The United Nations refugee agency reports 16 people have drowned in the Gulf of Aden over the weekend in two separate incidents involving smuggling bo...
The United Nations refugee agency says a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Saada city in northern Yemen. The UNHCR and other aid agencies are repeat...
Three presidential candidates in Gabon all say they expect to be named the winner when counting Sunday's vote is completed. Final results are expected...
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki re-appointed the controversial head of the country's anti-corruption commission on Monday, bypassing both an advisory boa...
Many analysts say Georgians are disillusioned with President Mikheil Saakashvili. Our correspondent looks at the state of Georgian politics, more than...
The United Nations is calling for billions of dollars to be spent by governments to fight climate change and greenhouse gasses to stem rising global t...
Years of careful negotiation to repair relations between Libya and its former adversaries, Britain and the United States, have threatened to unravel b...
Iraqi government figures indicate August was the bloodiest month in the last 13 for Iraqi citizens. More than 450 Iraqi people were killed and more th...
European and American leaders have gathered to observe the 70th anniversary of the German military invasion of Poland, which is generally regarded as ...
Residents in the Somali town of Beledweyne are reporting that Ethiopian soldiers, who had apparently seized the town two days earlier, have partially ...
