December 21, 2018 9 new suspects arrested after murder of 2 women in Morocco Nine more people have been arrested in Morocco for connections to the four initial suspects in the killing of two Scandinavian university students in a remote corner of the Atlas Mountains, Moroccan authorities said Friday.
December 21, 2018 Video allegedly showing murder of Scandinavian student is likely authentic, Norway says A video that allegedly showed the killing of a Scandinavian tourist in a remote part of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains is likely authentic, Norwegian police said Friday.
December 21, 2018 The Latest: 9 more suspects arrested in Morocco slayings The Latest on the slayings of two Scandinavian women while hiking in Morocco's Atlas mountains (all times local): 4:55 p.m. Moroccan authorities say nine more people have been arrested in the slayings of two Scandinavian university students hiking in Morocco's Atlas Mountains.
December 21, 2018 Congo opposition candidate accepts election delay, for now A leading opposition candidate in Congo announced on Friday his coalition accepts a week-long delay in the presidential election until Dec. 30 but not one day more.
December 21, 2018 In Congo, will president's chosen successor have real power? The crowd roared as the wife of Congo's departing president pressed her palm to the forehead of the anointed successor and appeared to pray.
December 20, 2018 Congo delays presidential vote until Dec. 30, citing fire Congo's electoral commission has delayed the country's long-awaited presidential election until Dec. 30, citing a recent fire that destroyed 80 percent of the voting machines in the capital.
December 20, 2018 UN: Women migrants in Libya often face gang rape, abuse The "overwhelming majority" of women and older girls who passed through Libya as migrants reported being gang-raped by traffickers or having witnessed others taken away to be sexually abused, the United Nations said Thursday in a report based on hundreds of interviews.
December 20, 2018 Egypt acquits 43 NGO workers on illegal funding charges An Egyptian court on Thursday acquitted 43 people, including German and U.S. nationals, of charges they illegally received funding for their local and foreign non-governmental organizations, a move that Amnesty International described as a step in the right direction.
December 20, 2018 Scandinavian hiker murder suspects arrested, may have ties to ISIS: Danish intelligence Authorities have arrested three suspects in the murder of two Scandinavian tourists in the Moroccan mountains, amid fears the men may have ties to the Islamic State.
December 20, 2018 Thousands protest economic hardship in Sudan Thousands have taken to the streets in several Sudanese towns to protest economic hardship, especially higher bread prices, with a mob in the northern city of Atbara torching the ruling party's offices, activists said Thursday.