8 Dead as Boat Carrying 200 Capsizes on Nigerian River
A boat carrying approximately 200 market women and farm laborers capsized Thursday along the Dambo-Ebuchi section of the Niger River in Kogi State, Nigeria,...
Notorious Liberian Warlord-Turned-Senator Prince Johnson Dies
Prince Yormie Johnson, the former Liberian warlord notorious for overseeing the torture and execution of President Samuel Doe in 1990, died Thursday at age...
3 Teenagers Among 17 Illegal Miners Arrested at South African Mine
South African police arrested 17 illegal miners, including three teenagers, who emerged Thursday from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, North West province, where...
Death Toll Rises to 17 as Uganda Landslide Buries Villages
The death toll from a devastating landslide in eastern Uganda climbed to 17 Friday, with more than 100 people still missing after heavy rains...
4 Dead as Rebels Attack Aleppo Student Housing
Four civilians, including two students, died Friday when insurgent shells struck university dormitories in Aleppo, state news agency SANA reported, as violence escalates in...
