March 17, 2017 Ethiopia starts 3 days of mourning after deadly landslide Ethiopians have started observing three days of national mourning after a deadly landslide in which scores were killed.
March 17, 2017 Kenya becomes latest African nation to ban plastic bags Kenya's government is banning the manufacture and import of all plastic bags used for commercial and household packaging.
March 17, 2017 Families plead for Somali pirates to release ship's crew Families of the eight Sri Lankan crew members held captive by Somali pirates on an oil tanker tearfully pleaded Wednesday for the men to be released unharmed, while the pirates demanded a ransom.
March 17, 2017 Bangladeshi influx nearly doubles Italy's migrant arrivals European authorities say that an influx of Bangladeshis coming from Libya has contributed to a near-doubling of migrants arriving in Italy last month.
March 17, 2017 Group: Ugandan forces recently killed scores, including kids Human Rights Watch says over 155 people died last November in deadly encounters between Ugandan forces and people loyal to a tribal king who has since been charged with treason.
March 17, 2017 Kenyan officials say 13 killed in clashes between herders Kenyan officials say 13 people have been killed and four wounded since Sunday in the volatile Rift Valley county of Baringo, where a drought has increased cattle rustling.
March 17, 2017 Ethiopia relaxes emergency measures that followed protests Ethiopia's state broadcaster says the government has lifted parts of the state of emergency imposed in October while claiming the "restoration of law and order in many parts of the country." The Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation on Wednesday cited Defense Minister Siraj Fegessa as saying that arbitrary arrests without court orders and conducting searches without court papers will stop.
March 17, 2017 Zimbabwe opens tobacco-selling season for financial boost Zimbabwe has officially opened its tobacco-selling season, with hopes that the crop can help ease the country's financial problems.
March 17, 2017 Ethiopia: South Sudanese tribesmen kill many across border An Ethiopian official says 28 people were killed and 43 children kidnapped by armed members of a South Sudanese tribe between March 10 and 12.
March 17, 2017 Somalis consider piracy again, blaming illegal fishing trade Struggling to push his small fishing boat out to sea, Hassan Yasin grumbles over what he and other coastal Somalis call a threat to their way of life: harassment by illegal fishermen and attacks by large foreign trawlers.