Kenya’s government reports worsening drought conditions. Nearly 950,000 children under five are now “acutely malnourished.”
The country has been without rain for four consecutive seasons, send
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Saturday announced the launch of the Basketball Africa League, a 12-team competition consisting of teams across the continent.
The league, which will begin play in 2020, will feature squads from Angola, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia. Qualification tournaments will be held later this year to determine the inaugural participants.
"As we've been talking about this concept over the last seve
Grammy Award-winning gospel singer Tina Campbell used her voice to mobilize people in prayer all over the world in an effort to end slavery in Libya and beyond.
The international time of prayer took place Tuesday after Campbell urged people to take action against the modern day slave trade.
Last month, CNN released an exposé about African migrants who went to Libya in search of a better life but were captured, tortured, imprisoned and sold into slavery. This has largely been a result of the
The final death toll in October’s massive truck bombing in Somalia’s capital is 512 people, according to the committee tasked with looking into the country’s worst-ever attack.
The final toll is a dramatic increase from previous estimates of more than 350 killed. The committee’s report, obtained by The Associated Press, says another 312 people were wounded in the Mogadishu bombing and 62 people remain missing.
Only a few attacks since the ones on Sept. 11, 2001 have killed as many people, acc
Nelson Mandela, who led the emancipation of South Africa from white minority rule and served as his country's first black president, becoming an international emblem of dignity and forbearance, died Thursday. He was 95 . The South African president, Jacob Zuma, announced Mr. Mandela's death.
Mr. Mandela had long declared he wanted a quiet exit, but his final weeks in a Pretoria hospital were a clamor of quarreling family, hungry news media, spotlight-seeking politicians and a national outpou
Here are Tedashii's reflections on Sudan as he is being challenged and moved by what he has encountered in the first two days.
We woke this morning to the sound of silence. A great feeling and something those back home may never experience.
Kept warm by the subtle heat felt throughout the night and mosquito-free thanks to my trusty neon green mosquito net, I had some of the best sleep I've had in a long time.
I woke up with my family on my mind and prayed for them, wishing we could talk for a b
