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Jim Mattis

US Defense chief to visit China amid S. China Sea tensions

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who has accused China of "intimidation and coercion" in the South China Sea, visits ...

2nd person dies after blast at Ethiopia rally, minister says

Ethiopia's health minister says a second person has died after Saturday's explosion at a massive rally in the capital for the ...

1 dead after attack at huge rally for Ethiopia's new PM

A thwarted attempt to hurl a grenade at Ethiopia's reformist new prime minister led to a deadly explosion Saturday at a ...

The Latest: Police say 6 arrested after Ethiopia blast

The Latest on rally for Ethiopia's reformist new prime minister (all times local): 8:45 p.m. Police in Ethiopia say six ...

South Sudan peace deal attempt fails as Kiir rejects Machar

The latest attempt at ending South Sudan's five-year civil war failed Friday as President Salva Kiir rejected working again ...

Salva Kiir, Riek Machar

South Sudan's armed opposition rejects 'imposition' of peace

South Sudan's armed opposition on Thursday rejected any "imposition" of a peace deal and asked for more time after the first ...

Riek Machar

South Sudan's warring leaders meet for 1st time since 2016

South Sudan's warring leaders met face-to-face for the first time in almost two years Wednesday amid efforts to end a ...

Eritrea sending delegation to rival Ethiopia for peace talks

Eritrea's president announced Wednesday he is sending a rare delegation to neighboring Ethiopia for peace talks, days after ...

South Sudan warring leaders to meet Wednesday, Ethiopia says

South Sudan's warring leaders will meet face-to-face for the first time in almost two years on Wednesday amid efforts to end ...

8 Kenyan police killed by roadside bomb in country's east

A Kenyan legislator says eight police officers have died in his constituency after the vehicle they were travelling in was ...

South Sudan's warring leaders invited to meet next week

South Sudan's president and rebel leader have been invited to meet face-to-face next week for the first time in almost two ...

Correction: Congo-Ebola story

In a story June 8 about progress being made in calming Congo's deadly Ebola outbreak, The Associated Press misidentified the ...

US urges regional governments to block South Sudan war money

A U.S. Treasury official is urging East African governments to tighten the loopholes that allow illicit money from war-torn ...

PM says Ethiopia will not cut Egypt's share of Nile waters

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vowed Sunday that Ethiopia will not reduce Egypt's share of Nile waters, as his country ...

US military: 4 soldiers wounded in Somalia treated, in Kenya

Four U.S. service members who were wounded in an extremist attack in Somalia that killed one special operations soldier have ...

Eritrean US detainee kills himself at Egyptian airport

An Eritrean national who was denied asylum in the United States and was being sent back to his homeland has died in an ...

1 US soldier killed, 4 wounded in attack in Somalia

One U.S. special operations soldier was killed and four U.S. service members wounded in an "enemy attack" Friday in Somalia, ...

Pierre Nkurunziza

Burundi's president says he won't run for another term

Burundi's president announced Thursday he will not run for another term, even as he put in place a new constitution that ...

No survivors as wreckage of small plane found in Kenya

There are no survivors in the crash of a small plane carrying 10 people that disappeared on Tuesday and was found in pieces ...

Ilhan Omar

Nation's 1st Somali-American lawmaker eyes seat in Congress

Ilhan Omar escaped her war-torn homeland of Somalia as a child and grew up in a Kenyan refugee camp before immigrating to the ...