Nigeria says 21 abducted Chibok schoolgirls freed in swap with Boko Haram

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Twenty-one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago were freed Thursday in a swap for detained leaders of the Islamic extremist group, government and military officials said, the first release since nearly 300 girls were taken captive in a case …

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Four shot at South African mine in latest unrest

JOHANNESBURG - South African police and security guards fired rubber bullets and tear gas Monday at sacked gold miners who were attacking colleagues to block them from working, the mine owner said. Police said four people were wounded at the mine that used to be partially owned by the president's …

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Some South African miners vow to fight to the death

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Rwanda threatens to withdraw peacekeepers

JOHANNESBURG - Rwanda has threatened to withdraw its troops from United Nations peacekeeping operations if the world body publishes a report accusing the Rwandan army of committing possible genocide in Congo in the 1990s, Rwanda's foreign minister says in a letter sent to the U.N.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO