Making payments via cell phone isn’t just convenient -- it could spur economic development in Africa.
Jihadists have turned to small-scale attacks because of the effectiveness of counterterrorism measures.
Even as India continues to woo its wealthy expats to attract investments, the latter may not oblige.
Countries such as Kenya are among the most dangerous places to be Christian, according to the World Watch List.
Abu Anas al-Libi was indicted in 2000 for the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, which killed 224 people.
The new law was created in light of deadly attacks in Kenya last month by al-Shabab militants.
The U.S. once offered $33 million for information leading to the capture of the al-Shabab militant leader and seven others.
The United Nations is going to trim its peacekeeping force in Darfur despite escalating violence in the region.
The bill was signed a day after fights broke out in parliament on Thursday during a tense vote on the new measures.
Fake charity organizations are a major source of revenue for terrorist organizations such as al-Shabab.
Abu Anas al-Libi is suspected of helping orchestrate the 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
The U.S. leads the pack, but some countries have delivered less than 10 percent of what they pledged to fight Ebola.
The Kenyatta case tested the court's capabilities, and many experts agree that without government cooperation, it's nearly powerless to prosecute.
The International Criminal Court's prosecution said it could not sustain charges against the Kenyan president.
The attack bears the hallmarks of the al Qaeda-linked al Shabab group, which has carried out a series of bombings in Somalia in the past.
A witness told Reuters that four of the victims were beheaded by the attackers while the rest were shot in the head.
The U.N.'s World Food Program said it needs an additional $64 million in December alone to support 1.8 million Syrian refugees.
Witnesses said the 28 victims were told to lie down in the mud and then were shot to death.
Al-Shabaab militants blew the victims' "heads off just like that," according to one survivor.
"The aim is to create a religious war," says Kenyan president of bus attack.
Al-Shabab, an offshoot of the defunct Islamic Courts Union, currently has control over large parts of Somalia.
Nearly 600,000 qualified young people got work permits, driver's licenses and Social Security numbers under Obama's 2012 immigration policy.