Sufi group backs more African Union troops in Somalia
A Somali militant group wanting to rid the war-torn country of an al Qaeda-linked movement welcomed Saturday the African Union's decision last week to expand its peacekeeping presence in the country. U.N. extends Darfur peacekeeping mission
The United Nations Security Council has renewed the mandate of its mission in the Darfur region of Sudan for another 12 months. Uganda charges 3 in connection with World Cup bombings
Uganda has charged three people in connection with the bomb blasts that erupted in an Ethiopian restaurant and a rugby center in Kampala earlier this month, killing some 76 people, a government official said Friday. From the Nile to the Yangtze: Sailing the world's great rivers
The life-blood of civilizations and natural wonders, rivers are one of the best ways to explore the world's most spectacular scenery. Kenya's Prime Minister likely won't commit troops to AU force
Kenya's Prime Minister says his country probably won't commit troops to an expanded African Union force for Somalia, but he's leaving the door open to "review." Cape Town's 'Ghetto Ballerina' lands U.S. scholarship
A South African ballet dancer from a poor township outside Cape Town has been given the chance to train in the United States -- all because of a documentary film, and an email from a caring viewer. Dozens killed in Somali violence; many more forced to flee
Fighting in the Somali capital this week led to the deaths of dozens of civilians and injuries to scores of others, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday. Scores die of cholera in Cameroon
More than 100 people have died of cholera in Cameroon, according to Joseph Beti Assomo, a regional governor. Al-Shabaab spokesman denies the group is in Puntland
A spokesman for the militant group Al-Shabaab denied Thursday that it has been involved in recent fighting in northeastern Somalia's semiautonomous region of Puntland, but said the group supports it. 80 die in ferry accident
Eighty people were killed late Tuesday in a ferry accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a government spokesman confirmed Thursday.
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