"In my old school they used to beat people." The memories of thirteen-year-old Rebecca Ikiru are crystal clear as she considers what her life was like before Kenya Education for Youth. It was her request for a better school that sparked the couple, who grew up in rural Georgia, to make an impact in the lives of children half a world away.

Everyone has a birthday. A joyful day for receiving presents from family and friends, for blowing out candles on a cake as you celebrate your arrival on this earth.

French President Francois Hollande will travel to Mali on Saturday, where his nation's troops have been battling Islamist militants for three weeks alongside African forces.

A fire burned at entrance of Egypt's presidential palace Friday night as protesters hurling rocks and Molotov cocktails battled with security forces firing tear gas and water cannons.

The Igbo are one of Nigeria's largest ethnic groups, and some believe they are descended from the "lost tribes" of Israel.