March 16, 2017 Floods in Zimbabwe kill 246 since December Zimbabwe says floods have killed 246 people and left nearly 2,000 homeless since December.
March 16, 2017 3 Islamic extremist groups in Mali merge, pledge to al-Qaida Three prominent Islamic extremist groups in Mali have announced they have merged into one and pledged allegiance to al-Qaida's leader, according to an organization that monitors jihadist websites.
March 16, 2017 3 Mali Islamic extremist groups merge, pledge to al-Qaida A group that monitors jihadist sites says three extremist factions in Mali have officially announced a merger, pledging allegiance to al-Qaida's leader.
March 16, 2017 Merkel visits Egypt for talks on stemming migration German Chancellor Angela Merkel has met with Egypt's president during a visit to Cairo to discuss ways of slowing migration to Europe.
March 16, 2017 Egypt's Mubarak back in court over protester deaths Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has returned to a Cairo courtroom for a retrial on charges of killing protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his nearly three-decade reign.
March 16, 2017 Al-Qaida confirms deputy leader killed in US strike in Syria A U.S. airstrike in Syria earlier this week killed the deputy leader of al-Qaida, known as Abu al-Khayr al-Masri, the group confirmed on Thursday.
March 16, 2017 Cyprus expects a record number of tourists to arrive in 2017 A Cyprus tourism official says the eastern Mediterranean island expects to hit another record number of tourists this year, with visits expected to increase 5 percent over last year.
March 16, 2017 2 said trapped after roof collapse at South Africa hospital Local reports say at least two people are trapped after part of a hospital roof collapsed in Johannesburg.
March 16, 2017 At least 57 al-Shabab extremists killed in Somalia assault The African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia says at least 57 members of the al-Shabab extremist group have been killed after AU and Somali forces attacked one of its camps.
March 16, 2017 Mining workers from France, Tanzania kidnapped in Congo A local official says five workers have been kidnapped from a gold mine in eastern Congo, including two from France and one from Tanzania.