Ethiopia diverts flow of Blue Nile, fears in Egypt
Ethiopia is starting to divert the flow of the Blue Nile to construct a giant dam that is raising fears in Nile-dependent and water-starved Egypt.

Ugandan police occupy paper for 9 days over letter
Ugandan police arrested at least two activists and used tear gas to disperse others protesting the government's seizure of the newspaper that ...
UK suspect linked to Kenyan radical cleric
Kenya police believe the suspect in last week's killing of a British soldier in the U.K. had earlier associated with a radical Kenyan imam who tried ...
2 Swedes charged in Sinai kidnapping case
A prosecutor has charged two Swedish men with extortion after they threatened to kill an Eritrean man held captive in Egypt's lawless Sinai desert.

UK police arrest 10th suspect in soldier's slaying
British police arrested a 10th suspect Monday in connection with the vicious street killing of a soldier in London, an apparent Islamic extremist ...
African leaders urge ICC to transfer charges
African leaders on Monday asked the International Criminal Court to transfer charges against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to the Kenyan legal ...

Kenya: UK soldier killing suspect arrested in 2010
A suspect in last week's savage killing of a British soldier on a London street was arrested in Kenya in 2010 while apparently preparing to train and ...
Wanted Ugandan general says he is hiding in London
A wanted Ugandan general who questioned the president's succession plan has requested the protection of British police and won't return home anytime ...
Kenya police kill terrorist linked to al-Shabab
A Kenyan police official says the country's anti-terrorism police have killed a wanted terrorist and recovered a cache of weapons in the port city of ...
Militants kill 6 in attack on Kenyan police posts
Gunmen believed to be Somali militants killed six people in an overnight attack on police posts near Kenya's border with Somalia, Kenya's police chief ...

Anti-Muslim actions rise in UK over slain soldier
Police, politicians and activists in Britain are warning of rising anti-Muslim sentiment following the slaughter of an off-duty British soldier in a ...

Kerry makes 1st official sub-Saharan Africa trip
Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it ...

In Ethiopia, African Union celebrates 50 years
The African Union on Saturday marked 50 years since the founding of a continentwide organization that helped liberate Africa from colonial masters and ...
UN chief challenges African leaders over Congo
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged African leaders to implement a peace plan that the U.N. hopes will stabilize eastern ...

Uganda president ousts army boss amid dispute
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni fired his top military commander Friday, the ouster apparently linked to turmoil over Museveni's alleged plan to ...

Attack casts spotlight on radical preachers
The slaying of a British soldier in southeast London cast a spotlight on radical preachers that influenced Michael Adebolajo, the attacker seen in ...
Correction: Mozambique-UN story
In a story May 21 about U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visiting Mozambique, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Mozambique became ...
S. Sudan leader: Int'l court 'humiliates' Africa
South Sudan's president is criticizing the International Criminal Court, saying the court is designed to humiliate African leaders. Salva Kiir spoke ...

UN chief visits Goma, Congo
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed Thursday that security must go hand-in-hand with development in Congo's troubled eastern city ...
Violence in Somalia scares investors, aid workers
A spate of attacks by Islamic insurgents in Somalia's capital is forcing investors, businessmen and aid workers to have second thoughts about ...