Wesley Korir and Sharon Cherop, two Kenyan runners, won the men's and women's division of the 2012 Boston Marathon respectively.
Patriot's Day 2012 is not just about the Boston Marathon, a Red Sox day game and time off from work.
Kathrine Switzer, who became the first woman to officially enter the Boston Marathon in 1967, will be commentating on the 2012 Boston Marathon, her 30th Boston Marathon in a row.
A geophysicist with the US Geological Survey has said it was unlikely that a tsunami would be generated given that this type of earthquake that largely involved the horizontal movement of the earth's blocks, does not produce a column of water that could cause a tsunami.
An 8.2-magnitude temblor struck 618 kilometers off the coast of Aceh province, epicenter of the December 2004 tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands of people in Asia. Two hours earlier, a magnitude-8.6 quake struck off Sumatra.
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other men had been fighting extradition, saying they would face inhumane conditions in the supermax federal prison in Florence, Colo.
Tullow Oil PLC recently announced an oil discovery in Kenya. Here is an economic analysis of what the discovery could mean for the future of the country.
Dave Mustaine may be one of the greatest rockers of all-time, but during a recent interview with Canadian TV show The Hour to promote his new album 13, the 50-year-old Megadeth frontman admitted his distrust of Obama and where he was born, which would effectively make him a birther.
Oil has been discovered in Kenya for the first time by Anglo-Irish firm Tullow Oil.
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the former president of Somalia and a controversial leader, dies at the age of 77.
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?
