Soccer: Africa Cup of Nations kicks off; Senegal, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Morocco, Egypt clash
Morocco carry a huge weight of expectation into their opening game at the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday as the hosts, with star man Achraf Hakimi returning from injury,…
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U.S. Embassy in Libya evacuates personnel
The U.S. Embassy in Libya evacuated its personnel on Saturday because of ongoing militia violence in the capital, Tripoli, U.S. officials said.
Second Air Algerie ‘black box’ found
The second flight data recorder from an Air Algerie flight that crashed in Mali has been found, a spokeswoman for the U.N. mission in Mali says.
Ebola virus death confirmed in Nigeria’s biggest city
A Liberian man who was hospitalized in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, with the Ebola virus has died, Nigerian Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said.
‘Disintegrated’ Air Algerie jet found
French forces secured the site of a crashed Air Algerie flight in Mali, and found one "black box" but no survivors, French President Francoise Hollande said Friday.
From lion killers to ‘Guardians’
As a child, Leela Hazzah would spend her summer nights lying on the rooftop of her family's home in Egypt.
Ebola: Race to create a vaccine
Nearly 40 years after Ebola was discovered, there is still no cure. But could experimental vaccines protect people from the killer disease?
No survivors of Air Algerie crash in Mali
The wreckage of an Air Algerie flight with at least 116 people on board that crashed early Thursday has been found in the northern Mali desert, with no survivors.
U.S. teen accused of child sex assaults in Kenya
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Christian woman in apostasy case meets Pope Francis
Mariam Yehya Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian woman sentenced to death in Sudan for apostasy but subsequently pardoned, arrived in Rome on Thursday, the Italian Foreign Ministry said.
Why Ebola is out of control
Laurie Garrett says the epidemic in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia worst ever, should be controllable, but poor governance, ignorance, hysteria have inflamed opposition to health care
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Chief Ebola doctor contracts the virus
One of the top doctors fighting the spread of Ebola in West Africa was infected with the disease, Sierra Leone's Ministry of Health says.
Oscar Pistorius leaves nightclub after dispute
South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius was involved in a nightclub dispute over the weekend, after another patron "started to aggressively interrogate him" on matters relating to his murder trial, his…
Two suicide blasts kill 40 in Nigeria
At least 40 people in northern Nigeria were killed Wednesday in two suicide blasts targeting a renowned Muslim cleric and an opposition politician, prompting a round-the-clock curfew to prevent chaos.
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