Central African Republic

A notorious militia that has terrorized Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo has stepped up its attacks this year, displacing more than 4,200 people, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday. The Lord’s Resistance Army and its infamous...

The case of a missing baby captured the hearts of Russians when the teenage mother pleaded on TV for its return. And then the story took a gruesome twist....

Bhutan is leading an international meeting today at the United Nations, seeking “next steps towards realizing the vision of a new well being” that include gauging happiness in different countries. The South Asian state already uses has a...

The makers of an explosively popular video that spotlighted the brutality of a Ugandan guerrilla leader have released a second video that redoubles their calls to stop Joseph Kony and grapples with some of the criticisms aimed at their controversial...

For Elgin pastor Olin Sletto, the effects of malaria in Africa are more than just statistics, he’s seen them firsthand, having contracted the illness while …...

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On March 26, almost 150 guests raised $8,000 for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF’s water and sanitation programs at the Taste of Tap event held …...

Like many Americans, John Clifton spent Sept. 11, 2001, in a panic. As travel manager of Houston-based global engineering firm KBR, he scrambled for hours trying to determine whether his company had anyone on the four hijacked planes. KBR often has...

by Mark Silva Races to watch, or hope for: (This politically sordid day is probably irretrievable at this point, anyway, so we'll set the marker with some handicaps on this possible race:) In Louisiana, Republican Sen. David Vitter could be......

What they say about hotel bargains right now is true. How cheap is our special rate at a boutique San Francisco hotel just off Union Square? Let me just say that when I was told it would cost $45 a night to......

by Martin Zimmerman and Tiffany Hsu and Jim Puzzanghera With surprising swiftness, the government's "cash for clunkers" program has burned through its $1-billion budget in less than a week as car buyers swarmed dealerships, and federal officials were...

PARIS — The traders sell an array of bushmeat: monkey carcasses, smoked anteater, even preserved porcupine. But this isn't a roadside market in Africa -- it's the heart of Paris, where a new study has found more than 5 tons......