Two separate grenade attacks hit the Kenyan coast Saturday night, killing one person and wounding at least 33 others, officials said.
A diverse group of young emerging leaders from all across Africa and the diaspora has come together to promote a unified vision for the continent and devise ways to move it forward.
The war against the illegal ivory trade resulted in the seizure of 115 pieces of elephant ivory at the airport in Nairobi, the Kenya Wildlife Service said Friday.
In November 2009, the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama was attacked by pirates for the second time in seven months.
Pirates targeted the Maersk Alabama, the ship seized in a dramatic operation in the Indian Ocean waters two years ago.
A British cruise ship avoided a possible pirate attack in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday when the captain to took evasive maneuvers and alerted naval authorities after the ship's radar detected an approaching small boat.
The judge in the New York trial of an accused terrorist conspirator rejected a defense plea for a mistrial on Monday after a juror claimed to be chastised after disagreeing with the conclusions of fellow jurors.
Somali pirates hijacked a gas vessel with a crew of 17 off the coast of Kenya, the European Union Naval Force Somalia reported Sunday.
A South Korean fishing boat was hijacked by Somali pirates off the coast of Africa, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Sunday, citing the nation's foreign ministry.
A special court in Kenya has been initiated to hear maritime piracy cases, the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime said Friday.
U.S. and Omani warships have rescued most of the crew of a hijacked Indian ship in the northern Indian Ocean and captured 10 suspected pirates, but other marauders successfully seized a Turkish cargo ship, allied navies reported Wednesday.
A ship held captive by pirates in the Indian Ocean since November was released Tuesday after a ransom was paid, the EU's Naval Force Somalia (NAVFOR) reported.
Twenty-eight suspected pirates were taken into custody Friday by the European Union Naval Force after a handful of failed attacks on fishing vessels in the Indian Ocean, the EU mission said.
Pirates have released a Greek-owned vessel and its crew of 22, months after hijacking it off Somalia, authorities said.
Pirates off Somalia's coast have hijacked a chemical tanker with a North Korean crew, European naval forces reported.
Two Britons were killed while vacationing in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, the Foreign Office said early Sunday.
Pirates seized control of a cargo vessel near the Seychelles Thursday, one of two attacks that took place within minutes of each other off the coast of east Africa, according to the European Union Naval Force.
Somalia said a senior al Qaeda operative tied to several attacks in East Africa was killed Monday in a U.S. strike in southern Somalia.
The French Navy said they seized 11 pirates Sunday after they apparently mistook a French military vessel for a commercial ship and made a run at it.
Recent headlines focusing on the rash of pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia should instead focus on the humanitarian crisis driving Somalis to commit crimes on the high seas, an international aid group said Thursday.
NATO forces patrolling the Gulf of Aden foiled a pirate attack on a Norwegian tanker this weekend, a NATO spokesman said.
Family greeted Captain Richard Phillips as he returned home to Vermont.
The crew of the Maersk Alabama is returning to the United States, and its captain will soon follow, a company spokesman said Wednesday.
The battle for control of the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama began with a bold move by some of the crew to jump the pirates, crew members say.
Pirates off the eastern coast of Africa fired on U.S. sailors Saturday as they tried to reach the lifeboat where an American captain is being held, a U.S. official familiar with the situation told CNN.
The Maersk Line, Ltd. president and CEO talks about the pirate attack of the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama.
Pirates in ships are searching for the lifeboat containing four pirates and their hostage -- the captain of a freighter they failed to hijack earlier this week -- according to a U.S. military official with knowledge of the situation.
Tensions escalate in the waters off Africa over Capt. Richard Phillips
A former crew member on the American ship attacked by pirates off Africa said the ship's captain is exactly the kind of person who would offer himself in exchange for the crew's safety.
The American ship captain being held hostage by pirates on a lifeboat off Somalia tried to escape by jumping overboard.
A Ukrainian cargo vessel laden with tanks and other weapons docked in Kenya on Thursday, nearly five months after pirates captured it.
Somali pirates released a Ukrainian ship Thursday carrying tanks, ammunition and crew after receiving a ransom of $3.2 million, a spokesman for the ship's owner said.
The Pentagon is looking at options, but there are no plans for U.S. forces to go ashore in pursuit of pirates in Somalia, a spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday.
Three British guards jumped overboard and were rescued from the water after battling in vain to prevent pirates hijacking a chemical tanker off the coast of Somalia.
Buccaneers seize ships almost daily off the coast of Somalia, but the booty
doesn't usually include enough T-72s to equip a tank battalion
A Ukrainian ship carrying tanks and ammunition has been seized by pirates off the coast of Kenya, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry told CNN.
The United States used precision missiles to strike a 'known terrorist target' in Somalia. CNN's Barbara Starr reports.
A U.S. missile strike in southern Somalia on Monday targeted a man wanted by the FBI, two senior U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Kenya clashes
updated: Fri Jan 18 2008 18:36:00
Opposition protesters clash with security forces for the third consecutive day in Kenya. CNN's Martin Seemungal reports.
Recent violence in Kenya is hurting the nation's main source of income, tourism. CNN's Zain Verjee reports
The nation is in crisis after a flawed election leads to riots in the streets and the threat of confrontation between rival groups
Somali pirates released the crew of a hijacked Danish cargo ship after receiving a ransom payment, Denmark's government said Wednesday.
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.
The U.S. military transferred a man suspected of involvement with terrorist attacks in East Africa to the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon said Monday.
Militia fighters in Somalia affiliated with the Islamic Courts Union are taking power from clan-based secular warlords. The warlords are blamed for dragging the war-torn nation into a state of lawlessness that has lasted nearly 16 years.
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A Kenyan judge acquitted three men on conspiracy charges Monday in the 2002 bombing of a Mombasa hotel that killed 15 people, a court official said. The magistrate cited lack of evidence.
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The sheared-off building, twisted metal, and high body count aren't the only familiar characteristics here. When terrorism experts see the carnage in Taba, Egypt, the immediate pattern of attack is telltale: simultaneous bombings, maximum casualties and a broader intent.
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The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it has selected three companies to continue research into ways to thwart shoulder-fired missile attacks on U.S. commercial aircraft.
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