Tag: Africa

What cease-fire? South Sudan violence persists

What cease-fire? South Sudan violence persists

ILYA GRIDNEFFJASON STRAZIUSO · February 12, 2014 2:44 pm

Extremists attack northeast Nigerian town, kill 39

Extremists attack northeast Nigerian town, kill 39

Washington Examiner · February 12, 2014 9:49 am

In this photo taken early Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, Malian singer Salif Keita, rear center, performs on stage at a music festival at Segou, Mali. Long before Mali captured the global spotlight as an al-Qaida training ground where French soldiers had to intervene, the West African nation was celebrated for producing some of the biggest stars in world music. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)

Mali music festival returns after end of war

Baba Ahmed · February 10, 2014 6:12 pm

Mali communities denounce female genital cutting

Baba Ahmed · February 6, 2014 3:26 pm

A man suspected to be a Muslim Seleka militiaman lays wounded after being stabbed by newly enlisted FACA (Central African Armed Forces) soldiers moments after Central African Republic Interim President Catherine Samba-Panza addressed the troops in Bangui Wednesday Feb. 5, 2014. The man died later after being lynched by hundreds of recruits using knifes, bricks and foot blows to the head. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

C. African Republic soldiers join chaotic violence

ANDREW DRAKEJEROME DELAY · February 5, 2014 6:42 pm

In this photo released by the Kenya Presidency, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, center, and Deputy President William Ruto, center-left, are welcomed back by Chief of the Defence Forces Staff Gen. Julius Karangi, center-right, after attending the African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa, at the airport in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. The African Union urged its members to "speak with one voice" against criminal proceedings at the International Criminal Court against sitting presidents, according to a statement Saturday, saying it was disappointed that a request to the U.N. Security Council to defer the trials of Kenya's leaders "has not yielded the positive result expected." (AP Photo/Kenya Presidency)

Africa Union urges united stand against ICC trials

Elias Meseret · February 1, 2014 5:32 pm

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 18, 2013 file photo, Kenyan journalist Walter Barasa, right, speaks to supporters before attending a court hearing to determine whether authorities will enforce an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against him, at the Milimani court in Nairobi, Kenya. A Kenyan court Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 refused to stop the arrest of Barasa who is wanted by the ICC for allegedly interfering with prosecution witnesses in the crimes against humanity case against Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim, File)

Kenyan court: ICC can arrest journalist

Tom Odula · January 31, 2014 9:19 pm

Patients, medical workers flee S Sudan hospital

Patients, medical workers flee S Sudan hospital

Washington Examiner · January 31, 2014 6:12 pm

Niger frees 2 journalists and an activist

Niger frees 2 journalists and an activist

Washington Examiner · January 30, 2014 6:27 pm

African Union summit ponders violent conflicts

African Union summit ponders violent conflicts

Elias Meseret · January 30, 2014 3:52 pm

South Africa: Platinum miners reject 9% hike

South Africa: Platinum miners reject 9% hike

Washington Examiner · January 30, 2014 11:57 am

EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENTS - French forces move into a courtyard where a Muslim man lies dead moments after he was killed, in the Miskin district of Bangui, Central African Republic, Wednesday Jan. 29, 2014. Fighting between rival Muslim Seleka factions and Christian anti_Balaka militias continues, as two Muslim men were slaughtered by unknown assailants with machetes nearby, prompting French forces to fire warning shots in the air but not intervene to try to prevent the killings. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

French struggle to stop C. African Republic mobs

Jerome Delay · January 29, 2014 10:24 pm