Sierra Leone woman appeals for new election after officials said women cannot be chief

Sierra Leone woman appeals for right to be chief

Guinea’s No. 2 to travel to Morocco to check health of wounded junta leader, diplomat says

Guinea’s No. 2 to visit wounded leader in Morocco

Guinea’s military junta rejects proposal to send foreign troops to prevent further violence

Guinea: Junta rejects proposal for foreign troops

Guinea: W.African bloc calls for troops to prevent violence after assassination attempt

Guinea: W.African bloc calls for preventive troops

Nigerian couple in Texas accused of forcing widow to work for 9 years in home with no days off

Nigerians facing forced servitude charges in Texas

Junta says negotiations regarding Guinea crisis to continue

Junta says talks on Guinea crisis to continue

Al-Qaida offshoot that claimed kidnapping 4 Europeans says hostages are in good health

Al-Qaida says 4 European hostages in good health

Commando units loyal to wounded junta leader arrest civilians in Guinea

Commando units arrest civilians in Guinea

CONAKRY, Guinea — Commando units loyal to the wounded leader of Guinea’s military junta have swept through neighborhoods near the capital, arresting civilians believed to have ties with the soldier that tried to assassinate him.

Guinea minister says hospitalized president is awake, speaking, and mentally sound

Guinea FM says president awake and mentally alert

West African bloc calls for civilian rule in Guinea as junta’s No. 2 takes control

West Africa bloc calls for civilian rule in Guinea

Junta VP returns to Guinea after leader is airlifted to Morocco for emergency treatment

Junta VP returns to Guinea after leader airlifted

Junta VP returns to Guinea after leader was shot and left country for emergency treatment

Junta VP returns to Guinea after leader was shot

Renegade soldiers in Guinea open fire on president, official says leader doing well

Official: Guinea soldiers open fire on president

Worried shopkeepers close up as gunfire rings out in Guinea’s capital

Gunfire heard in Guinea’s capital

CONAKRY, Guinea — Gunfire broke out in this tense African capital on Thursday, causing nervous shopkeepers to close early as armed troops manned intersections.

Dutch military ship captures 13 pirates off the coast of Oman

Dutch military captures 13 pirates off Oman coast

Official: 3 kidnapped Spanish aid workers being transferred to Mali from Mauritania

Official: 3 Spanish hostages being taken to Mali

3 aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania, Spanish minister suspects al-Qaida-linked militants

3 Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania

Police say 3 Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania

Police: 3 aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania

Nigeria’s president being treated for heart condition in Saudi Arabia, chief physician says

Nigerian president treated for heart condition

Rare pirate attack in Benin prompts experts to worry that Nigerian pirates are spreading out

Experts: Nigerian pirates may be extending reach

Nigerian officials: Australian woman duped out of $50K in Internet love scam by ‘Mr. Right’

Woman duped out of $50K in Internet love scam

Liberians mourn UN worker killed in October attack on UN house in Afghanistan

Liberians mourn UN worker killed in Afghanistan

20 years after UN pact to protect children, some successes alongside a long list of woes