December 11, 2015 3 Islamic militants dead, more hostages freed in Nairobi mall terror attack Kenya’s interior minister says three Islamic militants are dead and officials are “very certain” there are few -- if any-- hostages left inside a Nairobi mall after military forces led a new rescue operation to end the terror attack Monday.
December 11, 2015 Libyan Rebels Shelled Outside Qaddafi's Hometown Libyan government tanks and rockets blunted a rebel assault on Muammar Qaddafi's hometown of Sirte on Tuesday and drove back the ragtag army of irregulars, even as world leaders prepared to debate the country future in London.
December 11, 2015 Platinum mineworker shot dead in South Africa A South African worker at a platinum mine run by Lonmin has been shot dead, police said Tuesday, in the latest violence to hit the country's restive northwestern platinum belt.
December 11, 2015 Egypt Islamists call for Friday rallies in Cairo: spokesman Egyptian Islamists have called for rallies in Cairo on Friday for a day of "anger" after more than 300 were killed in a crackdown on their protest camps, a spokesman said.
December 11, 2015 Disgruntled Mali troops fire weapons, kidnap officer Dozens of disgruntled soldiers involved in Mali's 2012 coup fired guns in the air at a protest on Monday, wounding and taking hostage a close aide of mutiny leader Amadou Sanogo, military sources said.
December 11, 2015 Morocco's African immigrants fear rising racism tide "Is it a crime now, being an immigrant?" asks Eric Williams, a Cameroonian living in Rabat, where the murder of a Senegalese man has stoked fears among Morocco's sub-Saharan community.
December 11, 2015 British Soldiers Detained by Libyan Rebels Reportedly Released Eight British special forces personnel who had been detained by rebel forces have left Libya aboard the HMS Cumberland, Sky News reports.
December 11, 2015 Qaddafi Compound Demolished as Coalition Sees 'Significant Success' in Libya British submarines fired two missiles at Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi’s compound in downtown Tripoli Sunday, a senior coalition official confirmed to Fox News.
December 11, 2015 Charles Taylor's victims hail war crimes verdict Victims of the bloody regime of Liberian warlord Charles Taylor spoke of their relief after his 50-year jail term for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone was upheld by an international court on Thursday.
December 11, 2015 U.K.'s Cameron, France's Sarkozy Pledge Billions for Libya British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy gave Libya's new rulers strong support during a landmark visit to Tripoli on Thursday, vowing to release billions of dollars more in frozen assets and to push ahead with NATO strikes against Muammar Qaddafi's last strongholds.
