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University researchers create a board game designed to help African midwives prevent women dying in childbirth.

FERGUSON, Mo.---   Tensions flared one again in Ferguson, Missouri Sunday, after police shot and critically wounded an 18-year-old man in what authorities are calling...

Nigeria's President Buhari appoints a committee to advise him on how best to tackle corruption and reform the legal system.

 U.S. Attorney Richard Callahan has issued a statement regarding the nearly sixty arrests that took place during a #MoralMonday protest outside the Thomas Eagleton Federal Courthouse this afternoon.“Fifty seven protestors were arrested this afternoon for obstructing the normal use of...

Zimbabwe's President, Robert Mugabe, has been leading celebrations at the National Heroes Day parade, which commemorates the lives of those who died opposing British colonial rule.

 With the Gateway Arch as their designated backdrop, activists flew a banner in downtown St. Louis that read “Racism still lives here” as part of the Ferguson Commemoration Weekend’s day of civil disobedience on Monday (April 10).“In this country, racism...

 Activists at a peaceful protest were arrested at the Department of Justice office in St. Louis, Mo. on Monday as witnessed in vines uploaded by Twitter user and activist DeRay McKesson (@deray).Protestors were apparently staging a sit-in, urging the DOJ...

As migrants continue to risk life and limb to reach Europe from Africa, Libya has become the main hub for traffickers plying their illegal trade in human cargo.

Authorities in Ghana's capital Accra recover a body from the site of a petrol station inferno on 3 June, in which at least 154 people died.

President Robert Mugabe says Zimbabweans failed in their responsibility to protect Cecil the lion, who was shot by an American dentist.