March 16, 2017 As South Sudan refugee flood continues, so do tales of abuse More than 100,000 people have fled a single county in South Sudan in just three months as civil war continues amid warnings of genocide.
March 16, 2017 Ex-Syria government spokesman takes new stab at diplomacy Jihad al-Makdissi was once the mouthpiece for the Syrian government.
March 16, 2017 Egypt arrests 9 Brotherhood leaders accused of revolt plot Egyptian authorities arrested nine leaders of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group on charges that they belong to a terrorist organization and were plotting to overthrow the government, authorities said Tuesday.
March 16, 2017 UN panel says North Korea uses new ways to flout sanctions A United Nations report says North Korea is flouting U.N.
March 16, 2017 Sierra Leone pastor discovers 706-carat diamond in village A pastor in Sierra Leone has discovered the largest uncut diamond found in more than four decades in this West African country and has turned it over to the government, saying he hopes it helps to boost recent development in his impoverished nation.
March 16, 2017 Tuareg rebels join Mali army in operation against extremists Malian soldiers and former Tuareg rebels have staged their first joint patrol in northern Mali, a key step in a 2015 peace agreement meant to help calm a region under threat from multiple extremist and other armed groups.
March 16, 2017 Funeral to be held for Briton killed in South African attack Mourners in South Africa plan to hold a funeral for a British woman who was allegedly tortured before being killed by attackers at her farm.
March 16, 2017 The Latest: Report: Eritreans suffer as EU closes ways there A new report by Doctors Without Borders says thousands of Eritreans trying to reach Europe are suffering as the European Union works with the governments of Libya, Sudan and Ethiopia to keep them from completing the journey.
March 16, 2017 UK judge says Tunisia police 'shambolic' during beach attack A British coroner says the Tunisian police response to a deadly gun attack on the beach resort of Sousse was "at best shambolic, at worst cowardly." Judge Nicholas Lorraine-Smith is delivering his findings Tuesday at an inquest into the deaths of 30 British tourists in the June 2015 attack at the five-star Riu Imperial Marhaba hotel.
March 16, 2017 Aid workers leave famine-hit South Sudan area for safety The United Nations says aid workers in a famine-stricken region of South Sudan have been forced to relocate because of insecurity, complicating efforts to help more than 100,000 affected people.