March 16, 2019 'I am not planning to heal:' A crash leaves suspended grief The Rev. George Kageche Mukua was coming home.
March 15, 2019 Russia and US spar over South Sudan peace agreement The Security Council has extended the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan by a vote of 14-0 with Russia abstaining to protest the resolution's failure to welcome September's peace agreement.
March 15, 2019 Cyclone cuts communications, power in central Mozambique The United Nations humanitarian office says a tropical cyclone has cut communications and electricity in a major city in central Mozambique after making landfall overnight.
March 15, 2019 Burundi children detained for scribbling on leader's image A parent and a teacher say six schoolgirls in Burundi have been detained for scribbling on an image of the country's president in schoolbooks.
March 15, 2019 20 dead, mostly children, in Nigeria building collapse Authorities in Nigeria say 20 people are confirmed dead in the school building that collapsed on Wednesday, and most of them are children.
March 15, 2019 Heavy security in Algiers for protests against president Riot police vans are lining streets around Algeria's capital and a helicopter is circling as the country braces for what could be decisive protests against longtime leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
March 15, 2019 Ethiopian crash investigators find piece of wreckage similar to ill-fated Lion Air plane, report says Investigators on Friday reportedly found a piece of a stabilizer among the wreckage of the fatal Ethiopian Airline crash with its trim set in an unusual position akin to that of a Lion Air plane that crashed last year.
March 15, 2019 The Latest: Ethiopian Airlines: Probe of recorders begins The Latest on Ethiopian Airlines crash (all times local): 11:05 a.m.
March 14, 2019 21 migrants saved in Moroccan waters trying to reach Spain A Moroccan official says at least 21 migrants have been rescued at sea by the Royal Marines after their rubber dinghy floundered.
March 14, 2019 Mozambique braces for cyclone's landfall, thousands at risk A cyclone is expected to hit landfall in central Mozambique early Friday and aid groups are warning that tens of thousands of people could be displaced.