Tag: Africa

U.K. national found guilty of murder in Congo

U.K. national found guilty of murder in Congo

Washington Examiner · February 19, 2014 6:41 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2012, file photo, former U.S. Rep. Melvin Reynolds announces that he's joining the increasingly crowded field running for the 2nd District seat vacated by Jesse Jackson Jr. A Zimbabwean immigration official told The Associated Press, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, that Reynolds has been arrested in the African country and is being investigated. The state-controlled The Herald newspaper reported Tuesday that Reynolds was arrested for allegedly possessing pornographic material and violating immigration laws. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Former US congressman arrested in Zimbabwe

GILLIAN GOTORARAY FAURE · February 18, 2014 6:26 pm

Former Rep. Melvin Jay Reynolds arrested in Zimbabwe

Washington Examiner · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

Mob attacks alleged gays in Nigerian capital

Mob attacks alleged gays in Nigerian capital

Michelle Faul · February 15, 2014 2:16 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 11, 2012 file photo, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni speaks during the London Summit on Family Planning organized by the UK Government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with the United Nations Population Fund, in central London. In an official announcement released Friday Feb. 14, 2014, President Museveni plans to sign a bill into law that prescribes life imprisonment for what they term as "aggravated" homosexual acts. (AP Photo/Carl Court, FILE)

Officials: Uganda’s leader to sign anti-gay bill

Rodney Muhumuza · February 14, 2014 10:47 pm

Progress claimed in bid to stop Congo oil drilling

Progress claimed in bid to stop Congo oil drilling

Washington Examiner · February 14, 2014 8:18 pm

Obama’s Valentine’s Day bachelor golf holiday marks 23rd vacation

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Obama’s Valentine’s Day bachelor golf holiday marks 23rd vacation

Paul Bedard · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

What cease-fire? South Sudan violence persists

What cease-fire? South Sudan violence persists

ILYA GRIDNEFFJASON STRAZIUSO · February 12, 2014 2:44 pm

Extremists attack northeast Nigerian town, kill 39

Extremists attack northeast Nigerian town, kill 39

Washington Examiner · February 12, 2014 9:49 am

In this photo taken early Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, Malian singer Salif Keita, rear center, performs on stage at a music festival at Segou, Mali. Long before Mali captured the global spotlight as an al-Qaida training ground where French soldiers had to intervene, the West African nation was celebrated for producing some of the biggest stars in world music. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)

Mali music festival returns after end of war

Baba Ahmed · February 10, 2014 6:12 pm

Mali communities denounce female genital cutting

Baba Ahmed · February 6, 2014 3:26 pm

A man suspected to be a Muslim Seleka militiaman lays wounded after being stabbed by newly enlisted FACA (Central African Armed Forces) soldiers moments after Central African Republic Interim President Catherine Samba-Panza addressed the troops in Bangui Wednesday Feb. 5, 2014. The man died later after being lynched by hundreds of recruits using knifes, bricks and foot blows to the head. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

C. African Republic soldiers join chaotic violence

ANDREW DRAKEJEROME DELAY · February 5, 2014 6:42 pm