
Kenya vote commission cites Bush v Gore in defense
A lawyer for Kenya's election commission cited the U.S. Supreme Court case Bush vs. Gore on Thursday during arguments before a Kenya Supreme Court ...

Rebel group: Congo warlord wanted control of M23
A spokesman for a Congolese rebel group said Thursday that rebel fighters in the M23 group were trying to kill warlord Bosco Ntaganda, who fled Congo ...

Vote numbers were changed, Kenyan court told
Vote totals for Kenya's president-elect mysteriously increased between the time the ballot numbers were announced at some remote polling centers and ...
1 killed, 8 wounded in grenade attack in Rwanda
A police official in Rwanda says a grenade blast has killed one person and wounded eight. The attack happened in a busy area of Kigali, the capital, ...
Kenyan court denies prime minister 2 requests
Kenya's Supreme Court has denied two requests by the legal team of Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who has asked the court to order a new presidential ...

C. African Republic president flees to Cameroon
The president of the Central African Republic fled the country for Cameroon after rebels overran the capital of the impoverished nation long wracked ...

Kenya court: Partial recount in presidential vote
Kenya's Supreme Court on Monday ordered a recount of votes in some constituencies in the country's March 4 presidential election. The court heard ...
Gunmen kill female journalist in Somalia
A media colleague says that gunmen in Somalia have shot and killed a female Somali journalist. Abdikarim Ahmed Bulhan, the director of Abudwak radio ...
Korir wins men's title at cross country worlds
Japhet Kipyegon Korir of Kenya beat defending champion Imane Merga of Ethiopia to win the men's race Sunday at the IAAF cross country world ...

International court detains Rwandan-born warlord
African warlord Bosco Ntaganda was taken from the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda on Friday and flown to International Criminal Court in The Hague, where he ...

Will $5M bring down tweeting, rapping US jihadi?
Will the allure of a $5 million reward be the downfall of a tweeting, rapping American jihadi who once fought alongside the Somali militant group ...
Somali rebels stone to death man for sexual act
A militant official and a Somali resident say al-Shabab fighters have stoned to death a man for carrying out a homosexual sex act. The resident, Yusuf ...

Rwanda won't hinder US Embassy warlord transfer
Rwanda's justice minister said Thursday his government will not hinder the transfer of the warlord Bosco Ntaganda from the U.S. Embassy in Kigali to ...

String of attacks in Somali capital slows progress
Isaq Ahmed lifted his head from his hands, his eyes clouded with tears, as he looked at the crowd gathered near the twisted wreckage from a car bomb ...
Kenya Supreme Court to top politicians: Keep quiet
The Kenya Supreme Court is warning the country's top politicians against making sensational statements about the country's disputed March 4 ...

Former Bush lawyer fighting Kenyan election case
A former lawyer for President George W. Bush now representing the Kenyan prime minister in his battle to persuade the Supreme Court to order a new ...
Lawyer: ICC should drop Kenyatta case
A defense lawyer for President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya told judges at the International Criminal Court on Monday that prosecutors should drop ...
Villagers say Rwandan troops crossed into Congo
Villagers in a town on the Congo-Rwanda border say they saw a half dozen trucks with Rwandan soldiers cross into Congo last week to lend support to ...

Car bomb explodes near bus in Mogadishu; 7 dead
An explosives-laden car that apparently was targeting a truck full of Somali government officials instead hit a civilian car and exploded, setting a ...