An outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in west Africa has spread to Guinea's capital and beyond its borders in an "an unprecedented epidemic," reported a leading aid agency.

The country that once put the Commonwealth Games in serious jeopardy could become the first from Africa to host the event.

At least six people were killed and some 18 were wounded by an explosion in what appears to be a "deliberate attack" in Nairobi, Kenya, a senior Red Cross official tells CNN.

An Egyptian court on Monday again denied bail to three Al Jazeera journalists who are jailed on terrorism-related charges.

Your forecast for the next century: Hotter, drier and hungrier, and the chance to turn down the thermostat is slipping away.

Egypt's presidential elections will take place on May 26 and 27, Egyptian media reported Sunday, citing an announcement by the country's Presidential Elections Commission.

At least 70 people are reported to have died from Ebola in Guinea, according to a statement from the East African nation's health ministry.

Libyan state television has aired a video of Moammar Gadhafi's son Saadi in which he apologized to the nation from prison.

A journalist was among three people killed Friday during clashes between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and Egyptian security forces in eastern Cairo, Egypt's Interior Ministry said.

The trial of Oscar Pistorius is postponed until April 7 because one of two assessors was hospitalized.

CNN's Christiane Amanpour speaks with Former Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan.

Decimated by poaching, black rhino numbers are starting to increase again, thanks, in part, to on-foot tracking tours for tourists.

Four weeks into South Africa's trial of the century, and the state has rested its case. On Friday the defense will begin arguing its case, possibly beginning with Pistorius himself. The time is ripe to evaluate the evidence we have heard so far; so, how successful has the state been in establishing their claim that Pistorius intentionally murdered Reeva Steenkamp?

CNN's Vladimir Duthiers updates efforts to contain an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Guinea.

An outbreak of Ebola virus has killed at least 62 people in Guinea since its symptoms were first observed last month.

Oscar Pistorius killed Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year. Of that, there is no doubt.

"I am sick and tired of seeing only skinny blonde girls and no black women in the runway," says famous Senegalese designer Adama Paris, creator of Black Fashion Week.

Virtual "killing sprees" in Iran and Iraq led to a spike in the number of executions globally last year, according to Amnesty International, at odds with a steady decline in the use of the death penalty around the world over the last two decades.

Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met military leaders on Wednesday to tell them he was resigning -- the first step toward running for the presidency, the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported.

Regina Agyare, one of Ghana's first female tech entrepreneurs, explains why there should be more women working in the technology sector.