Africa

PARIS—France’s defense minister says French military forces fighting Islamic terrorists in West Africa “put away” more than 50 jihadists in a recent operation in Mali. Defense Minister Florence Parly tweeted ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—Survivors of a massacre by rebels in western Ethiopia on Sunday counted 54 bodies in a ...

An American hostage held by a group of armed men in West Africa was rescued early on Oct. ...

France's interior minister has said the country is engaged in a war against Islamist ideology and warned that ...

Seven Nigerian stowaways detained on an oil tanker off the Isle of Wight on Sunday have been bailed ...

Police are questioning seven Nigerian nationals following Sunday’s maritime security incident off the Isle of Wight, the Hampshire ...

The Greek operator of an oil tanker stormed by British forces on Sunday has expressed gratitude to the ...

Israel and Sudan agreed on Friday to take steps to normalize relations in a deal brokered with the ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday he will delist Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism because Sudan has ...

BAMAKO, Mali—A 75-year-old French aid worker held hostage for four years by Islamic extremists in Mali arrived Friday ...

Migrants wanting to relocate to Australia to live permanently with the person they're in a romantic relationship with ...

OUAGADOUGOU—Eighteen Burkinabe nationals died when a bus they were traveling in crashed near the town of Bouake in ...

HARARE—Zimbabwe suspects a bacterial disease called haemorrhagic septicaemia is behind the recent deaths of more than 30 elephants ...

The White House has announced plans to establish a joint pandemic research institute between the United States and ...

ABUJA—At least 28 people were killed on Wednesday when a gas tanker exploded in the central Nigerian state ...

GABORONE, Botswana—The sudden deaths of some 330 elephants in northwestern Botswana earlier this year may have occurred because ...

NAIROBI—Somali money transfer companies moved more than $3.7 million in cash between suspected weapons traffickers in recent years, ...

South Africa's State Security Agency on Monday said it was aware of reports of an alleged plot to assassinate ...

WASHINGTON—United Airlines said Wednesday it plans to add new non-stop flights to Africa, India, and Hawaii as it ...

A U.S. service member was injured in Somalia on Monday morning by the terrorist group al-Shabaab, according to ...

BOSASO, Somalia—Two Somali special forces soldiers were killed and a U.S. officer was seriously wounded in a car ...

Sudan’s transitional government agreed in principle to separate religion from the state, putting an end to 30 years ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe—The number of elephants dying in western Zimbabwe from a suspected bacterial infection, possibly from eating poisonous ...

JOHANNESBURG—Honking and drumming, tens of thousands of people protested Saturday in Mauritius over the government’s slow response to ...

KAMPALA, Uganda—Ten children have been killed in a lightning strike in a remote Ugandan town near the Congo ...

LAGOS—Nigerian Gbemisola Ijigbamigbe's right leg was virtually paralyzed after she contracted wild polio aged 11 months. Now the 28-year-old leads ...

Sudanese PM Abdalla Hamdok said he held "direct and transparent" talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, ...