The disfavor for intervention among American politicians and the public is understandable and a good restraint. But occasionally making a stand against atrocity and extremism, particularly when it's in danger of spreading, is a worthy goal for a great power. Mali just might be the place.

(Corrects date of previous stampede in final paragraph) * Witnesses say police triggered panic in crowd * President call...

There are lots of reasons why China invests in authoritarian regimes. And if any of the world's toughest dictators passes away in 2013, we may be able to see how much China's financial investments pay off in political influence.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- An Ivory Coast official says nine women have been sentenced to two years in prison each for involvement in female genital muti...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Authorities say they have foiled a coup plot led by military exiles loyal to the country's former president, airing a video th...

MONROVIA, Liberia — Ivorian government forces vowed Saturday to hunt down those responsible for an ambush that killed at least seven U.N. peacek...

Leadership is back in Africa. Perhaps for the first time in the continent's history, an official body, the economic community of west African states has succeeded in ending a coup in a nearby nation. That's something to celebrate.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Investigators with the International Criminal Court may have found mass graves in a western Ivory Coast town, a court official...

It is high time for Côte d'Ivoire's international partners to show that in addition to standing with the Ouattara government, they stand with all the Ivorian crisis' victims.

LOME, Togo — After venturing to reclusive Myanmar, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pressed democratic reforms Tuesday in another place...

There are certain crimes -- be they war crimes or crimes against humanity -- that are illegal, no matter what your position in society or in which nation you reside.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo was taken into custody by the International Criminal Court Wednesday to fac...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A plane believed to be carrying former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo landed early Wednesday in the Netherlands a...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- An international rights group says in a Thursday report that 13 military leaders from both sides of Ivory Coast's political di...

(Brussels) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) judges took a major step to ensure justice for victims in Côte d’Ivoire by autho...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Armed men from Liberia have killed at least 15 people in attacks on villages along the border over the last two days, Ivory Co...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — The United Nations says 26 people were killed in the last month in Ivory Coast and that residents blame most of the killi...