Only Person Convicted in Kercher Murder Seeks Acquittal

Nearly two year after Italy's highest court acquitted Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend of murdering a British student, the legal wrangling still isn't over
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Ivory Coast Votes for Parliament, President Seeks Majority

Ivory Coast residents are voting Sunday in parliamentary elections that the president hopes will maintain his strong majority hold in parliament despite challenges by the opposition
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Ivory Coast Alcohol Sachets

Ivory Coast Alcohol Sachets
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Ivory Coast Is Latest to Crack Down on Alcohol Sachets

Ivory Coast is the latest country in sub-Saharan Africa to crack down on alcohol sachets, citing health risks and abuse by children
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Nigeria, Morocco Agree to Build Natural Gas Pipeline

Nigeria, Morocco agree to build natural gas pipeline for serving Europe, North Africa
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Fake US Embassy in Ghana Operated for 'About a Decade,' State Department Says

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Fake US Embassy in Ghana Shut Down After 'About a Decade'

Fake US embassy in Ghana shut down after 'about a decade' of issuing counterfeit visas
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Gambia Leader's Hold on Power Ends With Surprising Speed

Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh became notorious for erratic behavior and his apparent determination to stay in power indefinitely, but a population fed up with oppression and economic stagnation brought his reign to a surprisingly swift end
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Gambia's President Concedes Defeat After Election Loss

Gambia President Yahya Jammeh has congratulated the opposition coalition leader Adama Barrow, who won the majority of votes in an election that will remove Jammeh from power after 22 years
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Gambian Official: Opposition Candidate Barrow Wins Election

Gambia's opposition candidate has defeated longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh in the West African country's presidential vote, an upset victory that could lead to the first transfer of power in more than two decades
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Ousting Squatter Farmers to Save Forest, Ivory Coast Sets Off New Crisis

Squatters using protected land to grow cocoa have helped strip the country of four-fifths of its woodlands. Now evicted, many of them are struggling to survive.
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Ousting Farmers to Save Forest, Ivory Coast Sets Off a New Crisis

Squatters using protected land to grow cocoa have helped strip the country of four-fifths of its woodlands. Now evicted, many of them are struggling to survive.
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Senegal Mourns World-Renowned Sculptor Ousmane Sow

Senegal's culture minister says Ousmane Sow, a sculptor whose work celebrated African tribes along with historical icons such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr., has died at 81.
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