South Sudan's President Salva Kiir met with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao Monday in Beijing as the young African nation seeks investment for an alternate pipeline that would allow it to circumvent exporting oil through its northern rival Sudan.
With forces gathering on both sides of the Sudan-South Sudan border, it seems that the two nations are again headed toward all-out war, which would be devastating to both countries and their international partners.
When Mike Tyson sunk his gold teeth into the fleshy cartilage of Evander Holyfield's ear, he claimed it was in retaliation for being headbutted. Luckily for Tyson's pet tiger Kenya, when she headbutted him, she made sure to knock his teeth out.
Wesley Korir and Sharon Cherop, two Kenyan runners, won the men's and women's division of the 2012 Boston Marathon respectively.
Patriot's Day 2012 is not just about the Boston Marathon, a Red Sox day game and time off from work.
Kathrine Switzer, who became the first woman to officially enter the Boston Marathon in 1967, will be commentating on the 2012 Boston Marathon, her 30th Boston Marathon in a row.
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other men had been fighting extradition, saying they would face inhumane conditions in the supermax federal prison in Florence, Colo.
Dave Mustaine may be one of the greatest rockers of all-time, but during a recent interview with Canadian TV show The Hour to promote his new album 13, the 50-year-old Megadeth frontman admitted his distrust of Obama and where he was born, which would effectively make him a birther.
Oil has been discovered in Kenya for the first time by Anglo-Irish firm Tullow Oil.
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the former president of Somalia and a controversial leader, dies at the age of 77.
A new video shows that Obama can understand some basic American Sign Language ... and there's evidence that he has even more secret language skills.
After six months held hostage by Somali pirates, British women has been released and prepares for her return home.
Somali pirates freed the U.K. woman they held hostage for more than six months on Wednesday. Somali gunmen had killed British publishing executive David Tebbutt and abducted his wife Judith Tebbutt in a raid at a luxury beach resort in neighboring Kenya last September.
Known as “Warriors” for their active involvement in social campaigns, the African ethnic people took up cricket as a tool to spread awareness about healthier lifestyles and HIV/AIDS amongst youth.
Given the lack of sufficient infrastructure and endless political instability, Sudan’s energy sector faces many monumental challenges.
Amin cited that the Ugandan Indian community had exploited the local economy and refused to integrate with the African people after a century in the country.
Using smartphones is cheaper and more effective than using paper surveys to monitor diseases in the developing world, according to a new study by Kenyan researchers with the Centers for Disease Control.
Somali rebel group al-Shabab denied responsibility for the deadly bomb attacks in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday.
The HIV rate of black women living in some U.S. cities is as high as the rate in some African countries, according to a new study
The Kenyan government has fired 25,000 striking health care workers on Thursday, including nurses, lab technicians, and dental assistants. But it is a bluff?
The Fairtrade Foundation will begin working with African gold miners for the first time this year, the organisation said on Tuesday, 12 months after it launched the Fairtrade Gold brand with metal sourced from Latin America.
The birther conspiracy still hasn't died. After a six-month-long investigation, America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff suggested that the President Barack Obama's birth certificate and selective service registration cards are fakes.
