The police in South Africa said they arrested a 25-year-old man who had swallowed the diamonds, worth $2.3 million, when he attempted to smuggle them out of the country.

The possible amendment, which President Alassane Ouattara’s party supported, would make husbands and wives equal heads of a household.

Armed groups executed more than 250 civilians, including 83 children, in one area of the Democratic Republic of Congo this year, according to a United Nations report.

The United Nations says access to contraception is a universal human right that could significantly improve the lives of women and children in poor countries.

In his first news conference in eight months, President Obama signaled he would grapple with Republicans over tax rates and the handling of the attack on Americans in Benghazi.

With the ever-rising need for security abroad, what can American diplomacy accomplish in the fragile nations that need it most?

The police in South Africa said they arrested a 25-year-old man who had swallowed the diamonds, worth $2.3 million, when he attempted to smuggle them out of the country.

The possible amendment, which President Alassane Ouattara’s party supported, would make husbands and wives equal heads of a household.

The United Nations says access to contraception is a universal human right that could significantly improve the lives of women and children in poor countries.

Armed groups executed more than 250 civilians, including 83 children, in one area of the Democratic Republic of Congo this year, according to a United Nations report.

Mr. Kumalo used his journalism experience to become a chronicler of the cruelties of apartheid and South Africa’s eventual emergence as a biracial democracy.