December 23, 2019 US recalls ambassador to Zambia after he criticized jailing of gay couple: Report The United States has withdrawn its ambassador to the southern African nation of Zambia after he condemned the sentencing of a local gay couple to 15 years in prison, Reuters reported Monday.
December 23, 2019 France's first-ever armed drone strike kills 7 Islamic militants in Mali France's defense ministry announced Monday it had carried out its first armed drone strike, killing seven Islamic extremists in central Mali over the weekend.
December 23, 2019 State Dept opens massive new training center, complete with fake town, burning simulator The State Department opens Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC) in Blackstone, Virginia. The massive 1,350-acre compound was approved by Congress and built to provide comprehensive lifesaving security training to Department of State personnel and members of the foreign affairs community.
December 17, 2019 Boxer in South Africa injured after ropes snap under his weight, video shows A heavily anticipated boxing match in South Africa was canceled Monday after one of the boxers was significantly injured when he fell out of the ring while testing the ropes.
December 15, 2019 Botswana cancels hunters' licenses following controversy over killing protected elephant Botswana's government has revoked the licenses of two professional hunters who ignited controversy when they shot and killed a protected elephant that had been collared for research purposes.
December 12, 2019 Niger terror attack: ISIS-linked militants claim responsibility for massacre Islamic State (ISIS)-linked militants claimed responsibility for an attack on a military installation in western Niger near the border of Mali on Wednesday, which killed 71 people and left 12 injured.
December 11, 2019 Niger military post ambushed by suspected Islamic militants, at least 70 soldiers killed, officials say Islamic extremists attacked a military installation in western Niger near the border of Mali on Tuesday, killing at least 70 soldiers in one of the country's deadliest onslaughts in recent history.
December 10, 2019 Somalia shootout spreads from presidential palace to hotel; 5 Islamic extremist rebels killed Extremists from Al Qaeda-linked Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabab attacked the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital Tuesday, which led to a shootout that spread from the heavily fortified government complex to a nearby hotel.
December 9, 2019 Reinhard Bonnke, Christian evangelist called 'the Billy Graham of Africa,' dead at 79 Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke, a German-born preacher nicknamed "the Billy Graham of Africa" for his record-setting crusades, died Saturday at 79.
December 9, 2019 South Africa's Zozibini Tunzi crowned Miss Universe 2019 South Africa’s Zozibini Tunzi was crowned Miss Universe 2019 on Sunday night.