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US Secretary of State John Kerry.

John Kerry calls for end to US government shutdown

Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Congress to end the partial government shutdown and think "hard" about the message it sends the world.

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton with Libya’s President Mohamed Magariaf.

Clinton urges tolerance amid anti-US protests

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has appealed to Muslims to show "dignity" and not resort to violence as they protest an anti-Islam film.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

Clinton: Voting chaos will damage Kenya’s global standing

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told Kenya’s leaders that the East African nation has a chance to become a model for other African nations.

Clinton spokesperson resigns after WikiLeaks flap

Clinton spokesperson resigns after WikiLeaks flap

State Department spokesperson PJ Crowley has quit after causing a stir by describing the treatment of the suspected WikiLeaks leaker as "stupid".

Clinton off to DRC after Angola

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday to target an epidemic of sexual assault.

Clinton recalls US embassy attacks in Africa

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday honoured the victims of the deadly 1998 attacks on the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

US transfers Libyan money to Lockerbie families

The US said on Sunday it has begun transferring more than -million in Libyan money to the families of American victims of the Lockerbie bombing.

US moves to declare Eritrea ‘state sponsor of terrorism’

The Bush administration is preparing a case to designate the Horn of Africa nation of Eritrea a ”state sponsor of terrorism” for its alleged support of al-Qaeda-linked Islamist…

Darfur tops US list for abuse of human rights

The continuing genocide in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region was the world’s worst human rights abuse last year, the United States said on Tuesday in a global report that found…

On brink of war, Somalia faces severe flooding

Unusually heavy seasonal rains are threatening Somalia with its worst floods in 50 years while the impoverished Horn of Africa country teeters on the brink of all-out war. As…

Kenyan Maasai cattle forge 9/11 bond with US

In a field tucked away in a remote corner of south-west Kenya, perhaps the most unusual and poignant September 11 condolence gift to the United States grazes contentedly on long…

Museveni poll win rejected by opposition

President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday won re-election in Uganda’s first multiparty polls since 1980, but his main rival rejected the results as opposition supporters clashed with…

Ugandan poll: ‘So far, so good’

Ugandans flooded polling stations on Thursday to cast ballots in landmark elections dominated by a bitter battle between President Yoweri Museveni and opposition leader Kizza…

Somalis drink urine as drought kills

At least seven people have died of dehydration in Somalia over the past month as severe water shortages from a killer regional drought force many to drink their own urine. Oxfam…

Sudan’s leaders ‘responsible for atrocities’

Sudan’s top leadership, including President Omar el-Beshir, bears responsibility for widespread atrocities committed in the troubled western Darfur region, a leading human rights…

Dire piracy warnings for Somali coast

The United States and international maritime authorities have boosted already-dire piracy warnings for vessels off the coast of lawless Somalia following a surge in attempted…

Slow start to crucial Ugandan referendum

Ugandans trickled into polling stations across the country on Thursday to vote in a landmark referendum on restoring multiparty democracy after nearly 20 years. Amid opposition…

Ethiopia opposition to protest poll results

Ethiopia’s opposition on Monday backed off a threat to reject nationwide results from hotly contested weekend elections it says were marred by fraud, saying their complaints were…

Looting continues in Haiti

Partisans of exiled Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide looted a container port on the northern fringe of Port-au-Prince late on Thursday as United States and French patrols…