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A new study found cell phones are now as common in South Africa and Nigeria as they are in the United States, but landline telephones are rare.

10 entrepreneurs -- addressing obstacles in education, infrastructure, health and other areas -- are finalists for an innovation prize.

"She was sexually abused by no fewer than 10 men. Most of them were frontline fighters or suicide bombers who are given girls as a reward."

Researchers were surprised to find that many harmful genetic variations had been removed from mountain gorilla populations through inbreeding.

Russia looks to rekindle Soviet-era trade ties to Africa under pressure from sanctions.

As of late Friday local time, Somali forces were still trying to retake the hotel.

The U.S. Embassy in Uganda Wednesday warned it had received information of possible terrorist threats to locations frequented by Westerners in Kampala, and that an attack may occur soon.

Without a new Gulfstream plane, the ministry says, trips to African nations, Australia and other destinations will be called off.

A new survey draws a link between a country's economic status and its citizens' perception about local politics.

Liban Haji Mohamed has been accused of providing “material support and resources” to al Shabab, an al Qaeda-linked militant group in Somalia.

The court's chief prosecutor said that the transfer of the Ugandan rebel commander was a major step in the fight against the group.

Pope Francis didn't mince words when he discussed the issue of birth control.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that West Africans need to abide by health protocols.

Ugandan rebels are suspected of carrying out the attacks that killed at least 34 people.

The bubonic plague is currently spreading through the slums of Madagascar, but Americans should know it still strikes the U.S., particularly in Western states.

Aggression ranged from chasing to biting and hitting.

Morocco has withdrawn as the host of the 2015 African Cup of Nations. Which country will step up with only three months remaining?

"The Newsroom" returns for Season 3 Sunday after a busy Season 2 finale saw ACN struggling to find its way after Genoa.

120 people have been slaughtered in a wave of massacres, shattering confidence in Congolese and U.N. forces ability to stabilize the region.

Why are there no treatments for Ebola? The economics of medical research are partly to blame.

The attack comes just two days after 27 people, including many children, were killed in the same area in raids by rebel militia.