Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, the first Africa-owned, US-based newspaper published on the Internet. Nigeria, periodically, appears to lurch toward reform, only to settle back into familiar habits.…
CNN's Isha Sesay recounts the agonizing conversation between an abducted Nigerian girl and her father.
Nigerian military commanders knew that Boko Haram militants were on their way to raid a boarding school at least four hours before 276 girls were abducted, Amnesty reported.
Moments after breastfeeding her baby, Didiatou Hassam was shot in the head.
Guinea worm disease once infected millions -- now it's almost eradicated. But can we catch the final cases?
It's the weekend in Cairo and the city's upper crust is letting loose at The Garden, one of the latest night-time spots to open in the Egyptian capital.
Nigeria's President vowed that the abduction of hundreds of girls would be Boko Haram's undoing, even as authorities admitted that the girls likely have been taken out of the country.
The leadership of Boko Haram must think they have hit the jackpot. The abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in northeast Nigeria has been denounced by U.S. President Barak Obama…
To many who watched his long, rambling video statement, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appeared strangely distracted, unfocused, perhaps under the influence of drugs while boasting of abducting nearly 300…
Malala Yousafzai, the world's most famous advocate for girls' right to education, speaks with CNN's Christiane Amanpour.
Sally Kohn says what happened in Benghazi, Libya, was a tragedy, not a scandal, and no amount of Republican witch hunting or wishful thinking will make it otherwise
I think of myself as an "impatient optimist." There are times, however, when it's harder to muster the optimism, and the impatience takes over. That's how I felt when I…
Robyn Curnow speaks to analyst Kelly Phelps about evidence brought by a ballistics expert in the Oscar Pistorius trial.
A French soldier was killed by a bomb in northern Mali early Thursday, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves le Drian reported.
CNN's Isha Sesay speaks to Rwandan President Paul Kagame about what the kidnapping crisis means to the rest of Africa.
Travel with a convoy fleeing the violence between Muslims and Christians in Central African Republic.


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