Jacob Zuma's straying outside his three marriages roils South Africa

'Lost Boys' try to help those left in south Sudan

After he fled Sudan's civil war as a child in the 1980s, Garang Mayuol knew in his heart that he would return.

In Sierra Leone, pop music is a beat that drives politics

Everywhere he went in Freetown's ghettos, a dreadlocked young vocalist named Innocent heard the plea. People were fed up with lies, theft...

Kenya slum electrician puts his life on the line

In a year as a "freelance" slum electrician, Francis Otieno has been shocked five times. Three of the accidents were "not so bad," just...

Kenya film school gives slum dwellers a shot at success

The crescent moon of the railway track divides the slum, a metal slash in the tumble of rusted tin roofs, stinking channels of sewage and...

Nation on edge after Christmas terrorism attempt

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Sunday that the suicide bomber who tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines jet on...

Kenya widow opens arms to abandoned child

Agnes Awori is hurrying to the market, early afternoon. She sees a cluster of perhaps two dozen people on the railway track. Probably the...

U.S. prosecution links drugs to terrorism

Three men alleged to be Al Qaeda associates were charged Friday with conspiring to smuggle cocaine through Africa -- the first U.S....

Climate negotiators tackle issue of aviation, shipping emissions

With a day left, negotiators at the Copenhagen climate conference are making a final push to resolve one of the thorniest issues: how to...

Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang dies at 69; South African health minister denied HIV causes AIDS

Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, the former South African health minister whose AIDS denial and failure to provide treatment is blamed for more...

Libya's coup: Turning militants against Al Qaeda

A nation the West once considered a major sponsor of terrorism may have pulled off a groundbreaking coup against Al Qaeda: coaxing a group...

Madagascar's children face hunger, abuse and neglect

The man grabs a metal bar, raises it and shouts at several boys playing on a see-saw. The boys' faces freeze in fear. They flee.