In the wake of the recent U.S. commando raid, the Prime Minister’s kidnapping reveals the extent of Libya’s dysfunction
Africa
Bubonic Plague Alert Issued in Madagascar
Experts have warned that Madagascar faces a bubonic plague epidemic unless it slows the spread of the disease, reports the BBC. The Red Cross and Pasteur Institute have said the inmates in the island’s dirty, crowded jails are particularly at risk.
The number of cases rises each October as the hot, humid weather attracts fleas, …
Libya’s Prime Minister Released Hours After Being Kidnapped
Libya’s Interim Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was released late on Thursday after being kidnapped by former rebel fighters hours earlier in Tripoli.
The armed militants responsible for kidnapping the leader of the transitional …
Charles Taylor to be Imprisoned in the U.K.
Ex-president of Liberia’s wish to serve his 50-year war crimes sentence in Rwanda denied
Update: Nigerian Bomb Raid Uncovers Terrifying Arsenal
Weapons could have inflicted appalling casualties
Unidentified Militants Kidnap Libyan Prime Minister
Multiple news outlets are reporting that Libya’s interim Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been kidnapped by members of an unidentified armed militia.
The reported kidnapping follows the controversial arrest of a high-value …
A Tale of Two Jihadis: What We Know About the U.S.’s Africa Terror Targets
In the days following U.S. comando raids in Libya and Somalia, new details emerge about the targets and how the operations unfolded
Report: Navy Seals Aborted Somalian Raid Because Children Were Present
The covert operation was intended to capture a terrorist there
After Botched U.S. Raid, Somalis Fear Looming War With Al-Shabab
On Oct. 5, the same day the U.S. whisked leading al-Qaeda operative, Anas al-Liby, from his home in the Libyan capital to a suspected holding cell aboard a ship in the Mediterranean, it tried a similarly audacious operation in …
U.S. Tripoli Raid Deepens Sense of Chaos in Libya
The stealthy American capture of a wanted al-Qaeda operative risks stirring up tensions and animosities in Libya, a vulnerable, fractious nation.
Oil-Rich Angola Is the Next Frontier for Dinosaur Hunters
As a child, Ana Soraya Marques grew up hearing about Kianda, a mythical sea creature worshiped in Angola, a country whose rocky west coast borders the Atlantic Ocean. “In a certain season, the waves, the sea, turns very …
Kenyan Muslim Cleric Shot Dead, Unrest Feared
Gunmen in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa shot dead a popular Muslim cleric who preached at a mosque linked in the past to Somali Islamist militants, police said on Friday, Reuters reports.
Ibrahim Omar and three other people were shot as they drove home on Thursday night after preaching, the BBC says. The apparent assassination comes …
A Former Ugandan Child Soldier Campaigns In U.S.
Ocitti David was born in 1986, the year that the Lord’s Resistance Army began terrorizing northern Uganda. When he was 17, the LRA attacked his village, Pabbo, and he was forced to watch the rebels kill his father. Rebels then …