Suspected Islamic militants have opened fire on students taking exams at a school in the country's troubled northeast, killing at least nine pupils in the latest violence to wrack the volatile region, witnesses said Tuesday. Full story
LAGOS (Reuters) - Western Union Co <WU.N> expects revenue from its digital business to grow to $500 million by 2015, from $150 million currently, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Full story
Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Tuesday that he has chosen former Sen. Russ Feingold as the new U.S. special representative for the Great Lakes region of Africa and the ongoing crisis in the Congo. Full story
ABUJA (Reuters) - A French sailor was freed on Tuesday after being captured by pirates last week from his ship off the coast of Togo and taken to Nigeria, a military commander said. Full story
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian authorities dropped charges on Tuesday against eight Russian sailors suspected of trafficking arms, their lawyer said, but another seven will face trial. Full story
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzanian police fired teargas and warning shots on Tuesday to disperse thousands of people protesting against a weekend bomb attack on an opposition campaign rally, eyewitnesses said. Full story
Somali immigrant faces charges in daughter's death after treating her burns with cocoa butter mixed with powdered acetaminophen. KPRC's Jennifer Bauer reports.
Martin Bashir reminds his audience of how newly elected – and recently freed – Nelson Mandela, now ailing in a South Africa hospital, used a jersey and the game of rugby to help the country’s white and black citizens reconcile their shared apartheid past.
Chris Hayes talks about the new documentary "Dirty Wars" with Jeremy Scahill.
Melissa Harris-Perry follows up with Katie Meyler, founder of “More Than Me," a nonprofit that helps girls get off the streets and into schools in one of the poorest slums in the world in Liberia, West Africa.
Rodolfo Martell, BlackRock, provides strategies for investing in growing economies such as Brazil, Korea, Taiwan and South Africa.
Members of Senegalese civic movement Y En A Marre, or "We're fed up", meet at their office in Dakar June 18, 2013. Y En A Marre led street protests last year against former Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, and one of its founding members Fadel Barro (in blue shirt, against wall) said the group i
Russian sailors charged with illegally bringing weapons into Nigeria last year wait outside the court yard as they discuss with a lawyer at the Federal High Court in Lagos June 18, 2013. Russian company that owns the confiscated vessel, has said the ship had permission to carry arms, calling the acc
Russian sailors charged with illegally bringing weapons into Nigeria last year walk outside the court at the Federal High Court in Lagos June 18, 2013. Russian company that owns the confiscated vessel, has said the ship had permission to carry arms, calling the accusations "groundless". REUTERS/Akin
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