In Tanzania and Zanzibar, the rate of sexual assault is high. And even the police admit they don't do a good job responding to complainants. So they came up with a plan.
In Uganda, a deadly showdown between opposition supporters and members of the president's entourage ended with a leading opposition politician in detention and his driver dead.
In the past century, many Americans have lost the ability to sit in a way that doesn't strain their backs. Specialists say we could take a lesson from excellent sitters from other cultures.
On Friday the Movement for Democratic Change, opposition candidate Nelson Chamisa's party, filed an objection to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's victory. "We have a good case and cause!!" Chamisa said.
Tendai Biti, a leading opposition member, sought asylum in the neighboring Zambia, but his request was denied and he was detained by police. Now, he's out on bail.
It's been 20 years since U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were hit by blasts that killed more than 200 people. They were the first major attacks on U.S. targets by al-Qaida.
New York Times correspondent David Kirkpatrick says the Obama White House watched Arab democracy fall, and now the Trump administration is embracing Egypt's autocratic president.
Simone Gbagbo helped her husband's bloody campaign to stay in office after he lost the 2010 election. Now, the man who defeated him is pardoning her — and some 800 others involved in that civil war.
Top officials say America's election systems need an upgrade. What are they doing? Opposition protests over Zimbabwe's election bring a military response. And Apple hits a trillion-dollar milestone.