Somali refugees who at one time found shelter in the Arab League Nation of Syria are now being forced to relocate as their host ...
The United Nations is keen on stemming the tide of an outbreak of diseases in two African nations. With the sudden introduction of ...
Once the fearsome scourge of the African continent, the rates of HIV/AIDS infection and AIDS-related deaths have dropped dramatically ...
Could it be the Arab Spring - part two? Egyptians, highly dissatisfied with President Mohammed Morsi's regime following the ...
U.S. diplomat Gregory Hicks says that while the U.S. diplomatic compound in eastern Libya came under attack the night of Sept. 11, ...
When Egypt, both the Arab world and Africa's most populous nation rose up to depose President Hosni Mubarak two years ago, hopes ...
More than 60 gold miners have been killed after an unlicensed mine collapsed in Darfur, Sudan. Rescue operations are now under way in ...
According to the United Nations, at least 258,000 people, around half of whom were children, died of hunger during Somalia's ...
One of the most ambitious and amazing construction projects in the world is about to begin in Ghana. Dubbed, "Hope City" a ...
The fabled underwater city of Atlantis today remains mostly mythic - a lost civilization nestled on the ocean floor. However - thanks ...
Ten people are dead following clashes between Muslims and Coptic Christians in Egypt. The people have been killed over the past few ...
In one of the most exciting archaeological discoveries in recent years, researchers have uncovered what is thought to be the most ...
A video surreptitiously shot in North Korea and across the border from China, has gone viral and exposes the horrors of North Korea ...
The Pope of the Coptic church is criticizing the government of Egypt and President Mohamed Morsi for allowing a mob to attack the ...
A major operation was undertaken this past weekend by French troops in a river valley near Gao, which is northeastern Mali's ...
In some of the worst sectarian violence in Egypt in many months, five Egyptians were killed and eight wounded in clashes between ...
It sounds par for the course - the spoiled daughter of a dictator showing a lack of gratitude. Aisha Khadafy, Colonel Khadafy's ...
Under a sweeping presidential decree, Sudanese authorities have freed the first seven political prisoners under an amnesty plan. The ...
Contrary to what was once popularly believed, ancient Egyptian embalmers did not always leave the heart in place or remove the guts ...
Left unprepared and under-supplied, the Somali National Army's 4th Brigade bears mute testimony to the unintended consequences of ...
In a troubling development, Egyptian Copts in Libya say one of their number has been killed by a militia while detained along with ...
Driven by an illicit worldwide desire for genuine ivory, Poachers have slaughtered 86 elephants in a single week in the African nation ...
There is hope that the 200 men alleged in a Zimbabwe mass rape will finally be brought to justice. An investigation is under way in ...
Twenty-eight percent of South African schoolgirls have HIV. This statistic is especially alarming, considering that South African ...
A United Nations declaration on women's rights could destroy society by allowing a woman to travel, work and controlling family ...
The recent beating death of a 17-year-old girl in South Sudan has world attention focused on the practice of child marriages around ...
South Sudan is the world's newest country, and it is also one of the most troubled. Comprised of ten states, there are active ...
Kenya is often called the "anchor state of West Africa," with relative peace and stability in that part of the continent. ...
