Ships from Miami steam into Jamaica's main harbor loaded with TV sets and blue jeans. But some of the most popular U.S. imports never appear on the manifests: handguns, rifles and bullets that stoke one of the world's highest murder rates.
Gunfire broke out during a funeral procession Thursday for a popular Haitian priest, apparently killing a man and prompting angry protests that could inflame government opponents with days to go before elections in the troubled nation.
Somalia's national security minister and at least 24 other people were killed in a suicide attack Thursday in western Somalia, and an extremist Islamic group with alleged links to al-Qaida claimed responsibility.
A media watchdog group is calling on Gambia to release seven journalists detained this week after criticizing the nation's president, who has ruled the tiny country since a 1994 coup.
Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of Gabon's capital Tuesday to say farewell to late President Omar Bongo, whose flag-draped coffin was paraded through the heart of a nation he was accused of pillaging during four decades of rul
Having seen one impossible dream come true — the death of apartheid — Soweto is getting ready for another: the arrival of soccer's World Cup, the most-watched sporting event on the planet.
A rift loomed at a summit of top finance officials here on Friday over drafting a so-called "exit agenda" from hefty stimulus government measures as the global economy now shows some signs of recovery from the recession and financial crisis.
Zimbabwe's political and business leaders made an impassioned appeal for an end to sanctions and more international investment Friday, hours ahead of a meeting between Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and President Barack Obama.
