Month: May 2014

Protesters arrested after South African elections

South African police arrested 59 people in Johannesburg overnight following postelection protests, authorities said Saturday.

ANC handily wins South African elections

The African National Congress has won South Africa's general election, holding onto power despite scandals, economic woes and…

Pistorius defense: Steenkamp wasn’t cowering

One of the most respected ballistics experts in South Africa disputed key elements of the prosecution case against…

Democrats yet to decide on Benghazi panel

Will it be a boycott or a chaperone?

‘Daddy, Boko Haram is here’

CNN's Isha Sesay recounts the agonizing conversation between an abducted Nigerian girl and her father.

Amnesty: ‘Nigeria had warning’

Nigerian military commanders knew that Boko Haram militants were on their way to raid a boarding school at…

Central African Republic reels with violence

Moments after breastfeeding her baby, Didiatou Hassam was shot in the head.

Will ‘fiery serpent’ disease end?

Guinea worm disease once infected millions -- now it's almost eradicated. But can we catch the final cases?

Cairo revives its nightlife

It's the weekend in Cairo and the city's upper crust is letting loose at The Garden, one of…

Abducted girls ‘taken out of the country’

Nigeria's President vowed that the abduction of hundreds of girls would be Boko Haram's undoing, even as authorities…

Is military option the answer?

The leadership of Boko Haram must think they have hit the jackpot. The abduction of more than 200…

Boko Haram leader: Is there method to his madness?

To many who watched his long, rambling video statement, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appeared strangely distracted, unfocused,…

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