March 17, 2017 Forces loyal to Libyan general retake oil installations A Libyan military spokesman says hundreds of forces loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter have seized major oil facilities at Ras Lanuf and al-Sidra from Islamist-allied militias.
March 17, 2017 Death toll reaches 65 in Ethiopia landfill collapse Ethiopian officials say the death toll has risen to 65 after Saturday's collapse of a mountain of garbage in a landfill just outside the capital.
March 17, 2017 US aid group says detained South Sudanese staffers freed The U.S.-based aid group Samaritan's Purse says its South Sudanese staffers have been freed a day after being detained by "armed personnel." A statement Tuesday says no ransom demand had been made.
March 17, 2017 Mutilated corpses again reported in Burundi, UN expert says A United Nations expert on Burundi says reports of mutilated corpses are again emerging as the country's political crisis continues.
March 17, 2017 Strengthened security 1 year after Ivory Coast beach attack One year after Islamic extremists attacked an Ivory Coast beach resort and made clear their reach was growing in West Africa, this nation has tightened its security but still feels some economic pain.
March 17, 2017 Nigeria's president set to resume work after weeks overseas Nigeria's president is expected to officially get back to work after nearly two months in London on medical leave.
March 17, 2017 Congo says American, Swedish officials with UN kidnapped Congo's government says two United Nations officials, one American and one Swedish, have been kidnapped along with four Congolese in Kasai Central province.
March 17, 2017 Death toll reaches 50 in Ethiopia landfill collapse Officials say the death toll has reached 50 from the collapse of a mountain of trash at a massive garbage dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital.
March 17, 2017 Car bomb blast kills 6 near hotel in Somalia's capital A police officer says a suicide car bomber has detonated near a hotel in Somalia's capital, killing at least six people and injuring four others.
March 17, 2017 Prosecutor orders release of Egypt's ousted leader Mubarak Egypt's official news agency says a Cairo prosecutor has ordered the release from detention of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, ending nearly six years of legal proceedings against the long-ruling autocrat.