Africa

KHARTOUM, Sudan—Sudan's new prime minister has said that ending his country's international pariah status and drastically cutting military spending are prerequisites for rescuing a faltering economy. Abdalla Hamdok, a respected ...

NAIROBI, Kenya—Some African countries are canceling Chinese development projects and licenses as governments wake up to the potential risks ...

MUTARE, Zimbabwe—Chinese investors are investing millions of dollars into the farming sector in Zimbabwe— particularly tobacco farming—sparking experts ...

BLANTYRE, Malawi—Hundreds of people continue to be exposed to the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

At least 19 people were killed when a fuel truck exploded after losing control and ramming into three ...

CAIRO—Sudan's pro-democracy movement and ruling military council signed a final power-sharing agreement Aug. 17 at a ceremony in ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania—A damaged tanker truck exploded in eastern Tanzania as people were trying to siphon fuel ...

KAYOLE, Kenya—For women in Kenya who choose to take an unlicensed Chinese contraceptive pill, there may be some ...

KHARTOUM—Sudan's military rulers and the main opposition coalition initialed a constitutional declaration on Aug. 4, paving the way ...

A drone airstrike by eastern Libyan forces on the southern Libyan town of Murzuq has killed at least ...

DAR ES SALAAM—A light plane crashed in western Tanzania on Saturday, killing two South Africans, officials said late ...

China’s desire for furniture made of rosewood is decimating forests in Ghana, as corruption and collusion are driving ...

KINSHASA, Congo—The 1-year-old daughter of the man who died of Ebola in Congo's major city of Goma this ...

MUTARE, Zimbabwe—Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa is courting Chinese investors as China's Zhejiang Province commits to a partnering arrangement ...

A Cambridge University student died after falling out of a plane while heading to Madagascar to study, it ...

KINSHASA, Congo—Officials in Congo on Tuesday said a second Ebola case had been confirmed in Goma, the city ...

At least 65 people were killed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in northeastern Nigeria as people gathered for ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—At least 65 people died in an attack by suspected Islamists on a group returning from a ...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo—Congo's health minister resigned on July 22 after being stripped of responsibility for ...

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, ...