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US interrogators to question suspected Libyan al-Qaeda member
US interrogators have headed to the Mediterranean to question a suspected Libyan al-Qaeda member accused of the bombings of US embassies in Africa.
Kenya’s security forces control most of Westgate mall
With over 10 suspects arrested and three attackers killed in fighting at the Nairobi complex, Kenyan officials claim troops have won back control.
Large explosion rocks Kenyan mall, hostages still held
Journalists at Westgate mall in Kenya have said that Sunday afternoon’s explosion was by far the largest in the 30-hour siege.
Supreme court orders partial recount in Kenya presidential vote
Kenya’s supreme court has ordered a recount of votes in some constituencies in the country’s March 4 presidential election.
UN ambassador outraged over Sudan bible school attack
Sudan’s military bombed a Bible school built by a US Christian aid group, prompting students and teachers at the school to run for their lives.
Somali famine declared over, but UN urges caution
The UN says that Somalia’s famine is over, but warned that continued assistance is needed to stop the region from slipping back.
Kenya on alert amid looming terror threat
Bulletins are warning of an impending assault by terrorists as Kenya’s capital increases security measures in the hope of preventing an attack.
New radios will aid the hunt of LRA militia
A US aid group is installing new high frequency radios to help track the Lord’s Resistance Army, a brutal militia that US special forces are helping h
Al-Shabaab’s stranglehold on Somalia
The World Food Programme can’t reach 2.2-million Somalis in desperate need of aid in militant-controlled areas of Somalia.
Riots in Uganda after Besigye booted off Kenyan flight
Uganda’s top opposition leader was kicked off a Kenya flight, prompting riots back home that police quelled with tear gas only a day before the p
MIT class studies Kenyan slum’s clinic quandary
The Rod of Asclepius is mistaken as a symbol of snake worshipping in a high quality and nearly free clinic in Kenya’s largest slum of Kibera.
Somali pirates capture supertanker, $150m of oil
Somali pirates captured a supertanker carrying an estimated $150-million worth of oil to the Gulf of Mexico.
Long lines for South Sudan freedom vote
Voters standing in a second day of long lines in Southern Sudan’s capital sat patiently and rested against concrete walls for hours to cast ballots.
Hit by Aids, Africa welcomes pope’s condom message
The pope’s suggestion that condoms could be used in limited situations has grabbed the attention of Africa which has a soaring number of Catholics.
Rwanda’s Hutus live in fear
The Rwandan refugee was walking home one night when four men jumped him and put him in a stranglehold. He lay still, pretending to be dead.