POACHERS BREAK INTO PARIS ZOO, SHOOT RHINO DEAD AND STEAL ITS HORN

The four-year-old rhinoceros, named Vince, was found dead this morning by keepers at Thoiry Zoo, to the west of the French capital... READ MORE›

U.S. GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS GO 'ROGUE' IN DEFIANCE OF TRUMP

Can't wait for President Trump to call us FAKE NEWS, one anonymous National Park Service employee posted on the newly opened Twitter account AltNatParkService... READ MORE›

KENYA SUPREME COURT ANNULS RESULT OF PRESIDENTIAL POLLS

Kenya's Supreme Court has nullified the result of the August 8 presidential election won by President Uhuru Kenyatta... READ MORE›

'MASSIVE RISE' IN HATE SPEECH ON TWITTER DURING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

That effort is taking on greater urgency as rampant abuse undercuts Twitter's business... READ MORE›

LOSS OF FERTILE LAND FUELS LOOMING CRISIS ACROSS AFRICA

Kenyans have complained about the size of the white-owned farms, saying many were stolen or unfairly acquired from Africans during colonial times... READ MORE›

TRUMP'S REVIVAL OF THE ANTIABORTION 'GAG RULE' COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT IN AFRICA

Trump's revival of the antiabortion 'gag rule' could have a big impact in Africa... READ MORE›

QUEBEC MOSQUE ATTACK: SOCIAL MEDIA TRIBUTES POUR IN

Social media users express solidarity after attack on a Quebec City mosque leaves six Muslims dead and eight wounded... READ MORE›

'IF WE STOPPED POACHING TOMORROW, ELEPHANTS WOULD STILL BE IN BIG TROUBLE'

Every year, around 100 people and 40 to 50 elephants are killed as a result in India, for example... READ MORE›

UHURU KENYATTA WINS KENYA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Kenya's incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared winner of the country's presidential election amid allegations of voting fraud by the opposition... READ MORE›

"I experienced every show, movie, webisode, album, book, webcomic, podcast, video game, Twitter feed, Tumblr, Instagram, Reddit AMA and op-ed you guys were telling me I had to check out... READ MORE›

#PORTEOUVERTE: PARIS RESIDENTS OPEN DOORS TO THOSE STRANDED BY ATTACKS

Twitter users in other countries also began using the hashtag to share their delight that social media was being used for a good cause... READ MORE›

KENYANS VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AMID FEARS OF VIOLENCE

In 2013, Mr. Kenyatta won by a margin so tiny that Mr. Odinga asked the Supreme Court to invalidate the election, although his effort was unsuccessful... READ MORE›

FOR STRANDED SOMALI REFUGEES FRIEND OF AMERICA IS A DEADLY LABEL

More than 25,000 refugees from Somalia, one of the poorest, hungriest, war-torn countries on earth, were in the pipeline to be resettled in the United States... READ MORE›

KENYAN CLOSURE OF DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP BLOCKED BY HIGH COURT

The High Court in Kenya has blocked the government's bid to close the largest refugee camp in the world... READ MORE›

KENYA OPPOSITION FILES CHALLENGE OVER ELECTION RESULTS

Lawyers for the Kenyan opposition filed a petition with the Supreme Court challenging President Kenyatta's re-election... READ MORE›

STATE OF THE ART TWITTER TO SAVE ITSELF MUST SCALE BACK WORLD-SWALLOWING AMBITIONS

Clarifying Twitter's mission would be painful for the people who work at the company... READ MORE›

KENYAN WOMEN URGED TO WITHHOLD SEX IN VOTE DRIVE

Mishi Mboko, the women's representative for the coastal city of Mombasa, says it was the best strategy to shore up opposition votes... READ MORE›

KENYA POLICE ORDERED TO INVESTIGATE ELECTION OFFICIALS

A fresh presidential election between Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga is due on October 26... READ MORE›

WHY KENYA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ON AUGUST 8 MATTERS

South Sudan is at the mercy of the elections in Kenya... READ MORE›

RAILA ODINGA WARNS OF RIGGING AHEAD OF KENYA ELECTION

The country descended into violence in 2007 after the opposition, led by Odinga, claimed the election results were rigged in favour of the then incumbent Mwai Kibaki... READ MORE›

MIGRANTS CLASH WITH THE MACEDONIAN POLICE IN PICTURES

Photograph Nikos Arvanitidis EPA Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close A migrant girl confronts a Macedonian police officer... READ MORE›

SYDNEY BAR UNDER FIRE FOR USING NAKED MODELS AS FRUIT PLATTERS

Another Twitter user described the display as appalling while historian Helen McDonald labelled it horrifying... READ MORE›

HACKERS ADD RAINBOWS, GAY PRIDE SLOGANS TO ISLAMIC STATE ACCOUNTS

Normally they take over Twitter accounts and fill them with Anonymous imagery and the phrase Islamic State, we own you... READ MORE›

LIVE TV OF AIRASIA SEARCH DELIVERS SHOCKING, SUDDEN NEWS TO RELATIVES

An Indonesian woman holds a family picture outside the crisis center at Juanda International Airport... READ MORE›

TV SHOW DROPPED AFTER RAPE COMMENT

He was hosting Miguna Miguna and Esther Passaris, aspirants for the Nairobi governor seat, when the off-air personal attack was made... READ MORE›

TWITTER FLOODED WITH PHOTOS OF KITTENS IN SUPPORT OF MANHUNT FOR TERROR SUSPECT

However, they soon realized that their Tweets might endanger the lives of police officers when Belgian authorities asked social media users to stop sharing details... READ MORE›

A DIGITAL FACT-CHECKER FIGHTS FAKE NEWS

Storyful says that's a common MO for social media propagandists... READ MORE›

PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA IS DECLARED VICTOR OF KENYAN ELECTION

Since Tuesday's election, Mr. Odinga has claimed that election commission servers had been hacked to award Mr. Kenyatta a 10-point lead... READ MORE›

NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD

New Year celebrations around the world - in pictures... READ MORE›

FOUR WOMEN DEAD IN SHOOTING AT MALL IN WASHINGTON STATE

NBC News reported that Washington State Patrol have said that there is no indication of terrorism in the shooting in Burlington... READ MORE›