April 2, 2017 Armed gang blow up armored vehicle to steal cash cargo South African police say they are hunting for a gang of armed robbers who blew up an armored cash-in-transit truck in busy traffic in Johannesburg, escaping with an undisclosed amount of money.
April 2, 2017 3 suicide bombers die on outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria Nigerian police confirm that three suicide bombers blew themselves up attempting to get into the northeastern city of Maiduguri.
April 2, 2017 Abducted Somali journalist freed after torture A colleague says that a Somali journalist who was kidnapped on Saturday was found tied up and alive in the agricultural town of Afgoye, 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Mogadishu, the capital, after he was tortured and released by his captors.
April 1, 2017 Bomb in Egypt Nile Delta city wounds 13 police, 3 civilians Egypt's Interior Ministry says 16 people, including 13 policemen, have been injured in a bomb blast near a police training facility in the Nile Delta north of Cairo.
April 1, 2017 South Africa's new finance minister notes 'mutual suspicion' South Africa's new finance minister says he is aware of the "climate of sharp disagreement and mutual suspicion" as his predecessor's firing deepens a split in the country's ruling party.
April 1, 2017 Gunmen kidnap Somali journalist outside capital: Editor An editor in Somalia says gunmen have kidnapped a local journalist on the outskirts of the capital.
April 1, 2017 South Sudan's civil war creates a new lost generation Six-year-old Santo proudly wears a Harvard T-shirt as if he has just been accepted into the elite institution, but its warped lettering, layers of dirt and gaping holes say more about the young refugee's future.
March 31, 2017 Council to vote on cutting 500 peacekeepers in Congo mission The Security Council is expected to approve a resolution that would cut 500 troops from the U.N.
March 31, 2017 Two women sentenced for raising cash online for al-Shabab Two women who used an internet chat room to raise several thousand dollars for the Somali militant group al-Shabab have been sentenced to prison.