KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — More than 20 people were killed Friday in southwest Congo when generators failed during a festival honoring a popular singer, plunging the stadium into darkness and causing a stampede, officials and witnesses said. The power ...

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — A local official in Central African Republic says Muslim fighters have overrun his town, killing several residents and sending others fleeing to the bush. Eric Kongbo said Monday that the fighters arrived in Grimari, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters are continuing efforts to clear the debris at the site of a deadly New York City explosion so that investigators can access the basements of the two flattened buildings to search for clues that might reveal what caused the blast.