Pope Leo decries inequality, injustice in corrupt Equatorial Guinea
By Jon Shelton, DW: Pope Leo XIV continued his tour of Africa with a Mass in Equatorial Guinea. The pontiff called for more justice in the country as the…
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An investigation into appalling conditions in school hostels has won two South African journalists the top prize at the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards.
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In one of Kenya's poorest slums a health center is sending life-saving advice to pregnant women.
Peter Obi and Allison Anadi’s dubious schemes to stop me from speaking at ASA-USA in Florida
Gov. Peter Obi and Allison Anadi's dubious schemes to stop me from speaking at ASA-USA in Florida By Prof. Okey Ndibe Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine and USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston. I used…
Amnesty International report: Hundreds die in Nigerian custody
Nearly 1,000 people, mostly members of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, have died this year while in Nigerian custody, Amnesty International said in a report.
Al Qaeda suspect faces trial in U.S.
Suspected Al Qaeda operative Abu Anas al Libi now faces trial in the U.S. for 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa.
African leaders prize: No winner, again
For a second consecutive year, no leader has been deemed worthy of the $5 million Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership.
Al Libi taken to U.S. after capture in Libya
The United States has brought Abu Anas al Libi -- an alleged al Qaeda operative whom U.S. Army Delta Force soldiers captured in Libya this month -- to New York,…
American held after car bombing dies in Egyptian jail
An American arrested after a car bombing in northern Sinai in August was found dead in an Egyptian police station Sunday, authorities said.
African Journalist of the Year, 2013
Msindisi Fengu & Yandisa Monakali were the Overall Winners of the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards 2013.
Where pregnancy is feared, fatal
On a research trip in Nigeria, Dr. Laura Stachel watched as physicians performed an emergency cesarean section.
Project takes aim at rich lists
The Other Hundred, a photo-book project featuring 100 photo stories of people across 91 countries, launched its first exhibition in Hong Kong on Thursday.
Darfur peacekeeping convoy ambushed, 3 die
Three Senegalese peacekeeping officers were killed in an attack on a convoy in Darfur on Sunday, the United Nations said.
African leaders accuse ICC of bias
The African Union urged the International Criminal Court to postpone cases against sitting leaders as accusations of unfair treatment grow against the war crimes tribunal.
Foreign Ministry fire in Libya after PM abduction
Libya's foreign ministry compound caught fire Saturday just two days after the country's prime minister was kidnapped and a day after a car bomb exploded outside of the Swedish consulate.
Libya PM: Kidnapping an attempted ‘coup’
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan on Friday described his kidnapping this week as an attempted coup carried out by political opponents bent on toppling his government.
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