As soon as Facebook went public Friday, co-founder Mark Zuckerberg became an instant multi-billionaire.
Howard Koplowitz
May 18, 2012
Royal Dutch Shell has shut down the Nembe Creek Trunkline to repair theft-related damage, deferring some 60,000 barrels of crude oil per day.
Jonathan Davis
May 04, 2012
West-African regional bloc ECOWAS will send troops Mali and Guinea-Bissau to try to pressure their new juntas to reinstate civilian rule.
Daniel Tovrov
Apr 27, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a law allowing torture victims to sue for human rights abuses abroad can only target individuals, not groups.
Dan Rivoli
Apr 18, 2012
Adding to Mali’s insurmountable problems is the threat of civil war, prompted by an insurgency in the north by the minority Tuareg people.
Palash Ghosh
Apr 12, 2012
As Mali prepares to organize new elections following the swearing in of interim president Dioncounda Traoré on Thursday, crises in the north continue to escalate.
Jacey Fortin
Apr 12, 2012
Representatives from the Economic Community of West African States, or Ecowas, said they would decide Monday what action to take against Mali's ruling junta, which missed a deadline for ceding power to civilians.
Oliver Tree
Apr 02, 2012
A group of West African president's cancelled their visit to Mali mid-flight after hundreds of pro-junta supporters rushed the runway at Bamako's airport on Thursday.
Daniel Tovrov
Mar 29, 2012
Tuareg rebels in northern Mali, flush with arms and fighters from the Libyan revolution, pushed south Friday morning to occupy positions vacated by government forces as mutinous soldiers in the capital sought to complete a coup by arresting the president, military sources said.
Eric Linton
Mar 22, 2012
According to Libya's Vice Premier, Mustafa Abushagur, and a government spokesman, Mauritanian has agreed to hand over Gaddafi's former intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senussi to Libya.
Esther Tran Le
Mar 21, 2012
Senussi, who has been on the run since the dictator's overthrow last year, is likely to become the subject of a three-way tug-of -war between Tripoli, France and the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague who also want to put him on trial in Europe.
Oliver Tree
Mar 19, 2012
The last of a West African herd of giraffes, which were living in the wild in Niger, are reproducing in large numbers.
Michael Billera
Mar 09, 2012
A “lethal mix” of drought, regional wars, high food prices and widespread poverty has conspired to create this debilitating crisis.
Palash Ghosh
Mar 09, 2012
Algerian security forces have found a large cache of weapons, including shoulder-fired missiles, which they believe were smuggled in from neighboring Libya, a security source briefed on the discovery told Reuters on Saturday.
J.J. McGrath
Feb 19, 2012
Amnesty International describes the situation in northern Mali as the country’s worst crisis in two decades.
Palash Ghosh
Feb 18, 2012
Around 20 gunmen believed to be members of Boko Haram raided a federal prison in Nigeria on Wednesday night, freeing as many as 200 inmates before escaping in getaway vehicles.
Daniel Tovrov
Feb 16, 2012
Libya urged Niger on Saturday to extradite Moammar Gadhafi's son Saadi, saying his call for Libyans to prepare for a coming uprising threatened bilateral ties. In response, Niger pledged to tighten house surveillance of Saadi, but reiterated he could not be handed over to a state where he could face execution.
J.J. McGrath
Feb 11, 2012
The crisis means nearly 12 million more people require assistance.
Swaty Sharma
Feb 11, 2012
An increasingly violent insurgency by Islamist sect Boko Haram in Nigeria's economically stagnant north has begun pressuring the country's finances by forcing extra spending on security. It could be costing as much as 2 percent of the country's gross domestic product.
J.J. McGrath
Feb 11, 2012
Thanks to expansive oil fields and a reservoir of millions of barrels of crude, Nigeria is the third-richest country in Africa. But due to corruption, poor wealth distribution, and lack of infrastructure, the nation's people suffer from staggering rates of poverty.
Daniel Tovrov
Feb 10, 2012
Islamist sect Boko Haram, whose attacks have killed hundreds in oil-rich Nigeria, will continue its campaign until the country is ruled by sharia law, a senior member was quoted as saying on Saturday: We have our sights set on [bringing sharia to] the whole world, not just Nigeria.
J.J. McGrath
Jan 28, 2012
Boko Haram threatened Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan this week. Speaking in an audio message that was posted online, rebel leader Imam Abubakar Shekau said that he was willing to martyr himself to make Jonathan see.
Daniel Tovrov
Jan 27, 2012
