Africa

At least nine people were killed in an overnight attack at a bar in the latest violence in Burundi's capital, witnesses said Sunday, as security forces went door-to-door to disarm ...

A new refugee camp with 2,500 temporary homes is being built in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri for ...

A cargo plane taking off from the South Sudanese capital of Juba crashed along the banks of the ...

New managers of Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. say the West African nation will start selling and buying oil ...

Congo's government cleared the way Monday for dozens of children to join their adoptive families abroad after more ...

Five Islamic extremists attacked a hotel at dawn Sunday in the capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 6 people ...

Rebels in South Sudan said Thursday they have seized U.N. river barges they suspect are transporting weapons for ...

Many African countries are in the grip of a nuclear fad. They believe nuclear energy will bring with ...

Egyptian authorities granted government workers a half-day off on Monday in an attempt to bolster low turnout in ...

Beards without moustaches, the trademark of ultraconservative Islamists, were all the rage at this campaign rally, among both ...

London's Royal Free Hospital says the condition of a nurse being treated for complications resulting from Ebola has ...

All in all, the last month in Africa has offered plenty to raise eyebrows.

Two groups of suicide bombers targeted a busy market and a refugee camp in Chad on Saturday, killing ...

A Tunisian democracy group won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its contributions to the first and ...

Two women suicide bombers killed 15 people, including themselves, early Wednesday in northeast Nigeria at a mosque in ...

From the perspective of a U.S. national security specialist, we live in a dark and gloomy world.

President Barack Obama on Monday announced notable steps to upgrade U.N peacekeeping, with his administration saying more than ...

Somalia isn’t benefiting much from Ethiopia’s “help” in fighting a war against terrorism, but Ethiopia has much to ...

UN sustainability goals should not overlook population growth centered in the poor, least developed countries.

Burundi may have slipped off the world's attention, but the crisis that erupted in May when President Pierre ...

The Egyptian president on Wednesday pardoned two journalists for Al-Jazeera English and dozens of human rights activists, state ...

Burkina Faso's interim president declared Wednesday he is once again in charge of the country a week after ...

The Burkina Faso general who seized power in a coup last week apologized to the nation Monday and ...

As most Francophone African countries celebrate their 55 years of independence this year, this may be a good ...

Thousands of families flee Syria, a nation devastated since 2011 civil war, a dictator’s crackdown with chemical weapons ...

At least 12 people were killed and 10 injured in Egypt's southwestern desert Sunday when security forces mistakenly ...

A previously unknown human-like species was seemingly capable of ritual behavior long before previously thought. A burial chamber ...