April 23, 2019 Uganda acquires 2 new jets, seeks to revive national airline Uganda's government has taken delivery of two new passenger jets in a bid to revive the national carrier that collapsed years ago.
April 23, 2019 Sudanese call for renewed protests to pressure military Sudanese activists are calling for nationwide protests to press the military to hand over power to a civilian authority after the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir earlier this month.
April 23, 2019 Wit and grit: Algeria's sizeable youth lead fight for change They're on the peaceful front line of the protest movement that toppled Algeria's longtime ruler, facing down water cannons with attitude, memes — and fearless calls for shampoo.
April 22, 2019 Sri Lanka, like world, again sees scourge of suicide bombing The deadly Easter attacks in Sri Lanka are a bloody echo of decades past in the South Asian island nation, when militants inspired by attacks in the Lebanese civil war helped develop the suicide bomb vest.
April 22, 2019 Ilhan Omar claims US forces killed 'thousands' of Somalis during 'Black Hawk Down' mission, resurfaced tweet shows A resurfaced tweet from Rep. Ilhan Omar saw the Minnesota Democrat claim U.S. forces killed “thousands” of Somalis during the 1993 “Black Hawk Down” mission -- despite multiple analysts concluding the number was much smaller.
April 22, 2019 Economist named as Mali's prime minister amid violence Mali's president has chosen an economist to replace the prime minister following growing violence by ethnic militias in the country's center.
April 22, 2019 British aid worker killed by Nigerian kidnappers during attack on holiday resort A British aid worker was shot dead along with a Nigerian man after being kidnapped with three other people in an attack at a resort on Friday, officials said.
April 22, 2019 Darfur justice could prove elusive despite al-Bashir's fall Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, driven from power and now languishing in a prison where his opponents were once jailed and tortured, is more vulnerable than ever to a decade-old international arrest warrant for war crimes committed in Darfur.
April 22, 2019 Austrian prison escapee returns, fed up of life in the sun A man who says he fled an Austrian prison over a decade ago has turned himself in to police in Salzburg, telling them he was fed up with living in Spain's Canary Islands.
April 22, 2019 UN says death toll from fighting over Libya's capital at 254 The U.N. health agency says at least 34 more people have died in fighting for control of Libya's capital over the past two days, bringing the total to 254 dead so far, including civilians.