May 23, 2017 Central African Republic violence kills 45 over 3 months Human Rights Watch says armed groups targeting civilians in Central African Republic have killed at least 45 people and displaced 11,000 in the past three months.
May 23, 2017 Black rhinos from South Africa relocated to Rwandan park Rwanda's government says 10 eastern black rhinos have been relocated to the country's Akagera National Park from South Africa, a decade after the animal was last seen in the park.
May 23, 2017 Number of Somalia's malnourished children rising, UN says The United Nations children's agency says it has treated more than 56,000 severely malnourished children in Somalia so far this year, an increase of almost 90 percent over last year.
May 23, 2017 Egypt Interior Ministry: Gunmen kill 3 policemen in Cairo Egypt's Interior Ministry says gunmen have attacked a police patrol in Cairo, killing three policemen and wounding five others before fleeing the scene.
May 23, 2017 US airstrike turned a home in Iraq's Mosul into a death trap Accounts from witnesses and survivors cast doubt on American suggestions that the Islamic State group was to blame for the deaths of more than 100 people taking refuge in a house hit by a U.S. airstrike earlier this year in Mosul, the deadliest single incident of the months-long campaign to retake the Iraqi city.
May 23, 2017 House packed with families became death trap in Iraq's Mosul Accounts from witnesses cast doubt on American suggestions that the Islamic State group was to blame for the deaths of more than 100 people taking refuge in a house hit by a U.S. airstrike in Mosul, the deadliest single incident of the campaign to retake the Iraqi city.
May 23, 2017 NPR reporter freed in South Sudan after 3 nights in jail The U.S. news organization National Public Radio says that one of its journalists has been released by South Sudan's government which held him for nearly four days.
May 23, 2017 Hamas rebrands itself in new manifesto, but old goals remain The new political program of Hamas, published Monday, is meant to help the Islamic militant group break out of its international isolation.
May 23, 2017 Germany pledges 70 million euros to aid Somalia fight hunger Germany says it will double the 70 million euros ($76 million) it has already pledged to help Somalia cope with the severe drought and hunger that is threatening millions of people across this Horn of Africa nation.
May 23, 2017 The Latest: Hotel backs out of holding Hamas news conference Here is the latest on the presentation of Hamas' new political program (all times local): 6:15 p.m.