Burkina Faso troops parole near the entrance to the Libya hotel where talks about the recent coup were taking place in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Sunday. (AP/Theo Renaut) The Burkina Faso ge... Read more
Friday afternoon announcements in Washington are usually aimed at attracting as little attention as possible, but last Friday was different. President Obama’s decision to nominate Eric Fanni... Read more
Viola Davis’s win is the first for an African-American actress in the drama category. In 1966, Bill Cosby was the first African-American actor to win an acting award in any category — an hon... Read more
Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson is standing by his view that a Muslim should not be president of the United States, telling The Hill in an interview on Sunday that whoever takes t... Read more
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has to go but the timing of his departure should be decided through negotiation. Speaking after ta... Read more
Burkina Faso coup leader,General Gilbert Diendere The African Union suspended Burkina Faso and slapped sanctions on the leaders of its military coup Friday as troops tried to stop pro... Read more
FILE – A picture taken on December 10, 2011 shows General Gilbert Diendere in Ouagadougou. Coup leaders in Burkina Faso say they have freed the country’s interim president as a... Read more
Italy’s most prominent black politician voiced dismay Thursday after fellow lawmakers blocked legal action against a far right politician who publicly compared her to an orangutan. Cec... Read more
The U.N. Security Council is unanimously demanding the immediate release of the president, prime minister and others being held hostage in Burkina Faso by renegade members of the presidentia... Read more
