ETHIOPIA

Ethiopia blocked social media leading up to student exams after the tests previously leaked. Some worry about the precedent that sets.

More than 35,000 children sought asylum in Sweden in 2015.

Friends of the detainee said that police have arrested a 24-year-old refugee who shares the same first name as the suspect, according to the Guardian.

Medhanie Yehdego Mered is believed to be the head of a crime network that is responsible for bringing thousands of refugees and migrants from Africa to Europe.

The Olympic refugee team highlights long-running conflicts in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The children were among dozens kidnapped by the armed group about a month ago in a cross-border raid.

The move leaves just 31 accredited drug-testing labs left in the world, and none in Africa for the time being.

The move follows a pledge by Prime Minister Cameron to double the number of U.K. troops involved in peacekeeping.

Somali migrants travel through Sudan into Libya or Egypt, from where they set off in overcrowded, rickety boats that must sail through choppy seas.

A government official in Ethiopia’s western Gambella region told local media the children would soon be rescued from South Sudan and reunited with their families.

Will this year's Boston Marathon winner be able to best last year's winning time of two hours nine minutes and 17 seconds?

This year's marathon marks the 50th anniversary of a woman secretly competing and completing the race.

In response, Ethiopian troops crossed the border into South Sudan to pursue the attackers, government officials said.

For Malawi residents, however, the declaration seems too little too late.

Rebels in Sudan have sought a referendum on whether Darfur should be an autonomous region, but plan to boycott the vote after recent fighting.

China has been trying to seek a more active role in the Middle East, including recently hosting both Syria's foreign minister and opposition figures, though at different times.

In a damning report released Monday, activists claim hundreds of people have been killed and thousands arrested since protests began in Ethiopia's Oromia region.

China is set to build a naval base that will raise the tiny African nation’s caliber as a global shipping hub and a logistics center for foreign military.

A satirical news article published Monday said that men in Eritrea were ordered to marry at least two wives or face life imprisonment.

Finding good drinking water and pastures are matters of life and death for traditional pastoralists in Ethiopia, whose fortunes are tied to their domestic animals.

The panelists at the World Economic Forum summit identified power supply, technology and skills as the best ingredients to ensure growth.