What’s behind attacks in South Africa?

Attacks against foreigners rage on, but this isn't the first time it's happened in a country that tries to portray itself as a diverse "rainbow" nation.

Unknown ailment kills 18 within hours

A mysterious affliction has killed at least 13 people in southwestern Nigeria, leaving health officials scrambling to determine its cause.

Hundreds feared dead from migrant boat capsize

A rescue operation is underway in the Mediterranean after a boat carrying about 700 migrants from Libya capsizes. It's "genocide -- nothing less than genocide, really," says Malta's PM.

Boko Haram kills 16 in Cameroon

Suspected Boko Haram militants this week attacked civilians inside Cameroon for the first time in a month, killing at least 16 villagers, a military spokesman told CNN Saturday.

Boko Haram kills 16 in Cameroon

Suspected Boko Haram militants this week attacked civilians inside Cameroon for the first time in a month, killing at least 16 villagers, a military spokesman told CNN Saturday.

Migrants: ‘I enter Europe or I die’

South Africans protest xenophobia on social media

As thousands of South Africans took to the streets of the city of Durban to rally against violence and xenophobia, an online community has joined the protests.

Italian navy retakes boat steered to Libya

The Italian navy has boarded and retaken control of a fishing boat that had been seized by gunmen off the coast of Sicily and steered toward the Libyan port of…

Italian navy retakes boat steered to Libya

The Italian navy has boarded and retaken control of a fishing boat that had been seized by gunmen off the coast of Sicily and steered toward the Libyan port of…

Looting, arson as South African attacks spread

Violence ‘like unofficial language’ in South Africa

Eusebius McKaiser, a South African writer and radio talk show host, speaks with Fred Pleitgen about the flaring xenophobic violence in his country.

Why are mobs targeting foreigners?

Kenya: Police waited hours for transport

What jihadis plan for women

There is a method to their madness; the groups view enslaving women as key to the building of the caliphate.

The great white rhino hope