March 17, 2017 Nigeria warns: Don't travel to US, valid visa holders barred Nigeria warned citizens Monday not to travel to the United States unless it's urgent, saying some Nigerians with valid U.S. visas have been refused entry.
March 17, 2017 Kenya says 379 herders arrested for ranch invasions Kenya's domestic security minister says 379 pastoralist herders have been arrested for invading ranches that led to the killing of a British farmer over the weekend.
March 17, 2017 UN legal body reports Turkey to Security Council A United Nations legal institution is reporting Turkey to the Security Council because of Ankara's failure to release an international judge who is among thousands of people detained in the aftermath of last year's failed coup.
March 17, 2017 Nigeria to close airport in Abuja, the capital, for repairs Nigeria's government says the international airport at Abuja, the capital, will be closed for six weeks for repairs.
March 17, 2017 8 die in stampede during food handouts in Zambia Zambian police say eight people have died and 28 have been injured in a stampede during food handouts at a youth center in the capital, Lusaka.
March 17, 2017 Rights group says Rwanda detains wife of opposition figure Human Rights Watch is urging Rwandan authorities to charge or free the wife of an opposition figure who it says has been held incommunicado for more than two weeks.
March 17, 2017 Egypt's Mukhabarat hires Washington lobbyists to boost image Egyptian intelligence has hired two U.S. public relations firms in Washington to lobby on the country's behalf and boost its image, the first such engagements by the country's powerful security apparatus to be made public.
March 17, 2017 EU to approve new military training headquarters The European Union is set to approve the creation of a headquarters for its military training missions in Somalia, Mali and the Central African Republic.
March 17, 2017 Suspected jihadists attack Mali military position; 12 dead Suspected jihadists from Burkina Faso have attacked a Malian military post across the border, killing at least a dozen Malian soldiers.
March 17, 2017 British rancher shot, killed in Kenya in a farm invasion A Kenyan police official says a British rancher has been shot and killed by pastoral herders in central Kenya who have been invading large farms, some of which double as wildlife conservation areas.