Africa

An air strike hit a detention center for mainly African migrants in a suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli late on Tuesday, killing at least 44 people.

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

Commentary We are often told there are only six “communist” countries left—that is, nations ruled by an openly ...

KISUMU, Kenya—It’s midday at Dunga beach on the shores of Lake Victoria, and Benard Oluoch has just received ...

BAMAKO—At least 95 people were killed in an overnight attack on an ethnic Dogon village in central Mali, ...

YAOUNDE, Cameroon—Residents of a town in Cameroon are complaining about damage to their homes caused by a nearby ...

In the wake of a trade war with the United States and an economic downturn, China's state-run media ...

SUSWA, Kenya—A Kenyan who worked on the Chinese-built Nairobi-Naivasha Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) says he and his colleagues underwent ...

NYATIKE, Kenya—An early-morning chill sweeps through the villages of Nyatike constituency in southwest Kenya near the border with ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger was attacked on Saturday during his visit to South Africa.

MALAWI—On a cool morning, Moses Sitima sits on a wooden chair on the veranda of his two-bedroom house ...

An American woman who established a charity to help vulnerable girls in Liberia has resigned six months after ...

Family, friends, and fans are remembering the achievements of a former television host whose life was unexpectedly cut ...

The latest protests were called to mark the 34th anniversary of the toppling of former President Jaafar Muhammad ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe—The death toll from the cyclone that ripped into southern Africa last month is now above 1,000, ...

MUTARE, Zimbabwe—The environmental impacts by some Chinese companies operating in Zimbabwe can only be described as catastrophic, according ...

A pride of lions have eaten a suspected poacher who died from an elephant attack in the South ...

BAMAKO—Gunmen killed at least 134 Fulani herders in central Mali on Saturday, March 23, a local mayor said, ...

A former Texas state lawmaker is spearheading a campaign against radical environmentalists and powerful international organizations, whose policies ...

ADDIS ABABA/PARIS—The hunt for the cause of an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash that killed all 157 people on ...

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

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

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

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

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei’s market dominance in Africa can be exemplified by remarks made in 2016 by Pang ...

A video shows the moment several lions held up traffic on a street in South Africa. New footage ...

LAGOS, Nigeria—When Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari presented the country’s 2019 budget at a joint session of the country’s ...