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As a Captive, I Learned that Violence Is What Terrorists Use for Music

I was held prisoner in Syria for two years by a group that included both Al Qaeda and ISIS, though one of the things I learned in my...

South Africa’s Zuma criticizes ultra-left over bid to block speech

South African security officers forcibly removed members of the ultra-left Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party from parliament on Tuesday when they tried to prevent...

Ugandan opposition figure returned to prison in capital after treason charge: lawyer

Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who had been taken to a court in the country's remote northeast to face a charge of treason, was...

Refugee from Rwanda convicted in 1994 genocide

A Swedish citizen originally from Rwanda has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the 1994 genocide in the African country. Claver...

New Libyan leader seeks support from Western, regional powers

Libya's U.N.-backed unity government met Western and regional powers on Monday to seek their help as it tries to establish authority over a country...

Kenyan police fire tear gas at stone-throwing protesters over election body

Kenyan police fired tear gas and water cannon on Monday at stone-throwing crowds protesting in central Nairobi against an election oversight body they say...

Burundi says Rwanda expels 1,300 Burundians as relations fray

Rwanda has expelled more than 1,300 Burundians in the past week after they refused to move to refugee camps, senior Burundi officials said on...

Malaria deaths rising in Angola as health crisis spreads

Deaths from malaria in Angola this year look set to outstrip 2015 as a health crisis that includes one of the country's worst yellow...

Libyan unity government extends control over Tripoli ministries

Libya's U.N.-backed unity government said on Monday it taken administrative control of seven ministries in Tripoli including the foreign ministry, as it pushes to...

Congo police fire teargas, arrest opposition supporters

Police fired shots and teargas to break up a crowd before a political rally by opposition leader and potential presidential candidate Moise Katumbi in...

U.N. chief condemns assassination of Burundi brigadier general

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the assassination on Monday of a Burundian brigadier general who had served with the African Union and U.N....

More than 100 migrants arrested in Niger near Algerian border

Niger's security forces have arrested more than 100 people in the Sahara desert who were trying to illegally cross the country's northern border into...

Army general shot dead in Burundi capital

Gunmen shot dead a serving Burundian army general and seriously wounded his child in the Burundi capital Bunjumbura Monday morning as the country continues...

ICC to probe Burundi clashes – prosecutor

The International Criminal Court's prosecutor said on Monday she was opening a preliminary probe into the violence that has wracked Burundi, killing at least...

Equatorial Guinea leader looks to extend decades-long rule

The president of Equatorial Guinea is expected to dominate the country's Sunday election, securing a new seven-year term that could take his reign past...

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