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A new video shows that Obama can understand some basic American Sign Language ... and there's evidence that he has even more secret language skills.

After six months held hostage by Somali pirates, British women has been released and prepares for her return home.

Somali pirates freed the U.K. woman they held hostage for more than six months on Wednesday. Somali gunmen had killed British publishing executive David Tebbutt and abducted his wife Judith Tebbutt in a raid at a luxury beach resort in neighboring Kenya last September.

Known as “Warriors” for their active involvement in social campaigns, the African ethnic people took up cricket as a tool to spread awareness about healthier lifestyles and HIV/AIDS amongst youth.

Given the lack of sufficient infrastructure and endless political instability, Sudan’s energy sector faces many monumental challenges.

Amin cited that the Ugandan Indian community had exploited the local economy and refused to integrate with the African people after a century in the country.

Using smartphones is cheaper and more effective than using paper surveys to monitor diseases in the developing world, according to a new study by Kenyan researchers with the Centers for Disease Control.

Somali rebel group al-Shabab denied responsibility for the deadly bomb attacks in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday.

Nokia will close down Nokia Money, a financial service it runs in India, as it continues to narrow its focus on its phone business and location-based services.

Nokia said on Monday it has decided to close down Nokia Money, a financial service targeted for emerging markets, as it focuses on the phone business and location-based services.

The HIV rate of black women living in some U.S. cities is as high as the rate in some African countries, according to a new study

The Kenyan government has fired 25,000 striking health care workers on Thursday, including nurses, lab technicians, and dental assistants. But it is a bluff?

The Fairtrade Foundation will begin working with African gold miners for the first time this year, the organisation said on Tuesday, 12 months after it launched the Fairtrade Gold brand with metal sourced from Latin America.

Attorney General Eric Holder supplied the legal justification Monday for the decision to kill American-born radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki , rebutting criticism that the view of executive power held by President Barack Obama's administration is overly broad.

One of the largest annual technical conferences, South by Southwest (SXSW), will begin Friday, March 9 and last until Sunday, March 18. Here is a full list of the SXSW 2012 music lineup for South by Southwest from March 13-18.

The birther conspiracy still hasn't died. After a six-month-long investigation, America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff suggested that the President Barack Obama's birth certificate and selective service registration cards are fakes.

Gas prices have risen to above $4 per gallon in many parts of the United States, sending economists into a tizzy about its impact on consumer spending, consumer confidence and the effects it will have on the housing market.

Kenyan authorities believe that Samantha Lewthwaite, widow of 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay, may be connected to a foiled Mombasa terror plot.

Mohammed Ibrahim Makkawi was arrested in Cairo on Wednesday. But which Mohammed Ibrahim Makkawi was it? The al-Qaeda apostate or the militant leader behind the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings?

Saif al-Adel, identified as a senior al-Qaeda leader, has been arrested at Cairo airport in Egypt on Wednesday, security officials said.

Pakistani authorities have demolished al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's hideout. Bin Laden was killed by Navy SEALs operatives nearly nine months ago on May 2, 2011 at the Abottabad compound. Take a look at photos of the demolition by the Pakistani government of bin Laden's Abbottabad hideout.