NewsmaxWorld RSS FeedWed, 19 Jun 2013 11:26:23 EDTIslamist militants carried out a deadly assault on a U.N. compound in the Somali capital on Wednesday, dealing a blow to fragile security gains that have allowed a slow return of foreign aid workers and diplomats. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:12:05 EDTTwo officials say that Secretary of State John Kerry has chosen Russ Feingold, a former Democratic senator from Wisconsin, as the new U.S. special envoy for Africa Great Lakes region.Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:16:07 EDTFormer South African president Nelson Mandela, who is being treated in hospital for a lung infection, is doing very well, his daughter said on Monday.Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:48:21 EDTA female lawmaker will run for president of Mali in elections due to be held in the troubled west African country next month.Sun, 16 Jun 2013 07:17:08 EDTFormer South African President and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela continues to get better but is still in serious condition as he recovers from a lung infection, President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday.Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:16:35 EDTMore than 100 people with albinism have been physically attacked in Tanzania since 2006, including 71 who died. Albinos are widely seen as a source of magic in Tanzania's traditional communities.Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:24:15 EDTSat, 15 Jun 2013 07:31:36 EDTSix soldiers were killed in clashes between Libyan special forces and armed protesters outside a special forces base in the eastern city of Benghazi, an military official said on Saturday.Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:31:57 EDTThe al-Qaida-linked militants who once controlled the southern port city of Kismayo are gone, but a fight for control of the city has broken out and at least 10 people have been killed in the recent violence.Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:07:17 EDTSchoolchildren in Nelson Mandela's home village are sang in his honor and others left balloons and well wishes outside the hospital where he has been treated for eight days.Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:44:42 EDTSouth Sudan has urged the African Union (AU) to help resolve a bitter dispute with former civil war foes Sudan, after Khartoum ordered oil pipelines to be shut and accusing Juba of backing rebels.Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:39:30 EDTNiger's security forces repelled an overnight assault by gunmen on a military police academy in the capital Niamey, the defense minister said on Wednesday, an attack likely to heighten concerns over the Islamist threat in the West African nation.Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:42:16 EDTKenyan members of parliament (MPs), among the best paid in Africa, have bowed to public anger by accepting their first pay cut — but only in exchange for a tax-free car grant, pensions and extra allowances, officials said on Wednesday. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:37:38 EDTA schoolboy and a schoolgirl were among six people slain when gunmen ambushed a truck near the Kenya-Somalia border, BBC News reported Wednesday.Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:04:37 EDTNelson Mandela is responding better to treatment, South African President Jacob Zuma said Wednesday as the frail anti-apartheid hero spent a fifth day in hospital.Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:29:51 EDTFormer South African President Nelson Mandela is spending a fourth day in a hospital, where he is being treated for a recurring lung infection.Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:17:09 EDTNigeria's Boko Haram Islamists have stormed a neighborhood in the restive city of Maiduguri, killing at least 11 people with weapons hidden in a coffin, local residents said Monday.Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:06:16 EDTSudan may reverse its decision to close cross-border oil flows from South Sudan if its neighbor stops its alleged support for rebels, Sudan's Information Minister said on Sunday.Sun, 09 Jun 2013 06:51:12 EDTAt least 25 people were killed and 70 wounded in clashes in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi between protesters, eventually backed by government forces, and a militia operating with Defense Ministry approval, a doctor said. Sun, 09 Jun 2013 06:05:14 EDTSouth Africans prayed for Nelson Mandela's recovery on Sunday as the 94-year-old former president spent a second day in hospital with a recurring lung infection.