DRC Landslide Death Toll Seen Topping 200 A landslide in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo most likely killed more than 200 people, based on estimates from… 08/18/2017 Aimaf
Kenyan Opposition Files Court Challenge of Election Results Kenya's opposition coalition went to the Supreme Court late on Friday to challenge the results of a presidential election that… 08/18/2017 Aimaf
South African Marks Year in Detention in South Sudan The family of a retired South African colonel arrested for unclear reasons in South Sudan one year ago is calling… 08/18/2017 Aimaf
Zimbabwe Declares Mugabe’s Birthday National Holiday Zimbabwe's government has announced that President Robert Mugabe's birthday will now be a public holiday. The announcement is the latest… 08/18/2017 Aimaf
Ruling Party Consolidates Power in Kenyan Elections Nairobi roads have returned to their usual pre-election bustle and Kenyans have gone back to work. But the elections are… 08/18/2017 Aimaf
EU Pushes for Kenya to Release Local Voting Results Kenyan electoral officials should release local result forms from last week's disputed presidential election, says the head of the European… 08/18/2017 Aimaf
Death Toll in Sierra Leone Mudslides Tops 400 The United Nations said Friday the death toll from mudslides in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown has surpassed 400. Another… 08/18/2017 Aimaf
Somali Referee Dirah Killed by Gunmen Popular Somali referee Osman Jama Dirah was shot to death Thursday evening near his home in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.… 08/18/2017 Aimaf
East Libyan Forces Report Arrest of Commander Sought by ICC Security forces in eastern Libya said Thursday that they had arrested the commander of an elite forces unit who was… 08/18/2017 Aimaf
Deepening Drought Hits Ethiopia Herders as Millions Go Hungry Livestock are dying in parts of Ethiopia that are overwhelmingly reliant on their milk as deepening drought pushes up the… 08/18/2017 Aimaf
Simple Concoction Found to Halt Fall Armyworm A farmers' group in South Sudan's Imotong state says it has found a way to combat the dreaded fall armyworm,… 08/17/2017 Aimaf
UN: Finding Survivors in Sierra Leone Mudslide Unlikely A United Nations representative in Sierra Leone said Wednesday he is losing hope that rescuers will find survivors after deadly… 08/16/2017 Aimaf
South Sudan’s Parliament Suspends Debate on Budget South Sudan's parliament have suspended debate on a $451 million budget as questions linger over how government agencies will be… 08/16/2017 Aimaf
Opposition to Contest Kenyan Presidential Election in Court Since Friday, when Kenya's electoral commission announced President Uhuru Kenyatta had been re-elected, opposition candidate Raila Odinga has been telling… 08/16/2017 Aimaf
UN Inquiry Finds Congolese Militia Likely Killed UN Monitors A United Nations inquiry found that two U.N. investigators were murdered by a group of Congolese, likely militia members from… 08/16/2017 Aimaf
Kenyans Voted Along Ethnic, Geographic Lines to Re-elect Kenyatta Kenyans voted mainly along ethnic and geographic lines to give President Uhuru Kenyatta a second term in office, according to… 08/16/2017 Aimaf
Boko Haram Bombers Kill 20 at Village in Northeast Nigeria Suicide bombers attacked a camp for internally displaced people and a nearby market in a northeastern Nigeria village Tuesday, killing… 08/16/2017 Aimaf
Climate Extremes, Policy Confuse Crop Choices for Malawi Farmers Elias Kanyangale is ecstatic about his maize harvest. Balancing on a homemade ladder, the farmer retrieves cobs from a full… 08/15/2017 Aimaf
Nigerian Military to Boost Security Amid Surge in Boko Haram Attacks Since April, Boko Haram has carried out more than 100 attacks in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri. Efforts are underway… 08/15/2017 Aimaf
Kale Power: Water for Crops Gives Women in Kenya’s Drylands a Voice On a blistering hot afternoon, Zainab Omar Ali methodically sorts through freshly picked bunches of kale on her farm in… 08/15/2017 Aimaf