Africa

Plans by the government of Zimbabwe to export as many as 35 baby elephants to China has sparked an outcry among wildlife conservationists who say proper procedures haven't been followed.

Madimutse was the first of the 8 survivors to be rescued from the Battlefields mine shafts disaster in ...

KAJIADO, Kenya—On a sunny and dusty morning in Rongai, about 12 miles south of Kenya's capital Nairobi, David ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania—A Tanzanian court sentenced a prominent Chinese businesswoman dubbed the "Ivory Queen" to 15 years ...

ABUJA—President Muhammadu Buhari on Feb. 18 warned that anyone trying to tamper with Nigeria's postponed vote risked their ...

BATTLEFIELDS, Zimbabwe—Zimbabwean rescuers pulled the bodies of at least 22 illegal gold miners out of shafts west of ...

A Georgia businessman, who was photographed holding a gun next to two dead elephants in Zimbabwe, said the ...

Nigeria’s presidential and National Assembly elections will be held on Feb. 16.

A newborn baby girl was rescued from a storm drain by emergency workers in South Africa after a ...

The black leopard, also known as the black panther, was photographed in Kenya, which marks the first recorded sighting ...

The Chinese regime recently wrote off $78 million of Cameroon’s debt while Yang Jiechi, China’s top diplomat, visited ...

Beijing’s efforts to seize control of a major port facility in Djibouti is under scrutiny after a lawsuit ...

A dog survived a steak knife being plunged two inches deep into his skull when he growled at ...

Civil society activists say the Chinese companies get away with ignoring the regulations.

JOHANNESBURG—South Africa's rand will lose half of the 7 percent gains made against the U.S. dollar since the ...

BENGHAZI, Libya—Eastern Libyan forces loyal to Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar captured the closed El Sharara oilfield on Feb. ...

CAIRO—An Egyptian parliamentary committee on Feb. 5 approved proposed constitutional amendments which would allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ...

LAGOS, Nigeria—After failed attempts to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in search of greener pastures, many Nigerian ...

DAKAR, Senegal—The deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo marked six months last week with officials noting a worrying ...

NAIROBI, Kenya—Fear and panic rocked Kenya's capital, Nairobi, at 3 p.m. on Jan. 15 when four armed gunmen ...

Ellen Juru could not hide her grief as she stared at a photograph of her son clad in ...

CAIRO—Egyptian security forces have arrested 54 people, including suspected members of the Muslim Brotherhood, for planning to hold ...

China is backing infrastructure projects it has financed in Africa with an ever-increasing military presence on the continent—and ...

Officials in Tanzania said 10 children who were kidnapped in December were found dead and were missing body ...

ABUJA—A legal case against Nigeria's top judge which raised fears of interference in next month's presidential election was ...

KINSHASA/WASHINGTON—Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi won important endorsements from the United States and two African neighbors ...

The Kenyan government may lose not only some key assets but also have its full sovereign rights undermined ...