January 7, 2020 WHO: Death toll from measles outbreak in Congo hits 6,000 A vaccine against measles has existed for decades but some 310,000 cases have been reported in Congo since the beginning of 2019.
January 6, 2020 US soldier killed in al-Shabab attack in Kenya identified The Pentagon has identified the U.S. soldier killed during a Sunday morning attack in Kenya by the al-Shabab Islamic militant group.
January 6, 2020 Kenya police arrest 3 ‘terrorist suspects’ trying to enter British Army camp Kenyan police arrested three men on Sunday for trying to break into a British Army training camp around the same time that al-Shabab extremists attacked a military base and killed three U.S. military personnel.
January 5, 2020 Kenya attack by al-Shabab militants kills US servicemember, 2 American contractors The al-Shabab extremist group attacked a military base used by U.S. and Kenyan troops in coastal Kenya early Sunday, with U.S. aircraft and vehicles destroyed, Kenyan authorities said. Kenya's military said the pre-dawn breach was repulsed and at least four attackers were killed.
January 3, 2020 Esmail Qaani, the new leader of Iran's Quds Force, is a familiar foe to the US who has repeatedly slammed Trump The new leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force once boasted that U.S. troops have “suffered more losses from us than we have suffered losses from them” and has repeatedly ripped President Trump and America’s allies.
January 2, 2020 Sudan military plane crash kills at least 18, including 4 children, reports say At least 18 people, four of them children, are dead after a military plane crashed in western Sudan on Thursday, according to reports.
January 2, 2020 After Africa visit with Melania Trump, White House staffer helps raise thousands for struggling community A White House staffer took matters into her own hands after visiting a struggling African primary school during a trip with first lady Melania Trump.
January 2, 2020 4 killed in Kenyan bus attack claimed by Islamic extremists Four people were killed in Kenya Thursday after Islamic extremists opened fire on a convoy of bus passengers, officials say.
January 2, 2020 Couple who got engaged at KFC in South Africa just celebrated 'the wedding of our dreams' Hector Mkansi and Nonhlanhla Soldaat became viral sensations after getting engaged in a South Africa location of KFC.
January 2, 2020 Palestinian boy found hidden in shopping cart at Spanish border crossing, Moroccan couple arrested A 10-year-old Palestinian boy was discovered hidden inside a shopping cart under bags of fruits of vegetables while a couple was attempting to get him into Spain from Morocco, according to officials.