Ecuador was known as the “isla de paz” – an island of peace – in the 1980s, when compared to its neighbors Colombia and Peru, some of the world’s biggest producers of cocaine. But...

At least 400 people have died after floods and landslides hit the Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province last week, officials told CNN. Heavy rainfall through last week caused rivers to overflow and...

At least fifteen people have died after a boat capsized in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto State on Tuesday, authorities told CNN. A police spokesman, Sanusi Abubakar, told CNN on Wednesday that 21 out of 36...

A toddler has died after a boat ferrying more than 30 villagers across the Shire River in Malawi’s Nsanje district was attacked by a hippo, causing it to overturn, authorities said. A police spokesperson,...

A United States convoy was attacked in Nigeria on Tuesday killing four people, including two personnel from the US consulate and two police officers, and kidnapping three others, according to local police and US officials. The...

Two babies have been found alive on the shores of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Lake Kivu, days after floods and landslides killed more than 400 people in two villages in the country’s South Kivu province....

US ambassador to Pretoria summoned after saying he was confident that a Russian ship had collected weapons from South Africa. South African officials have hit back at US accusations that a Russian ship collected...