January 16, 2020 Nearly 1 in 4 countries saw jump in protests, civil unrest in 2019, study finds A new report published Thursday claims that nearly one in four countries around the world saw jumps in protests and civil unrest in 2019.
January 14, 2020 Singer Akon announces futuristic 'Akon City' in Senegal Is a pop idol building Wakanda? Akon announced on his social-media channels on Monday that he is building a city of the future in Africa.
January 14, 2020 France's Macron: If Trump pulls US military out of Africa, it would be 'bad news' French President Emmanuel Macron urged the Trump administration not to withdraw troops from Africa after military officials announced they were contemplating a shift in focus to threats from Russia and China.
January 14, 2020 Lesotho first lady wanted by police in death probe of prime minister's former wife Police in Lesotho on Tuesday were searching for the country's first lady for questioning in the 2017 killing of the prime minister's former wife, while the police commissioner said the "noose" was tightening around the prime minister and those close to him as an investigation continues.
January 13, 2020 An American citizen dies in an Egyptian prison amid hunger strike An American citizen jailed in Egypt since 2013 amid a crackdown on protestors during a deadly transition in power, has died after going on a hunger strike, according to media reports.
January 12, 2020 New York man charged with trafficking rare African cats A New York man was charged Friday with importing rare and endangered African cats into the U.S. for interstate commerce.
January 9, 2020 Who is the FBI’s most wanted American terrorist? Meet Jehad Serwan Mostafa Late last year, the U.S. government upped the ante on Jehad Serwan Mostafa – a 38-year-old American citizen and former San Diego resident – branding him the most wanted American terrorist in the world.
January 8, 2020 Zimbabwe park rangers overpowered by poachers during arrest found drowned in lake The bodies of two Zimbabwe park rangers were found floating in Lake Kariba on Tuesday, leading investigators to suspect they drowned after being overpowered by the four poachers they had taken into custody.
January 8, 2020 Child stowaway found dead on Air France plane that landed in Paris from Ivory Coast A “lifeless body of a stowaway” has been found on an Air France plane that arrived in Paris Wednesday, the airline says.
January 7, 2020 Grenade picked up by boy explodes on Nigeria-Cameroon border; 9 reported dead Nine people were killed on the Nigeria-Cameroon border when a child picked up a grenade from a bin, mistaking it for scrap metal.