South Africa's anti-migrant deadline forces fathers to leave families behind

With anti-migrant sentiment escalating in South Africa, Malawian John Allen threw some clothes in a bag, said goodbye to his South African partner and their one-year-old son, and left to catch a bus out of the country.

Gunmen abduct students sitting exams in northeast Nigeria

Gunmen burst into a school in northeastern Nigeria and abducted students as they were sitting exams on Monday morning, police said.

DRC bans mass gatherings in capital, three provinces to curb Ebola spread

DRC has banned mass gatherings in its capital, Kinshasa, and three other provinces in a bid to curb the spread of the Ebola virus, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.