Africa

Top Somali Extremist Leader Reportedly Surrenders

6:49pm December 27, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Reports vary as to whether al-Shabab's Zakariye Ismail Ahmed Hersi turned himself in or was captured in a raid. The U.S. had placed a $3 million bounty on the leading Islamist extremist.

Dr. Ian Crozier stands with a group of survivors and a nurse at the Kenema Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. He contracted Ebola and was on the brink of death, but he survived.

Ebola Survivor: The Best Word For The Virus Is 'Aggression'

11:10am December 27, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

Dr. Ian Crozier was Emory University Hospital's sickest Ebola patient; his kidneys failed and he was on life support. He made a miraculous recovery and says the illness made him a better physician.

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Citing 'Historical Inaccuracies,' Egypt Bans 'Exodus' From Theaters

11:10am December 27, 2014

The movie Exodus: Gods and Kings has been banned in Egypt on the grounds of "inaccuracies" and a "Zionist view of history."

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A lone mosque that survived devastating tidal waves sits amid the ruins of the village of Lhoknga, outside the provincial capital Banda Aceh, on Jan. 3, 2005. The mosque became a symbol of the tsunami's destruction.

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A Decade After Tsunami, Asia's Shattered Coasts Are On The Mend

1:11am December 27, 2014

by Scott Neuman

On Dec. 26, 2004, a massive earthquake in the ocean east of the Indonesian island of Sumatra triggered waves that killed 230,000 people in 11 countries.

Dr. Senga Omeonga pictured outside St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital in Monrovia. Omeonga moved to Liberia from DRC in 2011. He contracted Ebola but survived it.

Ebola Survivor: 'You Feel Like ... Maybe ... A Ghost'

5:06pm December 26, 2014

by Didrik Schanche

Outside St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital in Liberia, Dr. Senga Omeonga muses over the weeks he spent at an Ebola ward — not as a doctor, but as a patient. He says the experience was life-changing.

African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM), African Union soldiers march along the top of a hill overlooking the al-Shabab stronghold of Barawe, a coastal town 135 miles southwest of Mogadishu, in Somalia, in October.

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Somalia's Al-Shabab Attacks African Peacekeepers

5:57pm December 25, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Eight gunmen fired on the African Union's main based in Somalia, killing three soldiers and a civilian contractor.

British health workers lift a newly admitted Ebola patient onto a wheeled stretcher in to the Kerry town Ebola treatment center outside Freetown, Sierra Leone, earlier this week.

Sierra Leone Puts North On Lockdown Amid Ebola Spread

10:59am December 25, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The country that has been hardest-hit by the ongoing outbreak of the deadly virus, has shut down shops, markets and most travel in the north.

Pope Francis: 'Many Tears This Christmas'

8:46am December 25, 2014

by Scott Neuman

In his annual Christmas Day blessing, the pontiff condemned killing in Iraq, Syria and Pakistan and the "brutal persecution" of religious and ethnic minorities.

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2014 Hashtags: #BringBackOurGirls Made Nigerian Schoolgirls All Of 'Ours'

5:09pm December 24, 2014

As part of a series on hashtag activism in 2014, Audie Cornish speaks with Obiageli Ezekwesili of the Open Society Foundation. Ezekwesili was one of the early promoters of the hashtag #bringbackourgirls, about schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria in April.

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A man peddles plastic Christmas trees and lights in downtown Monrovia.

Christmas In Liberia: Ebola Fears, No Snow, Holiday Spirit

8:43am December 24, 2014

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

The deadly virus has cast a shadow over the country. Nonetheless, many Liberians are determined to have a happy Christmas and a hopeful new year.

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