Malawi's president vows to repeal gay ban
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — President Joyce Banda declared Friday she wants to repeal Malawi's laws against homosexual acts, going against…
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Mali junta agrees on extension of interim leader
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The chief negotiator for the West African regional bloc says the junta in Mali has accepted that the current…
Officials: 5 killed in Somalia blasts
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali officials say two blasts killed at least five people and injured six others in the Somali capital.
Activists to Obama: reassess Ethiopia partnership
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Rights groups are asking President Barack Obama to re-evaluate the U.S.-Ethiopia relationship over…
Malawi president looks into predecessor's death
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi's new president says official investigators will look into her predecessor's recent death in office and…
American jihadi says he had 'privileged' childhood
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — An American who serves as a commander with a Somali militant group says in a new autobiography that he had a…
Flood of Nuba refugees hits camp near Sudan border
YIDA, South Sudan (AP) — First they ate leaves. Then they ate roots, soaked for five days and boiled until they were just edible. Now…
W. African troops land in Guinea-Bissau after coup
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — The first wave of troops from the West African regional bloc have landed in Guinea-Bissau to try to…
Ethiopian court says 11 will face terror charges
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia's federal court ruled Thursday that 11 people should face terror charges after prosecutors said…
Somaliland court sentences 17 to death for attack
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A military court in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland has sentenced 17 people to death for attacking a…
