Africa

Teens charged with hijacking ship

One of the three migrants accused of hijacking a vessel is escorted out of a courthouse. Three teenage migrants have ...

Rescued migrants rioted when they saw ship was returning them to Libya.

The answer to religious extremism

Moroccan King Mohammed VI waves as Pope Francis wipes his forehead, in Rabat, Morocco, on March 30.

Morocco's king calls for more dialogue between Muslims and Christians, citing education as the answer to extremism.

Rescued migrants hijack ship

Mass migration to Europe has dropped sharply since 2015

Migrants hijack a cargo ship that rescued them off the coast of Libya and force the crew to head for Europe.

Before cyclone, he fought for safety video

Beira Mayor Daviz Simango, right, pauses from directing disaster relief operations in Beira, Mozambique.

Long before Idai, Mozambican mayor dreamed of protecting his seaside city from climate change.

Families ripped apart by Idai video

A young girl is carried off the boat after being rescued from a flooded area of Buzi district.

Death toll of 750 certain to rise as desperate families scour Mozambique in boats ten days after Cyclone Idai.

Africa cyclone death toll at 750 video

People cross one of several bridges destroyed by the Cyclone Idai on March 19, 2019 in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe.

Cyclone Idai's death toll has risen above 750 as workers restore electricity, water and try to prevent outbreak of cholera.

Media coverage impacts cyclone aid video

Personnel carry a body from a military helicopter in Chimanimani, about 600 km south east of Harare, Zimbabwe.

Emergency relief starts flowing to east African countries struck by flooding from Cyclone Idai.

US accused of possible 'war crimes'

Somalia has been a warzone for years.

United States disputes allegations from Amnesty International that 14 civilians died in Somalia airstrikes.

Cyclone Idai: Hundreds dead video

An aerial view of the destruction of homes after Tropical Cyclone Idai, in Beira, Mozambique.

Victims cling to trees as rising floodwaters cause massive damage in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.

Why Cyclone Idai is so shattering

A woman walks through the flooded streets of the city of Beira, Mozambique, after Cyclone Idai made land fall. The ...

Authorities openly worry that the world has not grasped the severity of the crisis.

Last images of 'Elephant Queen'

It is remarkable then that this elephant lived to be over 60 and died of natural causes.

Fewer than 20 of these "tusker" elephants are alive. These photos document the last moments of one.

Cyclone kills over 1000 people video

People carry their personal effects after Tropical Cyclone Idai, in Beira, Mozambique.

Storm was the most destructive in Mozambique in over ten years.

Boeing crashes: 'Clear similarities' video

One of the black box flight recorders from the crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet.

Black box data from 737 crash in Ethiopia shows an erratic flight path.

There's got to be a better way

A Mercy Ship in Benin. Sharon McLennan says her time aboard the hospitals on the seas were the best and worst years of ...

Most of the conditions treated by Mercy Ships could be prevented by properly resourced and functioning health systems.

Ethiopian crash mass funeral video

Relatives grieve next to empty caskets draped with the national flag at a mass funeral at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in ...

Thousands have mourned the Ethiopian plane crash victims, accompanying 17 empty caskets through the streets.

700 political prisoners pardoned

New Congo president Felix Tshisekedi.

Previous Congo administration was known for imprisoning opposition.

Gorillathon to raise much-needed funds

Rangiora vet Ben Davidson aims to raise $60,000 to help protect Uganda's mountain gorillas.

A Kiwi gorilla doctor is on a mission to help save an endangered species by raising $60,000 in just 24 hours.

School collapses in Nigeria

Rescuers at the scene of the collapsed school.

Scores of children were thought to be in classes inside the three-storey school building when it collapsed.

Two mins late, misses doomed flight

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 jetliner carrying 157 people crashed shortly after takeoff from the Ethiopian ...

Antonis Mavropoulos was angry that he couldn't board Ethiopian Airlines flight. That anger turned to shock moments later.

What connects 737 Max crashes?

National Transportation Safety Committee investigator Nurcahyo Utomo holds a model of an airplane during a press ...

Two short, erratic Boeing 737 Max 8 flights end in tragedy. Can they be linked?

What 157 victims left behind

A passenger passport lies on the ground at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight crash.

The dead on the crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane came from 35 countries. What little was left was heartbreaking.

Crashed plane's black box found video

Wreckage lies at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed shortly after takeoff.

The black box is is partially damaged, an official says, after Ethiopian Airlines crash which killed 157 people.

Diver almost whale's lunch video

Schimpf found himself wedged, head first, inside the mammal's mouth.

South African diver found himself trapped in the jaws of a huge whale when filming a sardine run.

The eerily similar 737 crashes video

Wreckage lies at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed shortly after takeoff at Hejere near Bishoftu.

It's too early to link the Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air crashes, but there are parallels.

157 killed in plane crash

Family members of the victims react at Addis Ababa international airport.

Ethiopian Airlines pilot sent out a distress call shortly before crash that killed all aboard.

Deadly year of air travel video

An Ethiopian Airlines plane has crashed on its way to Nairobi, with deaths reported.

Accidents involving passenger planes have killed more than 500 people in the past year.

Battle over emperor's stolen hair

Theodore II (c.1818 - 1868), also known as Tewodros, King of Ethiopia who was a warrior and commoner who conquered his ...

Two locks of hair belonging to widely revered Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros will be repatriated from the UK.

Pipeline explodes in Nigeria

More than 50 people are missing after a leaking oil pipeline exploded.

More than 50 people are missing after a leaking oil pipeline exploded.

Harry and Meghan in Morocco video

ASNI, MOROCCO - FEBRUARY 24: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attends an Investiture for Michael McHugo the founder of ...

Harry and Meghan visit the mountain town of Asni on a whirlwind official trip to Morocco.

Nigeria's polling glitches video

Electoral officials count ballots in front of party agents and observers at a polling station in Kano, northern Nigeria.

Election delay in Nigeria sparks widespread doubts in the integrity of the poll.

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