Hear from victims of Africa's drought
Torrents of water once thundered over the precipice at Victoria Falls, on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia, shrouding the area in mist.
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Archeologists unearth lost town in Ethiopia
Archeologists have unearthed the remains of a town from an influential but little-known ancient civilization in East Africa that sheds light on the origins of Christianity in Ethiopia.
Al-Shabaab claims attack on elite hotel in Mogadishu
Security forces ended a deadly attack at a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Tuesday after a seven-hour battle that left at least three civilians dead.
Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed receives Nobel Peace Prize
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called for peace in the Horn of Africa as he received his Nobel Peace Prize medal in a ceremony on Tuesday.
Senior State Dept. aide once called Obama a Kenyan, Pelosi a Nazi
A senior adviser at the State Department once said he thought then-President Barack Obama was a Kenyan and called House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi a Nazi whose Botox had worn off.
FBI offers $5 million to find US citizen on Most Wanted Terrorist List
The State Department is offering $5 million for information that leads to the arrest of an American citizen on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist List.
The world's highest mountains and some alternatives
Simply finding the Seven Summits -- the highest mountains on each continent -- is a tall order.
Russian mercenaries fight shadowy battle in gas-rich Mozambique
A deployment of Russian guns-for-hire, with links to the Kremlin, has sustained casualties in its fight against Islamist militants in Mozambique, multiple sources have told CNN.
Striking Zimbabwe medics say poor conditions causing 'silent genocide'
Senior doctors in Zimbabwe's public hospitals have downed tools in protest against deteriorating working conditions and the firing of over 435 junior medical officers by the government following a three months-long impasse over poor salaries, the doctor's association said.
'Better than culling': Zimbabwe defends elephant exports
Zimbabwe's Environment Minister has defended the country's practice of capturing juvenile elephants and selling them to zoos and theme parks, following a CNN report into the exports of the animals to China.
Young elephants taken from Zimbabwe, sent to China
The cellphone footage reveals rows of steel cells stretching along a concrete floor. Behind each set of bars, a juvenile African elephant, their tusks just barely showing. One elephant presses its head into the corner of its prison-like confinement.
Dozens killed in Kenya landslide
At least seven children are among the 29 people killed after heavy rainfall triggered a landslide in Pokot, northwest Kenya, authorities have confirmed.
At least 29 dead in Kenyan landslide, President says
At least 29 people were killed in Kenya as heavy rains triggered a landslide, President Uhuru Kenyatta said in a statement Saturday.
Awarded Kenyan teacher donates 80% income to poor
In a small overcrowded classroom in Pwani village, rural Kenya, Peter Tabichi teaches his students science.
After Mugabe's death, life more brutal than ever for Zimbabweans
It's been just over two months since Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe died, and almost two years since he was ousted from office, but some Zimbabweans say life is tougher than ever.
Joyciline Jepkosgei takes down fellow Kenyan to win NYC Marathon
The rookie took down the rock star in Sunday's New York City Marathon.
US suspends tobacco imports from Malawi over child labor allegations
The United States on Friday suspended imports of all tobacco and tobacco products from Malawi for alleged forced labor practices -- including child labor.
Somalia floods displace 200,000 people, submerge homes
More than 200,000 people, half of them children, have fled their homes following massive floods that have left most of a town in central Somalia under water, Save the Children said.
Somali refugee just became director of Seattle clinic
Dr. Anisa Ibrahim was 5 years old when her life was uprooted by the grisly consequences of a gruesome civil war.
Deadly protests roil Ethiopia as Nobel winner's backers, critics clash
At least 67 people have been killed and more than 200 injured in protests in Ethiopia over the last few days, the police commissioner for the Oromia region told CNN on Saturday.
Kenyan doctor seeking to legalize female genital mutilation
A female doctor in Kenya wants female genital mutilation to be decriminalized.
Tanzanian court upholds a law banning child marriage
Tanzania's Supreme Court of Appeal on Wednesday upheld an earlier ruling banning parents from marrying off girls as young as 15.
Zimbabwe says 55 elephants have died in severe drought
A severe drought that has drained water sources in Zimbabwe's largest national park has left 55 elephants dead since September, a spokesman for the country's wildlife agency said on Monday.
Kenya launches second phase of billion-dollar Chinese railway project
Two years after the completion of the first phase of the Standard Gauge Railway project (SGR), Kenya's largest infrastructure project since independence, President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday launched its second phase.
