Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia are the blind husband and wife team from Mali who first gained widespread international attention in 2005 with their album "Dimanche a Bamako".
When Bela Fleck told us he had been missing something in his life musically, he caught us off guard.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says there's "strong reason to believe" a British citizen has been killed by an al Qaeda cell in the west African nation of Mali.
The bodies of young elephants covered in the brown dirt of dried-up wells tell a heartrending story.
From the noisy and lovable Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to the time-traveling DeLorean in "Back to the Future," flying cars have been a fixture of movies and science fiction that never quite cut it in the real world -- until now.
The U.S. attorney general is trying to prevent immigration authorities from sending a Muslim woman to her home country, where she was a victim of female genital mutilation.
Analysis: The African Union's ability to take on the micro mission of restoring order on a tiny island only highlights its failure in the face of more serious challenges
Austrian officials are seeking to secure the release of two Austrian nationals who were kidnapped by an al Qaeda group while vacationing in North Africa ahead of a midnight Sunday deadline.
The abduction of two Austrian tourists has raised concerns about the upsurge in extremist activity in north Africa
World Soccer's Tusdiq Din caught up with African Footballer of the Year Frédéric Kanouté about his life at Sevilla, picking Mali over his native France, being a practicing Muslim and his desire to play in London again some day.
Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia are the blind husband and wife team from Mali who first gained widespread international attention in 2005 with their album "Dimanche a Bamako".
When Bela Fleck told us he had been missing something in his life musically, he caught us off guard.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says there's "strong reason to believe" a British citizen has been killed by an al Qaeda cell in the west African nation of Mali.
The bodies of young elephants covered in the brown dirt of dried-up wells tell a heartrending story.
From the noisy and lovable Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to the time-traveling DeLorean in "Back to the Future," flying cars have been a fixture of movies and science fiction that never quite cut it in the real world -- until now.
The U.S. attorney general is trying to prevent immigration authorities from sending a Muslim woman to her home country, where she was a victim of female genital mutilation.
Analysis: The African Union's ability to take on the micro mission of restoring order on a tiny island only highlights its failure in the face of more serious challenges
Austrian officials are seeking to secure the release of two Austrian nationals who were kidnapped by an al Qaeda group while vacationing in North Africa ahead of a midnight Sunday deadline.
The abduction of two Austrian tourists has raised concerns about the upsurge in extremist activity in north Africa
World Soccer's Tusdiq Din caught up with African Footballer of the Year Frédéric Kanouté about his life at Sevilla, picking Mali over his native France, being a practicing Muslim and his desire to play in London again some day.
It was a woman's raw, bleeding hands that led Jock Brandis to make a promise.
The distinctive tall frame of Arcade Fire singer Win Butler scrapes against the elevator lights as seven bandmates, their instruments, a sound engineer and a cameraman stand cramped below his eyeline.
ACCRA, Ghana -- Within minutes of hearing news that Nigeria had beaten Benin 2-0 and would be Ghana's opponent, my friend Alex uttered what every Ghanaian was probably thinking:
ACCRA, Ghana -- As soon as locals here find out you don't live in Ghana, they have two questions: 1) How do you find Ghana? 2) Who do you think will win the Cup of Nations?
Mahamadou Diarra may be one of the most important players in the world at the moment. At Real Madrid, he plays the all-important holding midfielder role and is world-renowned for his toughness. But he's also one of the most internationally recognizable stars at the African Cup of Nations.
Europe's pro season may be in full swing, but fans are watching its stars play at the African Cup of Nations
Spain is still the preferred route to Europe for many Africans seeking a better life through illegal immigration, but the number of those making the dangerous ocean crossing in flimsy boats has been sharply reduced this year.
A transport vehicle hit a land mine in tense northern Mali on Thursday, killing 10 people, a government statement said. Others were injured, but the statement did not say how many.
The works and achievements of the influential spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims have long been baffling to categorize.
It's 8 a.m. in the morning and a group of tiny tots are heading towards a simple building on the outskirts of their village near Mombasa.
Here's a look at how some people are spending their lives after work. "Life After Work" airs Thursdays on "Paula Zahn Now" between 8 and 9 p.m. ET.
TS: What is it about a photographer that makes you notice them?
Out of Africa, the headline news is usually related to the legendary four horsemen of the Apocalypse - pestilence, war, famine and death. No question, these horsemen run rampant on the continent; but there is another story worth hearing too.
It's the summer before your senior year, and you're sweating.
Although the ethical consumer has long campaigned against sweatshop labor dependent on young children working long hours for a pittance, the definition of a principled purchase has widened to include the fabrics themselves.
Matt Berg spent his first few postcollege years like any other geek: coding software under the glow of fluorescent lights. But today the 28-year-old rigs makeshift radio towers near the sands of To...
A massive fire has swept through a seven-story Paris apartment building early Friday, killing 17 people and injuring as many as 30 others, authorities say.
Investigators are searching for the cause of a massive blaze that swept through a seven-story Paris apartment building housing many west African immigrants, killing at least 17 people and injuring 30 others.
The world's population will rise from 6.5 billion to 9.1 billion by 2050, according to a United Nations survey released Thursday.
The polio outbreak that originated in northern Nigeria continues to infect new countries and threatens to become an epidemic across west and central Africa, health officials say.
An Algerian terrorist who held 32 Europeans hostage in the Sahara Desert last year has been captured in Chad, the German Federal Prosecutor's office said.
A small group of U.S. troops quietly helped Chad's military in a running battle this week against an Algerian Islamic group, U.S. sources said Thursday.
Rodney Crowell The Houston Kid Sugar Hill Records
THE GO Whatcha Doin' (Sub Pop): A garage in Detroit. A cooler of beer on the cement floor. A bunch of guys banging their crania to dumb, trashy riffs. Got a problem with that?
Q Last year, when I retired, I invested $50,000 in CMOs at 9 1/4% interest. But I don't know much about them. Is my principal secure in CMOs? Will they provide steady income over the years? Could y...
Come September, futures trader Paul Tudor Jones II will be looking out for the futures of 85 seventh graders in Brooklyn's rough Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. He recently told the kids that if t...
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