Africa/Middle East - Liberian rappers eye big time
The beat is infectious US-style hip hop but the rhymes come straight from the streets of Monrovia, a city which for years has had very little to sing about.
View ArticleAfrica/Middle East - Bombings, shootings kill at least 22 across Iraq
A suicide car bomber blew himself up in front of a Baghdad police academy on Sunday, killing 15 people and wounding 21 others in the deadliest attack for weeks in the Iraqi capital, security officials...
View ArticleAfrica/Middle East - Yemen clashes raise tensions, threaten presidential...
Security forces and armed southern separatists clashed on Monday in Yemen's port city of Aden, witnesses said, as rising tensions in the country's south threatened to disrupt Tuesday's presidential vote.
View ArticleAfrica/Middle East - At least 7 killed in Afghan Quran burning protests
At least seven Afghans were shot dead and dozens wounded on Wednesday in clashes between police and demonstrators protesting over the burning of the Quran at a US-run military base, officials said.
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