March 17, 2017 Kenya's president deploys military to quell drought violence Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered the military to deploy to the volatile counties of Baringo and Laikipia to calm deadly violence fueled by drought.
March 17, 2017 Military attack kills 42 Somali refugees off Yemen's coast A military vessel and a helicopter gunship attacked a boat packed with Somali refugees off the coast of Yemen overnight Friday, killing at least 42 people, according to a U.N. agency, Yemeni officials and a survivor who witnessed the attack.
March 17, 2017 Yemen report: Airstrike near Red Sea strait kills refugees A rebel-run news agency in Yemen says an airstrike in the Red Sea near a key strait has hit a boat carrying Somali refugees, killing and wounding dozens.
March 17, 2017 Benefactor who bought suits for French candidate named An official says the benefactor who bought French presidential candidate Francois Fillon two suits worth 13,000 euros ($14,000) last month is an unofficial adviser for African and French presidents.
March 17, 2017 Thousands stage anti-militia protests in Libya's capital Thousands of Libyans have staged mass demonstrations in a rare show of defiance against powerful militias encroaching into Libya's capital, Tripoli, after days of clashes that have effectively chopped the city into warring fiefdoms.
March 17, 2017 Nigerian forces using gunfire to clear Lagos slum: Reports Rights groups say thousands of people are fleeing a Nigeria slum as security forces use gunfire and tear gas to make way for demolitions in defiance of a recent court order.
March 17, 2017 South Sudan feels the chill as Trump's foreign aid cuts loom President Donald Trump's proposed deep cuts in foreign aid could mark the retreat of U.S. support for South Sudan, a nation America enthusiastically helped to create.
March 17, 2017 The Latest: Survivor: Gunship fired on Somalis fleeing Yemen The Latest on the conflict in Yemen and the attack that hit a vessel with Somali migrants off the Arab country's Red Sea coast, killing at least 31 people (all times local): 1:35 p.m.
March 17, 2017 Moroccan king names new prime minister to break deadlock Morocco's king has named a new prime minister, former top diplomat Saadeddine Othmani, after ousting his predecessor after five months of government deadlock.