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• Colorado Springs Airman will be laid to rest Monday

  March 7, 2012 12:18 PM

  A funeral service for a Colorado Springs native killed in Africa will be held March 12 at 10 a.m. in the Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, followed by a graveside service at the Academy cemetery. Capt. Ryan Hall, 30, was one of four Airmen killed Feb. 18 when their... more »

• Local airman killed in aircraft crash in Africa

  February 20, 2012 10:32 AM

  A 30-year-old airman from Colorado Springs had died while in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Capt. Ryan P. Hall was killed Saturday near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Africa after their aircraft was involved in a crash. Hall was assigned to the 319th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla. ... more »

• Prosecutors ask for life sentence for Ahmed Ghailani

  January 17, 2011 7:39 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors in New York say the first Guantanamo detainee to be convicted in a civilian court is "evil" and deserves a life sentence for helping al-Qaida bomb two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998 and open the door to more terrorism. The government submitted papers... more »

• African native travels across world to teach in Pueblo

  January 7, 2010 2:51 PM

  A science teacher has traveled more than 8,400 miles to Pueblo, as part of a unique teacher exchange program. Omony Alex is from Gulu, Uganda in Africa. This is his first visit to the United States, and as you can imagine he's still adjusting to the cold winter weather... more »

• Last of rare rhinos moved in bid to breed

  December 22, 2009 7:41 AM

  A 38 year-old northern white rhino born in south Sudan ate African grasses for the first time in three decades Monday, the first full day on the continent for the world's last four northern white rhinos capable of breeding. The rhinos' handlers and park officials hope the rhinos will... more »

• Alicia Keys to bring 5 people on trip to Africa

  December 1, 2009 9:40 AM

  Alicia Keys says her first visit to Africa was so emotional and inspiring that she is ready to take others there to experience something similar. The Grammy-winning singer is launching a contest through her charity, Keep a Child Alive, that will give five people an opportunity to visit the continent... more »

• Recognizing progress and work to be done on AIDs

  December 1, 2009 8:50 AM

  Activists, politicians and health officials are among those marking World AIDS day. In Beijing, dozens of official volunteers passed out AIDS leaflets while a small group of activists demanded more government recognition and help. The U.S. plans to give South Africa $120 million. President Jacob Zuma's goal is to... more »

• Baboon gangs in S. Africa get more aggressive

  November 25, 2009 9:48 AM

  Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons. The cheeky primates have learned how to open car doors and jump through windows in pursuit of... more »

• UN: Nearly 200 million children undernourished

  November 11, 2009 12:36 PM

  A new U.N. report says there are nearly 200 million children around the world who have stunted growth because they don't get enough to eat. The U.N. children's agency says more than 90 percent of those children live in poor Asian and African countries. The UNICEF report also says undernourished... more »

• West Africa's giraffes make a big comeback

  November 8, 2009 8:46 AM

  A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil. The tallest animals on earth are here, the guide says, somewhere amid the scant green bush on one side, and the thatched... more »

• New vaccine offers hope in Africa's malaria battle

  November 3, 2009 8:47 AM

  Final stages of testing are under way in malaria-plagued Africa on a vaccine that appears to be able to prevent the disease in about 50 percent of children. If it's found to be safe, it could be on the market in three to five years - the first vaccine against... more »

• Tigers in fast decline, experts warn

  October 28, 2009 3:01 PM

  The world's tiger population is declining fast despite efforts to save them, and new strategies are urgently needed to keep the species from dying out, international wildlife experts said Tuesday. "We are assembled here to save tigers that are at the verge of extinction," Nepal's secretary of forest and... more »

• 600,000 dealing with flooded homes in Africa

  September 14, 2009 12:03 PM

  The only piece of furniture that survived the most recent flood in Fatou Dione's house is her bed. It's propped up on cinderblocks and hovers just above the water lapping at the walls of her bedroom. The water stands a foot deep throughout her house. She shakes off her... more »