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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 ...
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 ...
Drugmakers, health groups bring poor girls vaccine
Two multinational drugmakers are teaming up with top global health groups to protect millions of girls in the world's poorest countries from deadly ...
Kenya co. turns old sandals into colorful objects
The colorful handmade giraffes, elephants and warthogs made in a Nairobi workshop were once only dirty pieces of rubber cruising the Indian Ocean's ...
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 ...
Scientist: Cassava disease spread at alarming rate
Scientists say a disease destroying entire crops of cassava has spread out of East Africa into the heart of the continent, is attacking plants as far ...
Africa is riskiest place to be born, report says
More than 1 million babies die the day they are born every year, and the 14 countries with the highest rates of first-day deaths are all in Africa, ...
Ethiopian Air wants compensation for 787 grounding
The chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines said Tuesday that his company will seek compensation from Boeing for the grounding of its 787 Dreamliner ...
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 ...
Chinese actress feeds Kenya's orphan elephants
Chinese actress Li Bingbing is in Kenya to bring attention to the growing problem of elephants slaughtered for the international ivory trade.
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 ...
Madagascar's president to run for re-election
Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina will stand for re-election in July, despite earlier assurances that he would not run to help return stability ...
Expert: Rhino population wiped out in Mozambique
Mozambique's rhinoceros population was wiped out more than a century ago by big game hunters. Reconstituted several years ago, the beasts again are ...
'Off the charts': 133k Somalia famine child deaths
A decision by extremist Islamic militants to ban delivery of food aid and a "normalization of crisis" that numbed international donors to unfolding ...
Kenya court: 2 Iranians guilty of terror plot
Two Iranian nationals, whom officials accused of planning to attack Western targets inside Kenya, were found guilty Thursday by a Kenyan court of ...
MasterCard 1Q profit rises, but economy 'choppy'
Payments processor MasterCard Inc. said that its profit and revenue rose in the first quarter as card users spent more. Profit beat the forecasts of ...
Congo's M23 rebels say peace talks in trouble
The Congolese rebel movement M23 has suspended peace talks with Congo's government, a rebel spokesman said Wednesday, increasing fears of renewed ...