Africa

Africa

• Congo to create city in honor of Patrice Lumumba

  The Congolese government is naming a town after Patrice Lumumba, the country's first prime minister whose assassination more than 50 years ago made ... 

• Egypt: detained Christian teacher released on bail

  An Egyptian Christian teacher detained over charges of insulting Islam has been released on bail on Tuesday, her lawyer said. A history and geography ... 

• Ethiopian gov't minister, businessmen arrested

  An Ethiopian court ruled Tuesday that prosecutors have two weeks to finalize corruption charges against two dozen people who have been arrested, ... 

• 5 crew kidnapped from ship off Nigeria released

  A German ship operator says five crew members kidnapped from one of its ships off the coast of Nigeria last month have been released. The five Polish ... 

• Migrants scale Spanish border fence in Melilla

  Spanish authorities say 200 sub-Saharan migrants tried to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco by climbing a 6-meter-tall (20-foot-tall) ... 

• 10-year sentence sought for Canadian in Mauritania

  Prosecutors in Mauritania are seeking to lengthen to 10 years the sentence of a Canadian man already imprisoned on alleged links to terror groups, a ... 

• Correction: Congo-Tanzanian Troops story

  In a story May 11 about the arrival of Tanzanian troops in eastern Congo, The Associated Press erroneously cited United Nations mission spokesman Col. 

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  Deadly bomb strikes civilian area in east Libya

  A deadly car bomb exploded Monday near a hospital in a busy area packed with civilians in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, destroying part of the ... 

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  French minister to discuss shaky Libya on US trip

  Terror groups ousted from Mali appear to be trying to set up a new haven in Libya, France's defense minister said Monday, vowing to discuss ways of ... 

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  Verdict in trial of Egypt activist on June 3

  An Egyptian activist charged with insulting the president will remain in detention until June 3, when a verdict is expected, his lawyer said Monday. 

• Burger King opens in South Africa _ with no bacon

  The company that gave America the Bacon Sundae opened with a big splash in South Africa — but no bacon. Burger King South Africa CEO Jaye Sinclair ... 

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  Nigeria extremists say they kidnap women, children

  The leader of an Islamic extremist group in Nigeria says his group has started kidnapping women and children as part of its bloody guerrilla campaign ... 

• Sierra Leone opposition politician released

  Authorities have released a prominent opposition politician in Sierra Leone who was accused of making statements that could undermine state security. 

• Activists raise alarm about E. Guinea elections

  Human rights groups are expressing concern about the fairness of legislative elections taking place later this month in Equatorial Guinea. The tiny ... 

• Obama calls Republican talk on Benghazi a sideshow

  President Barack Obama is dismissing Republican criticism of his administration's handling of the attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya, calling ... 

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  Nigeria judge: Iranian, colleague smuggled weapons

  An Iranian and his Nigerian accomplice were sentenced to five years in prison Monday over a plot they orchestrated to smuggle a shipment of ... 

• Mali gunman kills 3 at aid distribution point

  A suspected jihadist opened fire on a crowd at an aid distribution point in a north Malian village, killing three civilians, a local official said. 

• Togo opposition protests activist's death in jail

  Activists in Togo charged Monday that a detained leader died in custody after authorities refused a request to bring him to a hospital, the latest ... 

• Security forces tear gas protesters in Ivory Coast

  Security forces in Ivory Coast used teargas to disperse hundreds of students demonstrating Monday against overcrowded classrooms and empty libraries ... 

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  Carlos the Jackal: Ex-enigma now mired in court

  Carlos the Jackal, the flamboyant terrorist and self-proclaimed revolutionary who was once one of the Cold War's most wanted men, is appealing his ... 

• Ugandan general faces arrest for talking politics

  A general who asked questions about President Yoweri Museveni's succession plans faces charges stemming from the alleged breach of an official code ... 

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  Egypt's Mubarak talks for 1st time since detention

  In his first comments to the media since he was detained more than two years ago, Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak said he is dismayed at the ... 

• Libyan officials back at work after militia siege

  Officials at two Libyan government ministries returned to work Sunday after nearly two weeks of protests by militia fighters, who blocked the ... 

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  Syrian rebels release 4 UN Filipino peacekeepers

  Syrian rebels on Sunday released four Filipino U.N. peacekeepers they abducted last week in a dramatic incident that prompted warnings from the ...