ETHIOPIA

Boko Haram launched a new assault on Maiduguri, the town it hopes to make the capital of its Nigerian caliphate.

The controversial leader is widely known in western countries for his undemocratic rule.

The bloc has backed a plan that calls for the creation of a regional five-nation force of 7,500 troops to fight the militant group.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reportedly want to expand their family with a Syrian orphan.

Media organizations in the U.S. and throughout the world have found themselves under various forms of cyberattack in recent years.

Roughly 16 percent of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, where the Catholic population grew almost 21 percent between 2005 and 2010.

The pope continues on his mission to change the Vatican by picking cardinals, many from smaller, less developed countries.

The country with the most journalist murders was Syria, followed by Palestine and Ukraine.

The U.S. leads the pack, but some countries have delivered less than 10 percent of what they pledged to fight Ebola.

About 40,000 airport workers and thousands of fast-food employees plan a nationwide protest of low wages Thursday and Friday.

With Wilson Kipsang's victory Sunday, he became the first runner to win Berlin, London and New York marathons.

West Africa feels “abandoned” by the African Union, which legislators say has not delivered on promises to send help to Ebola-stricken countries.

West Africa needs more than 5,000 additional health care workers if the Ebola outbreak is to be controlled, health officials have said.

The U.S. strike in Somalia with drones and airplanes is part of a bigger picture, as American forces battle Islamic extremism in Africa.

A United Nations Mi-8 helicopter crashed in South Sudan killing three of its four Russian crew members.

U.S. officials are concerned about widespread famine in South Sudan, as leaders fail to reach an agreement to end the civil war.

The delegates from Africa claim returning to their home countries would be a “life threatening proposition.”

Israel began its campaign to make Yom Kippur a U.N. Holiday in May, before the Israeli-Hamas war began.

An estimated 8 million of Ethiopia's 60 million people are at immediate risk due to drought.

U.S. military advisors have secretly operated in Somalia since around 2007 and Washington plans to deepen its security assistance to help the country fend off threats by Islamist militant group al Shabaab, U.S. officials said.

U.S. military advisers have secretly operated in Somalia since around 2007 and Washington plans to deepen its security assistance to help the country fend off threats by Islamist militant group al Shabaab, U.S. officials said, according to Reuters in an exclusive report.