December 8, 2015 Rescuers to search for bodies in buildings collapsed in twin car bombs blast in Nigerian city An emergency official says rescue workers are digging through rubble to search for more victims of twin car bomb blasts that collapsed buildings in a bustling marketplace and bus station in Nigeria's central city of Jos.
December 8, 2015 55 people drowned or missing after boat capsizes off Somali coast The U.N. refugee agency says 55 people have drowned or are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized off the Somali coast.
December 8, 2015 Guinea president urges opposition to accept vote results Guinean President Alpha Conde on Wednesday urged party leaders to accept the results of September 28 legislative polls, as security was ramped up in the capital amid fears of violence.
December 8, 2015 Ex-UN chief to give S.Africa's Tutu birthday lecture South African Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu celebrates his 82nd birthday next month with a series of charitable events and former UN secretary general Kofi Annan will be delivering his annual peace lecture.
December 8, 2015 Nigerian Anglican archbishop kidnapped Nigeria's second-highest ranking Anglican archbishop was kidnapped at the weekend outside the southern oil city of Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State, a police spokeswoman said on Monday.
December 8, 2015 Religious Violence, Uncertainty in Post-Mubarak Egypt Threatens Ties to Israel, U.S. In the eight months since the Egyptian Revolution, a radical Islamic group has risen to power, the army seems unwilling or unable to stop a growing rash of sectarian violence and the long-standing friendship between the U.S., Israel and Egypt is in serious question.
December 8, 2015 Al-Qaeda's African branch claims Mali bombing Al-Qaeda's north African division claimed responsibility Monday for a car bomb that rocked the Malian city of Timbuktu over the weekend, killing two civilians and wounding several soldiers, a report said.
December 8, 2015 Somali refugees nervous as Kenya eyes their return Row after row of tin shacks and shelters made of plastic and branches stretch almost as far as the eye can see in the world's largest refugee camp, home to over 427,000 Somalis who fled war.
December 8, 2015 Islamists dismiss Somalia meet as 'Belgian waffle' Somalia's hardline Islamist Shebab rebels on Monday dismissed a key donor conference due to open in Brussels as "Belgian waffle" and a waste of time.
December 8, 2015 Libya's Interior Minister Appears to Have Defected Libya's interior minister and nine of his family members flew into Cairo Monday on their private plane in what appeared to be the highest level defection from Muammar al- Qaddafi's regime in months.
