A year ago, Libyans celebrated the death of dictator Moammar Gadhafi. I wrote then that despite enormous challenges, the country's prospects were actually pretty good. Its small, relatively well-educated population and abundant oil wealth certainly gave it a leg up on neighboring Egypt, which has to make its transition under dire economic circumstances.

Nigerians step up to CNN's Open Mic and deliver their message to the U.S. presidential candidates.

Njideka Akunyili started college planning to be a doctor, but left as an artist and is now billed as one of New York's most promising new talents.

I recently stumbled on a Nigerians For Obama Twitter handle, launched on October 10 this year. "We nigerians in American (sic) want to tell obama that we have got his back," the inaugural tweet read.

The transitional government of Guinea-Bissau said its forces killed six people after gunmen attacked the barracks of an elite military unit near the capital's airport Sunday.

International leaders meet in the Malian capital Friday to discuss military intervention as al Qaeda-linked rebels tighten their grip in the nation's north.