At least seven people were killed and more than 15 injured Tuesday when a truck with explosives blew up outside the Somali presidential palace and the popular Somali Youth League Hotel, police told CNN.
At the height of her fame Ugandan rapper Keko was struggling with substance abuse. Now, through her non-profit and music she is helping young people avoid the same fate.
When Lucy, the world's most well-known fossil, was discovered sticking out of a shallow Ethiopian stream bed in 1974, she provided new insight about life for early human ancestors 3.18 million years ago. The image of her skeleton -- which is estimated to be 40% complete and considered the best representation of her species, Australopithecus afarensis -- became iconic.
A homecoming for any athlete who has appeared at an Olympics is special -- but for five who competed at the Rio Olympics, the place they formerly called home was the vast refugee camp at Kakuma in Kenya.
Cape Verde, a remote Atlantic archipelago, is not the most likely candidate for soccer supremacy. And yet, remarkably, the island nation has risen from obscurity to the point where, until a few months ago, they were the top ranking team in Africa.
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