U.S. embassy official attacked in Kenya
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A U.S. embassy official was seriously   wounded after being shot in the chest in Kenya's crime-ridden   capital, an embassy spokeswoman said on Monday.
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The Nairobi residence of the newly elected Somali president is attacked by unknown gunmen.
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MOLO, Kenya  - The European Union's chief election monitor in Kenya on Friday condemned clashes that have killed hundreds and displaced thousands in the run-up to a December 27 presidential and parliamentary election.
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U.S. envoy Jendayi Frazer called violence in Kenyaâs Rift Valley âclear ethnic cleansingâ aimed at Kikuyu people.
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At least one person is killed and several others are injured in an explosion in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, police say.
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The US embassy in Damascus is reported to have come under attack, with reports of heavy gunfire and explosions.
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The British ambassador to Kenya  launched a fresh attack on President Mwai Kibaki's government  on Wednesday, saying tentative anti-graft efforts failed to  stop the "massive looting" of public funds.
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The leading U.S. diplomat for Africa met with Kenya's president and the head of the opposition on Saturday to encourage a peaceful resolution after the disputed presidential election that sparked days of deadly riots.
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CAIRO, Jan. 1 -- Gunmen opened fire on a car carrying a U.S. diplomat in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum early Monday, fatally wounding the American official and his Sudanese driver, the U.S. Embassy there said.
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The American ambassador to Kenya said that his worry about the post-election crisis was the possible rift among the countryâs opposing politicians.
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An American diplomat was shot and killed early Tuesday by gunmen in a passing car who cut him off as he was being driven home in Sudan's capital. Sudanese officials insisted it was not a terrorist attack but the U.S. embassy said it was too soon to determine the motive.
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Four armed men attacked the United   States embassy in Damascus on Tuesday but the assault was   repelled and Syrian officials said all diplomats were safe.
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The United States has warned eight Kenyans it could bar their entry on suspicion of stoking the violence that has convulsed the country since President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election, officials said on Thursday.
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The top United States diplomat for Africa has described the violence in parts of Kenya since the disputed presidential election as 'clear ethnic cleansing'
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BEIRUT, Lebanon -- An explosion targeted a U.S. Embassy vehicle Tuesday in northern Beirut, and there were casualties, a senior Lebanese security official said.
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Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday he was "appalled" by the violence that has engulfed Kenya after its presidential election.
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The United States intensified pressure on Kenya's rival politicians to end a bloody political crisis as the country's foreign minister warned Sunday that any solution imposed by foreigners would ultimately fail.