Global Week in Review: Boko Haram Leader Continues to Threaten Nigeria

China sending troops to South Sudan for U.N. mission.

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Is This Boko Haram Leader Dead or Alive? - China sending 700 troops to South Sudan to join peacekeeping mission, plus more global news. — Natelege Whaley (@Natelege_) There is confusion over whether Abubakar Shekau, the man who leads Nigeria's Boko Haram  and responsible for kidnapping 200 schoolgirls in April, is dead. The military has reported he was killed. But Shekau continues to resurface in videos the terrorist group has released.  (Photo: AP Photo/File)

China Sending 700 Troops to South Sudan to Help in Peacekeeping Mission - In an effort to protect their oil investments in South Sudan, China sent 700 troops to the country to join in peacekeeping efforts being organized by the United Nation. The date and location are to be announced, the Defense Ministry spokesman said.  (Photo: Zhang Yuelin/Xinhua Press/Corbis)

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China Sending 700 Troops to South Sudan to Help in Peacekeeping Mission - In an effort to protect their oil investments in South Sudan, China sent 700 troops to the country to join in peacekeeping efforts being organized by the United Nation. The date and location are to be announced, the Defense Ministry spokesman said.  (Photo: Zhang Yuelin/Xinhua Press/Corbis)

Activists Say Kenya Finally Tackling Sexual Violence - A suspect in the gang rape of a Kenyan woman known as "Liz" was arrested last week, according to a court official, Reuters reports. The suspect is 18. Those who have campaigned for justice for Liz believe that this is a sign of progress. "There is finally some engagement on tackling this epidemic," Brendan Wynne, a spokesman for the women's rights advocacy group Equality Now, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. (Photo: Daniel Irungu /Landov)

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Activists Say Kenya Finally Tackling Sexual Violence - A suspect in the gang rape of a Kenyan woman known as "Liz" was arrested last week, according to a court official, Reuters reports. The suspect is 18. Those who have campaigned for justice for Liz believe that this is a sign of progress. "There is finally some engagement on tackling this epidemic," Brendan Wynne, a spokesman for the women's rights advocacy group Equality Now, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. (Photo: Daniel Irungu /Landov)

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Mosquito-Borne Virus Spreading in Jamaica - Jamaica's health minister said Sunday that the chikungunya virus, a mosquito-born illness, is sickening people on the Caribbean island, especially in the St. Thomas parish. The virus has no cure, the Associated Press reports. The official said the government is doing its best to contain the illness.  (Photo: Paul Bertner/Getty Images)

Tunisia Presidential Candidates Announced - History is being made in Tunisia's presidential election. For the first time in the country's history, a woman, Kalthoum Kannou, who is a judge, will run for president. There are 27 candidates running for November's presidential seat overall. (Photo: Philippe Lissac / Godong/Corbis)

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Tunisia Presidential Candidates Announced - History is being made in Tunisia's presidential election. For the first time in the country's history, a woman, Kalthoum Kannou, who is a judge, will run for president. There are 27 candidates running for November's presidential seat overall. (Photo: Philippe Lissac / Godong/Corbis)

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Rain, Aid Prevents Famine South Sudan - South Sudan may face a famine in early 2015, but food aid and normal rainfall has prevented it from coming sooner. The development ministry said that food security is expected to improve through the end of 2014. (Photo: Matthew Abbott/AP Photo)

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Rain, Aid Prevents Famine South Sudan - South Sudan may face a famine in early 2015, but food aid and normal rainfall has prevented it from coming sooner. The development ministry said that food security is expected to improve through the end of 2014. (Photo: Matthew Abbott/AP Photo)

Guinea Delays Vote - The long anticipated presidential elections this Sunday in West Africa’s Guinea has been postponed by at least two weeks due to a fire at the warehouse facility storing the voting materials. An election commission spokesman blamed the fire on a short circuit, but supporters of leading candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo have accused the government of trying to sabotage the election, which has been postponed several times this summer.

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At Least 22 People Die in Crash in Guinea-Bissau - Twenty-two people died Friday in a crash that hit a land mine as they were on their way to a funeral in Mansoa, Guinea-Bissau. (AP Photo)