November 23, 2018 Congo's top 2 opposition parties join in presidential bid Congo's two leading opposition parties announced Friday they are joining forces for a run at the presidency after withdrawing from a wider pact to support a single contender to take on President Joseph Kabila's chosen candidate.
November 23, 2018 Cameroon's military says it kills at least 43 separatists Cameroon's military said Friday it has killed at least 43 armed separatists fighting for the creation of an English-speaking state in the Central African nation.
November 23, 2018 Central African Republic militia leader appears at ICC A Central African Republic militia leader and lawmaker who goes by the nickname Rambo told the International Criminal Court on Friday he was beaten and tortured after his arrest late last month in parliament.
November 23, 2018 Kenyan police optimistic about finding kidnapped Italian Kenyan authorities are optimistic they will find an Italian woman kidnapped by gunmen this week, the national police chief said Friday, citing "very valuable information" given by people in custody.
November 22, 2018 Libyan officials say suspects in killing of US teacher held Authorities in eastern Libya said Thursday they have taken into custody suspects in the 2013 killing of a U.S. chemistry teacher in Benghazi, and that more suspects would be tried over the deadly attack a year earlier that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans there.
November 22, 2018 Ethiopia OKs former opposition figure as election chief An opposition figure who recently returned from exile was named Ethiopia's election chief on Thursday as the country prepares for what the reformist prime minister vows will be "free and fair" elections in 2020.
November 22, 2018 Indian island police struggle to get body of American Indian authorities were struggling Thursday to figure out how to recover the body of an American killed last week after wading ashore on an isolated island cut off from the modern world.
November 22, 2018 Oil-rich South Sudan seeks investment in fragile new peace South Sudan is making its first big foreign investment pitch since declaring an end to civil war, but the oil-rich nation faces hesitation from some companies that want to make sure the fragile new peace deal holds.
November 21, 2018 The Latest: visiting remote island was man's last adventure The Latest on the death of an American adventurer and missionary who was killed by an isolated Indian tribe (all times local): 4:30 a.m.
November 21, 2018 Moroccan woman butchered lover before cooking his remains and serving with rice, prosecutors say A Moroccan woman is accused of killing, butchering and cooking her lover before serving his remains to Pakistani workers in a traditional rice and meat dish known as machboos, United Arab Emirates authorities said.