October 13, 2018 Cape Town artist fights gang violence with beach calligraphy The Hangberg community outside ruggedly beautiful Hout Bay is troubled by gang violence, drugs and poverty.
October 12, 2018 US diplomat death in Madagascar being ruled a homicide; suspect in custody, officials say
October 12, 2018 US, rights groups say UN rights council vote lets abusers in Human rights groups and the United States said U.N. Human Rights Council elections Friday gave abusive countries a seat at a table where they should be called out, as nations including the Philippines and Eritrea won an uncontested election.
October 12, 2018 At least 34 die in Uganda mudslides triggered by heavy rains At least 34 people died in mudslides triggered by torrential rains in a mountainous area of eastern Uganda that is prone to such disasters, a Red Cross official said Friday.
October 12, 2018 Pik Botha, apartheid-era South African minister, dies at 86 Roelof "Pik" Botha, the last foreign minister of South Africa's apartheid era and a contradictory figure who staunchly defended white minority rule but recognized that change was inevitable, died on Friday at age 86.
October 12, 2018 Italy's PM heads to Eritrea to pursue 'rapport' with leader Italy's prime minister is visiting Eritrea to support its surprising new peace with neighboring Ethiopia as the world waits to see what happens next in one of the world's most closed-off nations.
October 11, 2018 Italy's PM visits Ethiopia and then Eritrea to support peace Italy's prime minister on Thursday praised Ethiopia as a "pillar of stability" in the Horn of Africa region as he visited to support the country's surprising new peace with neighboring Eritrea.
October 11, 2018 Egypt court sentences 17 to death for attacking Christians An Egyptian military court on Thursday sentenced 17 Islamic militants to death for involvement in deadly attacks on Christians, a rights lawyer said.
October 11, 2018 Libyans find 75 bodies of suspected IS fighters Libyan authorities have found a mass grave believed to contain the bodies of 75 Islamic State fighters near the coastal city of Sirte, formerly the main North African stronghold of the extremist group, an official said Thursday.
October 10, 2018 Moroccan navy fires on migrant boat, wounding teenager A 16-year-old boy was shot in the shoulder by a Moroccan Royal Navy unit that opened fire on a boat carrying at least 50 would-be migrants toward Europe, a military official said Wednesday.