Month: May 2014

Nigeria’s government defends response

Nigeria defended its response to the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls by the terror group Boko Haram.

Egypt’s el-Sisi vows to finish off the Muslim Brotherhood

Egypt's former military chief doesn't mince words when he describes what would happen if he wins this month's…

Opinion: ANC is losing respect

South Africans will vote on May 7 in the country's first election since Nelson Mandela's death. Political commentator…

Opinion: ANC is losing respect

South Africans will vote on May 7 in the country's first election since Nelson Mandela's death. Political commentator…

Abducted girls: Why care?

A Boko Haram leader says he's going to sell more than 200 girls his militants abducted from a…

Boko Haram: Essence of terror

There are many groups listed by the U.S. State Department as terrorists. But few fit the classic definition…

S. Africa heads to the polls

CNN's Robyn Curnow chronicles the waning days of campaigning leading up to the 2014 South African election.

A life-saving bug spray

When is bug spray more than just bug spray? When it's a compound that, according to researchers at…

Nobel winner: Girls taken for sex slavery

Amara Walker speaks to 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee about the response to the kidnapping of…

Boko Haram ‘will sell kidnapped girls’

Militant kidnappers issued a shocking statement vowing to more than 200 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls.

U.S.: We’ll help but no troops

The United States is offering its help, but making clear it is up to the Nigerian government to…

What’s at stake in war against girls’ kidnappers?

Peter Bergen says the kidnapping of more than 200 girls by an Islamist organization threatens Africa's biggest economy…

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