
- Raging fire burns through waterfront slum of sawmills and shacks in Nigeria's largest city
- C. African Republic president warns rebels against 'talking terrorism' at upcoming peace talks
- M23 rebels want Congo to agree to cease-fire during peace talks, but will talk without one
- Kenya: Man pretended to be a police officer for years; used uniform to get bribes
- Rwanda gets new UN Security Council seat, but standing takes a hit after rebel aid allegation
- Senegalese man dies after setting himself on fire outside presidential palace
Photos from around the region
India’s blue helmets
After years of leading the peacekeeping mission in Congo, India is scaling back on its military commitments.
Elsewhere in World
Africa
- UN blames Sudan government, southern rebels for humanitarian crisis; Nearly 1 million need aid
- Raging fire burns through waterfront slum of sawmills and shacks in Nigeria's largest city
- Algerian terrorist convicted in 2003 kidnappings of European tourists, given life sentence
- C. African Republic president warns rebels against 'talking terrorism' at upcoming peace talks
Middle East
- UN blames Sudan government and rebels for humanitarian crisis; 900,000 need aid
- Wet, wintry weather brings fresh misery to Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey
- Tunisian suspect in attack on U.S. consulate in Libya freed for lack of evidence
- Main roads flooded, Israeli helicopter rescues family, during fiercest rainstorm in decades
Europe
- Czech center-right government survives crisis after junior coalition party decides to stay
- French budget minister Jerome Cahuzac faces tax evasion allegations
- Anti-Roma column written by founding member of Hungary's governing party is sharply criticized
- EU court: Italy violates rights of inmates with overcrowded prisons, demands fixes by 2014
The Americas
- Venezuelan government says Hugo Chavez won't attend scheduled swearing-in
- Killing of 4 by feral dogs in Mexico opens debate on dog care, sympathy for seized animals
- Venezuelan government says Hugo Chavez won't attend scheduled swearing-in
- Officials: Wild dogs kill 4 in Mexico City park; police trap 25 animals and search for more
National Security
- Gov't spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement in 2012, topping all other federal officers
- Obama chooses Hagel as defense chief, calls him 'the leader our troops deserve'
- Pentagon mulls whether to open more battle zone jobs to women, but how many really want them?
- Obama administration rejects Syrian president's plan to stay in power, begin peace process
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