Voters in Rwanda went to the polls Monday in the country’s second presidential election since the 1994 genocide. Polls opened at 12 a.m. ET and will close at 12 p.m. ET. While results aren’t expected until Wednesday, President Paul Kagame...

Iraqi police say a roadside bomb north of Baghdad has killed five members of a family, including a 4-year-old girl. Police spokesman Maj. Ghalib al-Karkhi says the family was not the intended target of Friday’s bombing, which struck their car...

The U.N. Security Council suggested on Tuesday creating special piracy courts to plug a gap in the world response to the costly attacks on merchant ships off the lawless Somali coast. A Russian-drafted resolution passed unanimously by the 15-nation...

Congestion in prisons is exacerbating the spread of tuberculosis among inmates, an assistant commissioner for health with the Uganda Prisons Service has said. Dr Michael Kyomya said on Wednesday that six out of every 10 prisoners suffer from TB. Many...

THE Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) has asked the UN to impose a no-fly zone on Somalia and block sea ports through which foreign groups supply logistics to the insurgents. Eritrea, in particular, has been accused of serving as a...

INSIDE a room at Women Won’t Wait Domestic Prevention Centre, in Pallisa district, eastern Uganda, 27-year-old Jennifer Alupo smiles broadly behind a sewing machine as she sews a garment as part of the training she is undertaking. “Life has...

The fate of Guinea hangs in the balance following the shooting of the country’s military ruler, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara. There are fears that the fractured security forces could split further and trigger serious violence. Corinne Dufka is...

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, the main rebel group in southern Nigeria, said it had set a pumping station of US oil giant Chevron on fire. Chevron’s Otunana station in Niger Delta “is currently engulfed in fire after...