Demands release of political prisoners in return for peace talks to end 9-day conflict
Africa
Airplane’s Wing Collides With Building in Johannesburg Before Takeoff
No injuries reported after crash in South Africa
4 Injured After Rebel Gunfire Strikes U.S. Aircrafts in S. Sudan
In a mission to evacuate American citizens from the conflict-riddled region
Ugandan Parliament Passes Anti-Gay Law
The law makes ‘aggravated homosexuality’ a crime punishable by life in prison
American Troops Sent to South Sudan
President Obama sent 45 military personnel there to protect U.S. embassy as tensions mount
How the World’s Newest Country Is Destroying Itself
Ethnically charged violence has already left hundreds dead and threatens to plunge the new country into chaos
U.N. Says Peacekeeping Base Attacked In South Sudan
Amid continuing fighting that has left as many as 500 dead
Fake Interpreter From Mandela Memorial Enters Psychiatric Hospital
He says he had a schizophrenic episode during the memorial.
Pirates off Nigerian Coast Abduct Ship Captain and Engineer
Attacks in the waters off the West African coast have increased by a third this year due to lax protections
U.S. Evacuates South Sudan Personnel Amid Clashes
Fighting after president said government forces had put down a coup
France Says More European Countries Will Send Troops to Central African Republic
France has deployed 1,600 troops to its former colony already to stabilize a country rocked by sectarian violence
Mandela Memorial Signer Allegedly Burned Two Men to Death
The bogus signer’s background becomes stranger and stranger
South Sudan Official: Soldiers Tried to Overthrow Us
The foreign minister of the world’s youngest nation says a group has attempted a coup in the capital