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Police respond to the shooting and hostage situation at Nairobi's Westgate Mall, in which more than 60 people were killed.

The Seleka, a coalition of rebel groups that took power in the Central African Republic in March, has killed scores...

Sister Ang?lique Namaika is the 2013 winner of the Nansen Refugee Award. Tolerant and tireless, the Roman Catholic nun is...

Samasource is a social business that connects women and youths living in poverty to data- and content-processing work from U.S...

A new report on the effects of climate change on Kenyan farmers by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change,...

In Mauritania, one man's Matallah Ould Mbarak Alsalem extraordinary journey from slavery to freedom - and the obstacles he overcame...

Mali's presidential candidate and former minister Souma?la Ciss? arrives for his final rally in the west part of the country...

Residents of Lagos have flocked to the Dawiz Central Mosque to catch a glimpse of images of some clerics who...

Thousands of children are working on small gold mines in Tanzania, says Human Rights Watch. Here, two 13-year-old boys dig...