All Africa
Terrorism suspected in crash of Egyptian jetIf it was terrorism, it would be the second deadly attack involving Egypt's aviation industry in seven months.
First Chibok girl to escape Boko Haram is feted in NigeriaThe girl, who was found nursing her baby on the fringes of Boko Haram's forest stronghold, was flown to meet with the Nigerian president on Thursday.
Chibok kidnapping survivor found two years after Boko Haram attackThe young woman, now pregnant, is the first to be found after the extremist group took 219 schoolgirls hostage in April 2014.聽
Five Boko Haram leaders captured, dozens of hostages freedBoko Haram bases in Cameroon were raided earlier this month, and multinational troops freed 28 children and at least 18 women, says a government official.聽- Can you identify these 14 African flags?
First LookWorld Press Freedom Day: Somali journalists risk lives to report newsDespite constant threats from Al Shabab, as well as government forces, Somalia's journalists remain resilient and push for a聽Somali free from oppression.
Why Kenya burned 11 giant piles of ivory tusksWhat may be the largest stockpile of ivory ever destroyed, Kenya made a dramatic statement against the trade in ivory and products from endangered species.
Nigeria's 'rabble rouser for peace' looks at a future after Boko HaramBishop Matthew Kukah convened the national peace committee before Nigeria鈥檚 presidential election last year, which brokered an agreement that allowed for a peaceful government turnover.
In cry for world's help, refugees tell of broad political violence in BurundiReports from the politically troubled country have dried up, and to the outside world, it appeared the situation was stabilizing. But those who have fled to Tanzania say the violence is getting worse.
S. Sudan takes tentative step forward as former rebel leader becomes VPRiek聽Machar's return to govern with President Salva Kiir is crucial to ending the 2-1/2-year civil war, which has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced 2.3 million.
Could lessons from Canary Islands' old migrant crisis help Europe's new one?A decade ago, migrants braved the waves to reach the Spanish islands off the African coast, but that crisis was resolved. Now, that might inform how to approach Europe's current one.
As drought deepens, African nations struggle to get globe's attentionIt's been at least three decades since southern and eastern Africa have seen this level of drought. In an ironic twist, the progress countries have made in responding to drought may be making it harder to get the outside help many need.
South Sudan: major tests lie ahead as warring leaders move to reuniteThe former vice president Machar is expected to return to Juba Monday to form a unity government with President Kiir after nearly three years of civil war.聽
Why the Boko Haram schoolgirls video got a cautious responseThe video capped a week of reminders of the vulnerability of children in the conflict. Mothers shown new footage identified 15 of the nearly 300 Nigerian school girls abducted by the militants two years ago.
First LookVideo surfaces of girls captured by Boko HaramNigerians marched through their major cities on the two-year anniversary of a high-profile kidnapping of almost 300 schoolgirls by Boko Haram, demanding their safe return as the militant group steps up its use of children in suicide bombings.
Why Boko Haram's use of girls as suicide attackers has jumpedA UNICEF report shows a dramatic increase in the number of attacks executed by children over the past year.
As ICC dismisses Kenya case, victims of 2008 violence feel left behindThe International Criminal Court said it lacked sufficient evidence to rule on charges against Deputy President William Ruto.聽
Africa's glimpse at a global transformation on death penaltyFor the first time, the death penalty became illegal in more than half the world in 2015. That shift comes in large part due to changes in sub-Saharan Africa.
What do the Panama Papers have to do with inequality? A whole lot.The expos茅 arrives at a time when income inequality is a major issue worldwide, and it suggests that global tolerance of offshore tax havens is one of the important roots of the rich-poor gap.
With its first mobile library, Uganda starts to build a reading cultureOnly 18 percent of third-graders could read a second-grade-level English story,聽according to a 2013 study. Founder聽Rosey Sembataya hopes her mobile library will help build聽'a generation of book guzzlers.'
