April 4, 2017 France raises concern over a journalist arrested in Libya The French Foreign ministry said Tuesday it is monitoring with concern the situation of a journalist arrested in the Libyan city of Benghazi for having covered a concert which brought together women and men.
April 4, 2017 South African government warns against illegal protests The South African government says social media calls to hold protests against President Jacob Zuma on Friday are designed to damage the country's image and economy.
April 4, 2017 Germany says Trump military spending won't guarantee peace Germany says the United States' plan to spend more on its military won't guarantee peace and it criticizes the Trump administration's proposed cuts to foreign aid.
April 4, 2017 Nigeria must negotiate release of 195 Chibok girls: Group The Bring Back Our Girls movement says Nigeria's government must speedily negotiate the release of 195 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists nearly three years ago.
April 3, 2017 Ratings agency Standard & Poor's drops South Africa to junk Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has downgraded to junk its credit grade for South Africa.
April 3, 2017 Slain student's parents ask pope to raise case in Egypt The family of an Italian graduate student tortured to death in Egypt is urging Pope Francis to seek information about the case during his upcoming visit to Cairo.
April 3, 2017 UN food program head warns of US budget cuts amid famine The outgoing head of the United Nations World Food Program says she is certain Congress will reject the Trump administration's proposed budget cuts for U.N.
April 3, 2017 Gambia police exhume bodies of coup plotters Police investigators in Gambia have exhumed the bodies of three men who were killed while taking part in an attempted coup in December 2014.
April 3, 2017 South Africa's deputy president criticizes corruption South Africa's Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa called for his countrymen to get rid of "greedy" and "corrupt" people, in remarks seen as an attack on President Jacob Zuma.
April 3, 2017 More aggressive US strikes in Somalia said to risk civilians President Donald Trump's approval of greater U.S. military authority to pursue al-Qaida-linked extremists in Somalia will put civilians further at risk, experts say, especially as drought displaces thousands of people in areas that now will be considered a war zone.