The US government has appealed for peace and patience as verification of Kenya’s presidential results continues.In a tweet, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had spoken with President Uhuru Kenyatta on the importance of Kenya’s elections a…

NAIROBI- Additional riot police were deployed inside Kenya’s national election tallying center overnight, after a crowd of men scuffled in the early hours of Sunday and a party official shouted accusations into the microphone.The fracas underscored fra…

The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, is to resume contingent rotations from Monday under fresh approval measures, the Malian foreign minister and a UN spokeswoman said.“MINUSMA agreed to the new procedures and communicated them to all countrie…

Three-day-old lion cubs were on display Saturday in a cardboard box at a Gaza City zoo, a rare joyous sight for children and adults alike, just days after Israeli aircraft pounded the territory and Gaza militants fired hundreds of rockets at Israel.Vet…

The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, is to resume contingent rotations starting Monday under fresh approval procedures, the Malian foreign minister and a U.N. spokeswoman have said.”MINUSMA agreed to the new procedures and communicated them …

Guinea’s military-appointed government this week announced the dissolution of the main opposition group, the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution, or FNDC.The decree Monday cited alleged violence and threats to national unity and peace. C…

Authorities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are searching for hundreds of inmates who escaped from Kakwanguru central prison when gunmen attacked the facility Tuesday night. Five people, including two policemen, were killed during the jailb…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed to begin talks to ease the tension over fighting in eastern Congo. Blinken, speaking in Rwanda Thursday, said he also raised human rights concerns and the d…