Africa

The dik-dik is a small antelope that is hunted as bush meat. This picture was taken in Voi, a town in southern Kenya.

Laws Prohibiting Bush Meat Are Actually A Boon For The Bush Meat Biz

10:05am August 17, 2015

by Emily Sohn

That's what researchers in Equatorial Guinea have found. Endangered animals are at risk. So are humans, from diseases the animals could harbor. So how do you stop the bush meat trade?

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Burundi's Ex-Army Chief Gunned Down In Latest Violence

3:00pm August 15, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Col. Jean Bikomagu, who led the Tutsi faction during the country's protracted civil war, was killed in front of his house. It is the sixth apparent assassination in two weeks.

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At Least 40 Migrants Found Dead On Boat In Mediterranean

9:58am August 15, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The Italian navy found them in the hold of a smuggling boat off the Libyan coast, apparently killed by fuel fumes. More than 300 others were rescued.

Immigration Officials Arrest 50 Suspected Of Human Rights Violations

4:01pm August 14, 2015

by Scott Neuman

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says the suspects are believed to have been involved in torture and aiding regimes that carried out ethnic cleansing.

In a speech on Monday, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said his compatriots failed to protect Cecil the lion.

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Zimbabwe's President Blames 'Vandals' For Killing Cecil The Lion

2:33pm August 14, 2015

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

President Robert Mugabe made his first public statement about the lion, saying his compatriots must protect their country's natural resources from foreign "vandals."

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UN Secretary General 'Anguished' By Peacekeeper Sex Abuse Allegations

6:55pm August 13, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he is anguished by recurrent allegations of sexual abuse by peacekeepers. The head of the Central African Republic U.N. mission was ousted Wednesday.

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Babajide Bello of the tech company Andela takes a selfie with AOL's Steve Case after the pair played a pickup game of pingpong.

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Hope Or Hype: The Revolution In Africa Will Be Wireless

3:49pm August 13, 2015

by Aarti Shahani

Young entrepreneurs in Africa say they're leading a tech movement from the ground up. They think technology can solve social ills. But critics wonder if digital fixes can make a dent.

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Nurse Issa French with his wife Anita, who's holding a copy of Time magazine's issue devoted to front-line workers. He's earned that title, treating more than 420 Ebola patients.

A Doctor's Gift To The Brave Nurses Of Sierra Leone

2:15pm August 13, 2015

by Amy Maxmen

Dr. Nahid Bhadelia volunteered to help fight Ebola in the African nation. When she learned that many of the nurses there didn't always receive a salary, she sprang into action via crowdfunding.

Rangers practice their riding skills at Zakouma National Park in Chad. The park has four mounted ranger teams because horses are the only way to effectively patrol during the wet season, when the elephants head to drier land outside the park.

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GPS Trackers In Fake Elephant Tusks Reveal Ivory Smuggling Route

8:12pm August 12, 2015

Some 30,000 African elephants die each year as a result of poaching. Journalist Bryan Christy wanted to see where their tusks were going, so he ordered fake tusks and fitted them with trackers.

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Babacar Gaye has been forced to resign from his post leading the U.N.'s peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic. He's seen here in 2012, when he led the U.N.'s force in Syria.

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U.N. Ousts Its Head Peacekeeper In CAR Amid New Accusations

4:30pm August 12, 2015

by Bill Chappell

"Enough is enough," U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon says, accepting Babacar Gaye's resignation after peacekeepers were accused of raping a girl and killing two people in the Central African Republic.