February 13, 2017 Trump talks about trade with South African leader Zuma U.S. President Donald Trump has spoken with South African President Jacob Zuma about trade ties and stability in Africa.
February 13, 2017 Govt: At least 13 killed in ethnic clashes in central Mali Mali's government says at least 13 people have been killed after a weekend of clashes in Mali's central region.
February 13, 2017 More than 1.5 million are refugees from South Sudan, says UN More than 1.5 million South Sudanese have become refugees and their humanitarian needs are overwhelming aid efforts during the country's civil war, according to the United Nations.
February 12, 2017 Somaliland agrees to UAE military base in northern port Somalia's breakaway northern territory of Somaliland has said the United Arab Emirates can establish a military base in its territory.
February 12, 2017 After hard years, refugee finds a home with French family When the Gandais family decided to host a refugee at their home in a middle class neighborhood outside Paris, they assumed their guest would be a Syrian or an Iraqi fleeing war.
February 12, 2017 UN: Yemen fighting displaced tens of thousands more people The United Nations refugee agency says tens of thousands of people have been displaced as fighting intensified along Yemen's western coastline.
February 11, 2017 Egypt: Inflation rose nearly 30 percent in January Egypt says its annual inflation rate has risen to 29.6 percent in January, a rise of more than five percent over the previous month.
February 11, 2017 South Sudan general resigns, says leader 'disgraced' himself A South Sudanese general has resigned while telling President Salva Kiir "you have disgraced yourself" by subjecting the civil war-torn country to ethnic bias and "unacceptable cycles of violence." The resignation letter, dated Saturday and seen by The Associated Press, comes from Lt. Gen. Thomas Cirillo Swaka, the deputy chief of general staff for logistics.
February 11, 2017 US blocks Palestinian from leading UN mission in Libya The United States on Friday blocked the appointment of the former Palestinian prime minister to lead the U.N.
February 10, 2017 UN chief: Tanzanian to lead Hammarskjold air crash review Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Tanzania's former chief justice to review potential new information, including from South Africa, on the mysterious 1961 plane crash that killed U.N.