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As admirers of Russ Cook (a.k.a. 'Hardest Geezer') celebrated his monumental run across Africa, Cook joked at the finish line he was 'a bit tired' after his 352-day run.

The politics of northeastern Africa spilled over at several locations in Edmonton Saturday afternoon, prompting an army of police officers to don riot gear and break up fights.

ECOWAS has activated a 'standby force' to restore order in Niger after the junta ignored a deadline to release and reinstate deposed President Mohamed Bazoum.

The United States has some 1,100 military personnel in the country and has seen Niger as a strategic and reliable partner in the region.

Nearly two weeks since the coup and Niamey's mostly quiet streets are interspersed with pro-junta rallies, anti-foreign rhetoric and residents waving Russian flags.

Niger's mutinous soldiers closed the country's airspace and accused foreign powers of preparing an attack, as the junta defied a deadline to reinstate the ousted president.

Nigeria's Senate pushed back on Saturday against the plan by ECOWAS urging Nigeria's president, the bloc's current chair, to explore options other than the use of force.

A festival in Toronto was crashed by protesters, before skirmishes turned violent. Both the protesters and festival organizers say they hail from the Eritrean-Canadian community.

Calls poured in for Europe to develop safe and legal pathways of migration to prevent future deaths. Thousands of migrants have already made the dangerous journey this year.

The ocean temperatures have risen so high in Florida that one meteorologist compared the waters surrounding the state to a hot tub.

The rally, which runs from March 3-18, will feature 190 different crews from around the world, with 14 crews from Canada.

Officials in Niger unexpectedly announced Monday morning that the two men had taken a special flight to the country's capital but provided no details.

It's been more than 1,300 years since the Arabs colonized Tunisia. Why are its Indigenous people, the Amazigh, still struggling for basic recognition?

From the community coming together to support an evicted couple to First Nations women getting a crash course in disaster preparedness, here are five stories to make you smile.

A New Brunswick woman plans to hike 100 kilometres across the Sahara desert this fall in support of the 12 Neighbours tiny home project.

His South Pole journey saw challenges like altitude sickness and adjusting to 24-hour daylight conditions, but Dalip Shekhawat called it a 'breathtaking' experience.

TORONTO - As a devastating famine unfolds across a sub-Saharan war zone, an increasing number of Canadians half a world away are opening their wallets to support emergency relief in the Horn of Africa.

TRIPOLI, Libya - A Libyan spokesman said revolutionary forces have captured some fighters close to one of Moammar Gadhafi's sons in the fugitive leader's hometown but that he has no information that the son himself has been seized.

OSLO - Leymah Gbowee confronted armed forces in Liberia to demand that they stop using rape as a weapon. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became Africa's first woman to win a free presidential election. Tawakkul Karman began pushing for change in Yemen long before the Arab Spring. They share a commitment to women's rights in regions where oppression is common, and on Friday they shared the Nobel Peace Prize.

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyan fighters have surrounded the ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi, and it is only a matter of time until he is captured or killed, a spokesman for Tripoli's new military council said Wednesday.