VIDEO: Africa's Largest Democracy On Verge of Election

Many in Nigeria remain skeptical of ruling class

2011-04-15

Africa’s largest democracy is on the verge of a historic vote. Many citizen’s in Nigeria remain deeply skeptical of politicians and their motives, but one longtime politician says the ruling class is unfairly blamed for many of the oil-rich nation’s woes. Read the complete article

VIDEO: Footage Shows Soldiers Capturing Laurent Gbagbo

2011-04-14

New footage has emerged from the capture of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo. The footage shows forces loyal to President Alassane Ouattara outfitting him with body armor so they can keep him alive. Read the complete article

Reprisals Rock Ivory Coast After Strongman Deposed

suspected Gbagbo supporters are being rounded up in cities and villages, especially in western Ivory Coast

2011-04-13

MICHELLE FAUL The Associated Press

Reprisal killings erupted as Ouattara's fighters made a lightning assault to force his rival Laurent Gbagbo from power Read the complete article

Egyptian Protesters Denounce Mubarak; 3 Killed

Anti-government demonstrations sparked by Tunisian riots

2011-01-26

Maggie Michael The Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) -- Thousands of anti-government protesters, some hurling rocks and climbing atop an armored police truck, clashed with riot police Tuesday in the center of Cairo in a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30 years in power Read the complete article

South Africa's Private Schools Cater to the Poor

2011-01-03

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Dintle Zulu wanted something better for her only child than the worn classrooms, demoralized teachers and defiant students she had faced herself. Read the complete article

Nigerian Terror Suspect Predicts More Conflict in Oil Region

2010-12-09

The Associated Press

VIDEO: US Says China is Pivotal in Restraining North Korea

2010-11-24

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is pressuring China to restrain North Korea from further provocative acts against the South following what the U.S. called a "premeditated" violation of the truce that ended the Korean War.
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Indonesian Volcano’s Spiritual Caretaker Dies

2010-10-28

The Associated Press

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AP) — For 33 years, Maridjan spoke to Mount Merapi, believing he could appease its unpredictable spirits by throwing offerings of rice, clothes and chickens into the volcano's gaping crater.
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VIDEO: At Least 142 Dead in Cholera Outbreak in Haiti

2010-10-22

ST. MARC, Haiti (AP) — At least 142 people have died in a cholera outbreak, and aid groups are rushing in medicine and other supplies Friday to combat Haiti's deadliest health problem since its devastating earthquake.
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Iranian Woman Under Threat of Stoning for Adultery

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani lashed 99 times for newspaper's mistake

2010-09-06

Nasser LKarimi of The Associated Press for The Skanner News

The lawyer for an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned on an adultery conviction said Monday that he and her children are worried the delayed execution could be carried out soon with the end of a moratorium on death sentences for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
In an unusual turn in the case, the lawyer also confirmed that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was lashed 99 times last week in a separate punishment meted out because a British newspaper ran a picture of an unveiled woman mistakenly identified as her. Under Iran's clerical rule, women must cover their hair in public.
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