Three days after mudslides killed hundreds in Sierra Leone's capital city, government officials are still searching for bodies under the rubble. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with the president's spokesman, Abdulai Bayraytay, about how the West African country is responding to the disaster.

The U.S. conducted three airstrikes against al-Shabaab in Somalia, killing seven fighters, U.S. Africa Command confirmed Thursday.

The Guardian reported that police announced one person was arrested in relation to the attack on Thursday where someone drove a white van through the busy, pedestrian area of Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain which has left at least 13 dead, and more than 50 injured. Spanish national police released one photograph of the suspect who allegedly rented the van and identified him as Driss Oukabir, but it wasn't clear if he was the suspect in custody. Guardia Civil reported that they identified one suspect thought to have hired the white Fiat van that was used in the attack with the suspect being from North Africa but in the possession of an NIE, the identity document issued to foreigners who are a...

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CENTURION, South Africa (AFP) - The 20-year-old South African model that Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe is alleged to have assaulted was offered cash to make potential charges "go away", a lawyer said on Thursday (Aug 17).

A South African model, who accused Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe of assault, is being represented by the lawyer who secured the murder conviction of Oscar Pistorius. (Aug. 17)

Rep. Will Hurd of Texas is one of three African-American Republicans in Congress. Hurd, a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Select Committee on Intelligence, joins "CBS This Morning" from his hometown of San Antonio to discuss the outrage at President Trump's response to the deadly Charlottesville violence and how the Republican Party is broader than one individual.

Gabon's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Nigeria women's coach Florence Omagbemi are the only Africans on the shortlists for Fifa's annual awards.

Police are instructed to stop Zimbabwe's first lady, accused of assault, from leaving South Africa.

African-Americans are more likely to experience debilitating migraine headaches than whites, but a new study probing the issue found no evidence of racial disparities in treatment practices. Instead, researchers report a different finding that affects everyone: opioid overuse.

The U.S. military says it has killed seven al-Shabab fighters in a series of airstrikes in Somalia as the Trump administration steps up efforts against the deadliest Islamic extremist group in Africa.