S. Sudan: Doctors Without Borders hospital ruined
The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says one of its medical facilities located in a rural but violent region of South Sudan has been ...

Mystical branch of Islam has resurgence in Somalia
Hundreds of sweating Sufis chant and sway as the lead sheik moves into the middle of a circle of worshippers and bursts into a chant louder than ...

Rwanda building collapse kills 6, injures 30
Six people were killed and dozens more injured when a four-story building under construction collapsed in eastern Rwanda, police said Wednesday as the ...
War crimes prosecutor receives Israel complaint
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court — the permanent war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands — says she has received a complaint ...

Kenyan wants to skip most of his war crimes trial
Deputy President William Ruto of Kenya asked international war crimes judges Tuesday if he can skip most of his trial and attend only its opening and ...
Correction: Somaliland-Rapes story
In a story May 12 about rapes in a region of Somalia known as Somaliland, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Somaliland declared ...

Kenyan protesters release pigs over parliament pay
Nearly three dozen piglets were released and animal blood spilled Tuesday at an entrance to Kenya's parliament as civil society activists protested ...
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, ...
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 ...
Qatar's Kemboi wins Prague marathon
Nicholas Kemboi of Qatar won the Prague International Marathon on Sunday while Caroline Rotich of Kenya claimed the women's race. Kemboi pulled away ...
Group: 10,000 dissidents detained in Eritrea
Eritrea's government has jailed about 10,000 dissidents without charge or trial over the years, a rights group said in report Thursday, describing the ...

Ugandan general questions Museveni succession plan
Breaking ranks with the military high command, a general is accusing President Yoweri Museveni of trying to ensure his son replaces him, the first top ...
Fearing M23, hundreds of Congolese flee to Uganda
A spokeswoman for the United Nations refugee agency in Uganda says hundreds of Congolese are fleeing into Uganda to avoid being forcibly conscripted ...
UAE says 3 citizens suspected in Tanzania bombing
The United Arab Emirates says three of its citizens are in custody in Tanzania in connection with a church bombing that killed two people and injured ...

Int'l donors pledge $300 million-plus for Somalia
International donors heeded warnings about the need for increased support for Somalia by pledging more than $300 million Tuesday toward bolstering ...
Correction: Somalia-Famine Deaths story
In a story April 29 about a report estimating the number of Somalis who died in the country's 2011 famine, The Associated Press erroneously reported ...

London hosts Somalia meeting to aid post-war gains
Somalia's president over the weekend received the country's first pieces of mail in more than two decades. It's the kind of small but hopeful ...

Kenyan court sentences 2 Iranians to life in jail
A Kenyan court on Monday sentenced two Iranian nationals convicted of plotting attacks against Western targets to life in prison. Ahmad Abolfathi ...
UK, lawyers for Kenya torture victims in talks
Lawyers for Kenyans tortured during a rebellion against colonial rule in the 1950s said Monday that they are negotiating with the British government ...

Tanzania police: 4 Saudis arrested after blast
A police commander in Tanzania says four Saudi Arabian citizens have been arrested following a bomb attack on a Catholic church. Magesa Mulogo said ...

Car bomber kills 7 in Somali capital
Seven people were killed Sunday morning when a suicide bomber attempted to ram a car laden with explosives into a military convoy escorting a ...