March 30, 2017 South African opposition parties aim at President Jacob Zuma South Africa's two main opposition parties took aim at President Jacob Zuma with one appealing to the highest court to order impeachment proceedings and the other announcing it will launch a parliamentary vote of no confidence in the president.
March 30, 2017 Hundreds missing in Boko Haram's biggest abduction of kids Human Rights Watch says hundreds of children remain missing while officials refuse to acknowledge the largest-ever mass abduction of Nigerian schoolchildren by Boko Haram Islamic extremists.
March 30, 2017 Nigeria summons Indian diplomat over attacks on students Nigeria's official news agency says the foreign ministry has called in India's top diplomat to protest attacks on African students and demand arrests and prosecutions of perpetrators.
March 30, 2017 Ethiopia extends state of emergency by 4 months Ethiopian lawmakers have voted to extend the state of emergency declared six months ago for an additional four months.
March 30, 2017 Chinese demand for elephant ivory drops, new report says A leading elephant conservation group says the price of ivory in China has dropped as the country moves toward a ban on the legal trade of ivory this year.
March 29, 2017 Israel slashes dues to UN following anti-Israel votes Israel has announced it's reducing its payments to U.N.
March 29, 2017 Arab summit to endorse Palestinian positions with eye on US Arab leaders are gathering for an annual summit where the call for Palestinian statehood is to take center stage.
March 29, 2017 South Africa's Zuma is asked to miss activist's funeral President Jacob Zuma says he is not attending the funeral of a South African apartheid-era leader after Ahmed Kathrada's family asked him to stay away.
March 29, 2017 Moody's sees Egypt's economy growing but reforms slipping Ratings agency Moody's says the economic picture for Egypt is improving, but that "mounting public discontent" will likely lead it to slow reforms undertaken to secure a bailout from the international Monetary Fund.
March 29, 2017 Mobs attack Africans in India after a local boy went missing Mobs of Indians have repeatedly attacked African students in a New Delhi suburb in recent days after rumors that a local boy had been kidnapped by Nigerians.