KENYA

The roughly $400 million in ransom taken in from 2005 to 2012 helped fuel the local economy -- and more terrorism.

Elephants’ social skills are negatively impacted by human disruption, according to a new study on elephant behavior. Elephants that witnessed their relatives killed during culls still showed signs of trauma decades later.

The 2013 New York City Marathon returned today after a one-year absence. Here are nine moments to remember from the race.

In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, security was tight, but racers were undeterred.

There are many ways to view this unique event, including a live stream that begins at 3:45 a.m. PST, 6:45 a.m. EST.

Fast economic growth across the African continent can worsen living conditions for slum dwellers.

The International Criminal Court agreed that Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta will not go to trial until February.

African governments raised a record $8 billion in bonds this year, contributing to the continent's exposure to global financial breakdowns.

Lupita Nyong’o, 30, plays a slave named Patsey in the pre-civil war film based on the true story of Solomon Northrup, a free black man living in New York who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana.

Wildlife officials in Kenya plant to tackle rhino poaching by inserting microchips into the horns of its 1,000 rhinos. The chips will help law enforcement prosecute rhino poachers.

Debris found at the site of the explosion suggests the perpetrators may have planned to target a major soccer game.

Nearly 17 hours after starting the Bank of America Chicago Marahton, Maickel Melamed, 38, finished the race with an entourage of support behind him.

African leaders decided Saturday to push for an amendment barring the International Criminal Court from trying sitting heads of state.

An AU summit Friday could result in an unprecedented mass withdrawal from the International Criminal Court.

The Libyan militant was indicted in the U.S. in 2000 over the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya.

U.S. special forces in Tripoli seized an accused mastermind of 1998 bombings.

U.S. Navy SEALs raided a seaside villa in Somalia in retaliation for the Kenya attack.

The Gujarati community has lived in Kenya, and other regions of East Africa, for well over a hundred years.

The company hopes to build up a market among Africa's subsistence farming communities.

Kenya laid out reasons why travel warnings would only make a bad situation worse, but that didn’t stop the U.S. from issuing one.

Indian shopping centers have already increased security efforts since the 2008 attacks in Mumbai.