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My Pikin trial: Nigerians jailed for 7 years in poisoned baby medicine deaths

Nigerian military kills at least 21 in Boko Haram offensive

Chatter: Nigeria launches offensive against Boko Haram militants

G20’s secret shame: ignoring tropical diseases among world’s profoundly poor

Going platinum: South Africa's miners in fresh strikes

Nigeria deploys 'massive' number of troops

Cannes Film Festival kicks off with 'Gatsby,' 'Heli'

Reflecting on the pursuit of equality and non-discrimination on LGBT Day

Nigeria: President Goodluck Jonathan declares state of emergency in northeast

Zimbabwe man dies, wakes up in coffin

Zimbabwe: Elephant tramples would-be poacher to death

In Swaziland, witches on broomsticks must fly low

Libya car bomb hits Benghazi hospital, killing many

Obama faces tough questions on Benghazi, IRS (VIDEO)

Kenya: 40 mentally ill patients escape Nairobi psychiatric hospital

Libya: BP workers withdrawn over security concerns

Is apartheid funny? South Africa’s new comedians think so

On Mother’s Day, remembering the real leaders in the search for security

'Baby factory' in Nigeria raided

South Africa: Police filmed taking bribes, performing sexual act (VIDEO)

South African minister hits out at UK over canceled aid

Boehner demands release of State Department emails on Benghazi attack

French man killed by shark while surfing on honeymoon

Zambia couple charged with engaging in homosexual acts

Young and restless in Ivory Coast

Libyan defense minister Barghathi retracts resignation

Kenya's new 'Lunatic Express' to remake town as region's trade hub

Saudis arrested over Tanzania church attack

UK negotiating compensation for Mau Mau prison camp survivors

This is what could drive platinum higher, very soon

In Kenya, 2 Iranians get life in prison on terror-related charges

Sudan tribal leader killed in disputed Abyei region

Suicide car bomber his Qatari convoy in Mogadishu, killing at least eight Somalis

Dragon King dinosaur fossils found in northwest China declared a new species

Nigeria violence: At least two dozen killed in sectarian clashes

Darfur gold mine collapse rescue called off; 100 workers missing

Darfur: Tribal fighting leaves over 130 dead

Who let the Gupta family land at a South African military base?

#AFridayIn: Johannesburg, South Africa

Darfur gold mine collapse kills more than 60

Somalia famine killed nearly 260,000 people: report

Was the last rhino in Mozambique killed?

Ailing Mandela image prompts charges of political opportunism

Libya gunmen surround justice ministry in Tripoli

South African Olympic hero Mokoena leaps over bed of crocodiles

ANC criticized for visit with frail Nelson Mandela (VIDEO)

South African Olympic medalist leaps over creek full of crocodiles

Pirates kidnap 5 sailors off Nigeria coast

'Spirit children' killings banned in 7 Ghana communities

Famine: 260,000 died in Somalia, new figures show

Libya: gunmen block access to foreign ministry

Algerian President Bouteflika 'progressing well' after stroke

UN Human Rights Council may act against LGBT discrimination

Is this the end of expensive air travel in Africa?

Jews make annual pilgrimage to Tunisia

Ethiopian Airlines returns Boeing 787 Dreamliner to service

Libya: Benghazi police station bombed

Boko Haram paid $3.15 million ransom to free French family of seven (VIDEO)

Obama gift list valued at $240,000 in 2011, from books to priceless art

Elephant poaching on the rise amid chaos in Central African Republic

UN peacekeepers head to Mali, where there is no peace

Urgent need for durable strategy against malaria

UN Security Council approves Mali peacekeeping force

Brazilian general to head UN's DR Congo peacekeeping mission

Nigeria tries to get on track with new Lagos-Kano train

US to test handheld scanner for fake malaria drugs

South Africa: Desmond Tutu in the hospital

Cheetah could be extinct by 2030

Libya: Car bomb hits French embassy in Tripoli

On Location Video: Senegal's Cycle of Debt

Somalia reporter killed in fourth journalist murder this year

On Location Video: Senegal's Cycle of Debt

South African woman IDs rapists by smell rather than sight

Nigeria violence kills nearly 200 as government's Boko Haram Committee talks peace

London marathoners keep calm and carry on

Ghana alert issued after Chinese-made condoms found to be faulty

5 health workers killed by South Sudan soldiers

Cameroon: kidnapped French family released

Innovation of the Day: Camouflage Condoms

At least five people gunned down in Kenyan town of Garissa

Keeping up with the Mandelas

Tip-toeing into Africa

HIV-infected mothers less likely to transmit the virus to their newborns if they breastfeed for 4 months

Armored cars using bullet-proof foam in South Africa (VIDEO)

Tanzania to evict Maasai people in favor of fee-paying trophy hunters

Boston Marathon tragedy: Front pages around the world

OpGabon: Anonymous attacks Gabon government sites in protest of ritual killings

Ghana gold mine collapse kills 17

World’s first arms trade treaty is historic but leaves much to do

Desisa, Jeptoo win 2013 Boston Marathon