June 28, 2018 Fire sweeps through market in Kenya's capital, killing 15 A fire swept one of Nairobi's largest open-air markets early Thursday, killing 15 people and sending 70 injured to hospitals, an official said.
June 27, 2018 Benghazi mastermind sentenced to 22 years in prison on federal terrorism charges Benghazi mastermind Ahmed Abu Khattala, 47, a Libyan national, Â was sentenced Wednesday to 22 years in prison on federal terrorism charges for the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya.
June 27, 2018 Teen's death sentence for killing of husband who raped her overturned A teenager is no longer on death row for the killing of her husband when he attempted to rape her after an appeals court in Sudan overturned a death sentence on Tuesday.
June 25, 2018 'Rapper priest' suspended by Catholic Church in Kenya A Roman Catholic diocese in Kenya has suspended a parish priest for rapping during sermons, the BBC reported Monday.
June 25, 2018 Algeria abandons 13,000 migrants in the Sahara From this isolated frontier post deep in the sands of the Sahara, the expelled migrants can be seen coming over the horizon by the hundreds. They look like specks in the distance, trudging miserably across some of the world's most unforgiving terrain in the blistering sun.
June 24, 2018 Dozens reported dead in Nigeria after 'deeply unfortunate killings' Nigeria's presidenct late Sunday announced "deeply unfortunate killings across a number of communities" in central Plateau State as one report cited police as saying 86 people were dead in clashes between mostly Muslim herders and Christian farmers.
June 24, 2018 Six reported dead in attack on security checkpoint in Egypt An attack on a security checkpoint in Egypt's Western Desert killed at least six people Monday, state media reported.
June 23, 2018 One killed and dozens injured after explosion rocks Ethiopia capital during new prime minister's rally An explosion in the capital of Ethiopia has injured dozens of people during a rally for the new prime minister.
June 14, 2018 US warns Zimbabwe over election after 2-year-old killed The United States on Thursday condemned the killing of a 2-year-old boy in Zimbabwe as a "senseless and horrific act" and warned that if the murder was politically motivated it would call into question the country's commitment to a free and fair election next month.
June 10, 2018 Soldier killed in Somalia ID'd as 8-year Army veteran from Arizona The U.S. soldier who was killed during an ambush attack in Somalia on Friday has been identifed as an eight-year Army veteran from Arizona who had previously served in Afghanistan.