Africa

GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo—Congo's health minister resigned on July 22 after being stripped of responsibility for managing the country's Ebola outbreak, over the controversial introduction of a second ...

A man was arrested after he hopped onto the wing of an airplane as it was preparing to ...

KWASASI, Kenya—It's midday in Kwasasi village, Lamu County, a few miles from the Indian Ocean coastline in Kenya, ...

CAIRO—Sudan's pro-democracy movement and the ruling military council signed a document early July 17 that outlines a power-sharing ...

Three terrorists belonging to the ISIS extremist group were sentenced to death by firing squad on July 18 ...

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a "public health emergency of international concern,” said ...

MUTARE, Zimbabwe—Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he plans to stop a Chinese company from carrying out quarrying activity ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia—Islamic extremists blew up the gate of a Somali hotel with a car bomb and took over ...

Death toll from the attack on a hotel in Somalia's port city of Kismayu has risen to 26, ...

JOHANNESBURG—The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) executive board approved a bailout worth nearly $449 million for OPEC member Congo ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands—The International Criminal Court on July 8 convicted a notorious rebel commander known as "The Terminator" ...

BLANTYRE, Malawi—Nineteen-year-old Chancy Malata has few kind words to say about his former Chinese bosses. He worked for ...

MUTARE, Zimbabwe—A Zimbabwean legislator is taking on Chinese companies that he says aren't adhering to local laws and ...

KHARTOUM, Sudan—Sudan's ruling military council and the country's pro-democracy movement have reached a power-sharing agreement, including a timetable ...

The U.N. migration agency says a boat carrying 86 migrants from Libya sank in the Mediterranean overnight, and ...

TAPACHULA, Mexico—As the roosters interrupt the calm morning air in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, a group of 18 Africans ...

At least 44 people died in a Libyan migrant detention hub after an airstrike hit the building, in ...

An air strike hit a detention center for mainly African migrants in a suburb of the Libyan capital ...

MUTARE, Zimbabwe—Illegal logging, mostly by Chinese companies, in Mozambique has left a trail of destruction, with the altered ...

NAIROBI, Kenya—It's midmorning in downtown Nairobi and the Gikomba market, Kenya’s gateway for the importation of second-hand clothes, ...

A magician was accidentally shot with a crossbow as horrified crowds watched a show gone wrong in South ...

TUNIS—Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in separate attacks on police in the Tunisian capital on June 27, ...

CAIRO—Sudan's protest movement on June 27 said it received a new, joint proposal from the African Union and ...

ADDIS ABABA—Ethiopia held a memorial on June 25 for the army chief of staff slain with four other ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—The Ethiopian army general accused of leading a failed coup in a restive northern region was ...

JOHANNESBURG—During the past decade, China has cemented its position as the biggest economic and political partner of many ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe—Maria Menza wakes up at 4 a.m. to buy fruit at Mbare Musika, a fruit and vegetable ...