After a decades-long love affair with Ghana, the US musical icon is granted citizenship.

After a decades-long love affair with Ghana, the US musical icon is granted citizenship.

The United Nations is pledging to help Malawi recover from a widespread drought linked to the El Nino climate pattern. Government officials say the crisis has created a food shortage for nearly half of the country’s population. The pledge comes after U.N. officials visited Malawi to see the damage firsthand and identify ways to offer support. Lameck Masina has more from southern Malawi.

In the United States, each year there are fewer news organizations covering local communities, even near the nation’s capital. Some high school journalists are trying to help make up for the shortage. Robin Guess reports from Montgomery County, just outside Washington. Camera: Nazir Afzali.

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Netiporn "Bung" Sanesangkhom, 28, had been accused of insulting Thailand's monarchy.

Protesters angry at the lack of progress in the case of the 43 missing students threw firecrackers.

The company, Anglo American, owns two copper mines, in Chile and Peru.

The former apartheid regime said Chief Luthuli died in an accident after a train hit him in 1967.

The former apartheid regime said Chief Luthuli died in an accident after a train hit him in 1967.