Shots fired at White House correspondents’ dinner; Trump unharmed
Washington (AP) — A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday night (April 25,…
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Cuba sending workers to fight Ebola
In all likelihood, the 91 Cuban health workers heading to West Africa on Tuesday will face the most perilous assignment of their careers.
Cuba sending workers to fight Ebola
In all likelihood, the 91 Cuban health workers heading to West Africa on Tuesday will face the most perilous assignment of their careers.
Pistorius siblings speak out on eve of sentencing
On the eve of Oscar Pistorius' sentencing, some of his biggest supporters -- his siblings -- told CNN that the lives of everyone close to the trial have already been…
Only 6 northern white rhinos left
Unique? Suni was only one of seven northern whites left in the world. Now he's dead.
Ebola makes stigmatized orphans
For nearly every Ebola grave there is a child who lost a parent in the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Man fighting for missing girls
Six months after more than 200 schoolgirls vanished into the night in Chibok, Nigeria, the #BringBackOurGirls campaign has faded.
Nigeria officially Ebola free, WHO says
While Ebola cases keep spiraling out of control in the three West African countries, there are glimmers of hope elsewhere. Nigeria has followed Senegal in being declared rid of the…
#BringBackOurGirls: Will it happen?
The Nigerian government says that more than 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram in April are to be released as early as Monday, after it signed a ceasefire agreement with…
DiCaprio produces gorilla film
Netflix announced Friday that it will team up with Leonardo DiCaprio to distribute a documentary film entitled "VIRUNGA," about the quest to save endangered mountain gorillas in the eastern Congo…
Kenyan journalist wins CNN award
A photo series capturing the Westgate terror attack has won a Kenyan journalist the top honors at this year's CNN MultiChoice African Journalism Awards.
Fresh Boko Haram attacks reported
Despite government claims of a ceasefire, gunmen believed to be Boko Haram fighters attacked two villages and a town near the border with Niger, killing at least 8 and kidnapping…
Kidnapped Nigerian girls ‘pawns’
The more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls have become pawns in a larger drama, writes Richard Joseph.
Nigeria, Boko Haram’s ‘ceasefire deal’
The Nigerian government reaches a truce with the Islamist terror group Boko Haram, including the release of scores of kidnapped girls, a presidential spokesman says.
Ebola outbreak ‘outrunning’ response
The current Ebola outbreak is "running much faster" than the international response to it, the co-discoverer of the virus said Thursday.
Ebola fears crippling safaris?
Survey of 500 safari operators finds more than half report a 20- to 70-percent decline in bookings since Ebola outbreak.
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