WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hosts the leaders of four African nations this week, all of which are cited in a new report for effectively increasing spending on agriculture to combat extreme poverty and hunger.Full story
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The collapse of the International Criminal Court's case against an ally of Kenya's president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta is the latest blow to a tribunal under close scrutiny for securing just one conviction since it was set up more than a decade ago. Full story
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's anti-graft commission has indicted 29 state employees - including the country's top doctor - for corruption, most of it linked to the misuse of funds from a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-backed vaccine provider, officials said on Friday. Full story
Secondary school graduate Santrica Sesay, 18, makes a phone call after depositing her application to Sierra Leone's prestigious Fourah Bay College in the capital Freetown, November 20, 2012. Sesay was applying to Fourah Bay College's engineering program, one of the few such programs in the country,
Communications student Mohamed Alpha Ba, 21, poses for a picture in the studio of the radio station he volunteers with, at Sierra Leone's prestigious Fourah Bay College in the capital Freetown, November 20, 2012. Picture taken November 20, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Penney (SIERRA LEONE - Tags: EDUCATION MED
A student studies under a tree on the campus of Sierra Leone's prestigious Fourah Bay College in the capital Freetown, November 20, 2012. Picture taken November 20, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Penney (SIERRA LEONE - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY)
The campus of Sierra Leone's prestigious Fourah Bay College is seen in the capital Freetown, November 20, 2012. Picture taken November 20, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Penney (SIERRA LEONE - Tags: EDUCATION)
Tunisia's Youssef Msakni fights for the ball with Sierra Leone's Mustapha Dumbuya during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at the Rades Stadium in Tunis March 23, 2013. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER)
Tunisia's players celebrate after scoring a goal against Sierra Leone during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at the Rades Stadium in Tunis March 23, 2013. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER)
