June 14, 2017 Egypt debates ban on giving newborns 'Western' names New parents in Egypt could soon face fines or prison time for giving their kids common American names like "Mark" or "Sam," if some lawmakers get their way.
June 13, 2017 Kenya building collapse: At least 10 missing in Nairobi The collapse of an eight story building in a low-income area of Nairobi has led to 10 people missing, according to witnesses and officials in Kenya.
June 12, 2017 US airstrike in Somalia targets al-Shabab militants, killing at least eight The U.S. military in Africa says it carried out an airstrike in southern Somalia that killed eight Islamic extremists at a rebel command and logistics camp, 185 miles southwest of Mogadishu, the capital.
June 9, 2017 Peacekeeper battalion in Central African Republic challenges UN 'war' on sexual abuse United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who in March vowed an all-out war on the plague of sexual abuse by U.N.-sponsored peacekeepers in vulnerable, strife-torn nations, is apparently locked in a major, closed-door chapter in that campaign—a struggle he so far does not appear to have won.
June 8, 2017 Manchester bomber called mom to say 'forgive me' hours before attack, official says The suicide bomber in Manchester called his mother to ask for forgiveness hours before he carried out the attack at an Ariana Grande concert, an anti-terror investigator in Libya revealed Thursday.
June 8, 2017 Nearly 70 dead in al-Shabab attack on Somalia military base Heavily armed al-Shabab extremists have stormed a military base in Somalia's semiautonomous state of Puntland, killing close to 70 people, officials said Thursday.
June 7, 2017 Ebola epidemic in Congo under control, official says While the World Health Organization has not confirmed that health minister’s assertion that the virus’ spread is under control, but noted on Tuesday that WHO and its partners are “rapidly and effectively” coordinating a response.
June 3, 2017 Manchester bomber Abedi met ISIS fighters in Libya, report says Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi went to Libya prior to the attack and met with ISIS extremists linked to the 2015 Paris terrorist attack, the New York Times reported Saturday.
June 2, 2017 15 children die in South Sudan from botched vaccine campaign Fifteen young children have died in a botched measles vaccination campaign that saw people as young as 12 years old administering the vaccines, South Sudan's government announced Friday.
June 1, 2017 Ebola vaccine approved for Congo amid outbreak in remote region While DRC officials approved the use of rVSV-ZEBOV, Congolese authorities and the World Health Organization are still deciding whether the small number of confirmed Ebola cases in the country warrants the time and logistical complexity of deploying the vaccine to the remote region of the country.