March 19, 2017 3 suicide bombers kill 4 in northeastern Nigeria A Nigerian police officer says that three suicide bombers detonated themselves Saturday night, killing at least four people in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.
March 19, 2017 Egypt's el-Sissi to meet Trump in Washington early April Egypt's leading state-owned newspaper says President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet in Washington next month.
March 19, 2017 Syrians finding refuge in Africa as war at home grinds on As desperate Syrians flee the devastating war in their country, some are finding refuge in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana.
March 19, 2017 Somalia blames Saudi-led coalition for deadly strike on boat Somalia's government on Saturday blamed the Saudi-led coalition for Friday's attack on a boat that killed at least 42 Somali refugees, calling the assault by a military vessel and a helicopter gunship "horrific." Somalia urged the U.S.-supported coalition to investigate.
March 18, 2017 Congo disappearances raise alarm as political tensions grow Nearly a week after Congo's government announced the kidnapping of two United Nations experts along with their translator and drivers, no trace of them has been found.
March 18, 2017 Republic of Congo security forces kill 15 militia members Republic of Congo police say security forces have killed 15 rebel fighters during an operation in the Pool region that has been plagued by violence since last year.
March 18, 2017 Ghanaian accused of torturing, raping migrants; arrested in Sicily Police in Sicily have jailed a man from Ghana after migrants told authorities he tortured them while they were in Libya awaiting smugglers to send them by boat to Italy.
March 18, 2017 Egypt says Pope Francis to visit in April Egypt says Pope Francis will pay an official visit to the majority Muslim nation during the final week of April.
March 18, 2017 For Zimbabwe's Mugabes, marriage is political and personal Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe plucked her from the secretarial pool decades ago to become his wife.
March 18, 2017 Ethiopia to turn site of deadly landfill collapse into park Ethiopia says it will turn the landfill where 113 people were killed in a garbage collapse into a park and green space.