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Global leaders called Tuesday for urgent efforts to address global food insecurity amid fears of disastrous harvests next year, as...

Uganda's health ministry on Tuesday announced the country's first fatality from the highly contagious Ebola virus since 2019, declaring an...

Youngsters in Ivory Coast return to school this week with a sword of Damocles above their heads: those with average...

As flies buzz over his tiny body, two-year-old Sadak Ibrahim barely whimpers, too weak to cry or shoo them away...

Africa offers a vast underdeveloped market for global sports, with thousands of athletes ready to join international ranks if only...

UN investigators said Monday they believed Ethiopia's government was behind ongoing crimes against humanity in Tigray and warned the resumption...

Chad's foreign minister resigned on Monday, accusing the ruling junta of sidelining him at a key forum aimed at steering...

Benin's historic female warriors known as the Amazons of Dahomey are legendary across West Africa, but a Hollywood production is...

Twice former champions Asante Kotoko of Ghana were shocked by Rail Kadiogo of Burkina Faso on Sunday in the CAF...

As twilight nestles behind the mountains in Nongoma town, the birthplace of South Africa's ethnic Zulu group, thousands of young women...

Eight Namibian cheetahs arrived in India Saturday, decades after their local extinction, in an ambitious project to reintroduce the spotted...

Queen Elizabeth II smiling at children waving Kenyan flags and the Union Jack, alighting from the "Royal Train "or shaking...

A leading Chadian rebel flew home on Friday to join talks on the country's political future, after spending two years...

The West African state of Guinea on Friday announced that the long-awaited trial over a 2009 massacre will begin on...

Sierra Leone is to delay the phaseout of its old currency until next spring, the central bank said. On July...

Hundreds of Boko Haram jihadists have fled a forest enclave in northeast Nigeria, escaping air strikes by the military and...

On a chilly spring morning, a kilted piper playing the bagpipes led diplomats into Harare's stone-walled Anglican Cathedral for a...

President Joe Biden on Friday will welcome South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa to the White House, part of a renewed...

On a sandy street in a northern Malian town, armed guards take turns at a checkpoint next to two unmarked...

Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate recently traveled to the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa to hear from children suffering from starvation....

US climate envoy John Kerry on Thursday urged African countries to help overcome divisions between rich and poor nations at...

Angolan President Joao Lourenco vowed to push ahead with economic reform and hailed voters' "tolerance" as he was sworn in...

The world's poorest countries say they will insist that the UN's upcoming climate talks push ahead with proposals for a...

Fuel prices in Kenya surged to record highs on Thursday after the new government slashed subsidies, piling on misery for...

For decades, Egyptians have dreamed of bringing back some of the glories of their ancient civilization scattered across museums and...

A general who became a graft buster and turned on his political patron, Angolan President Joao Lourenco will be sworn...

Angolan President Joao Lourenco is to be sworn in for a second term on Thursday amid tight security after a...

The International Organization of Immigrants (IOM) is asking for humanitarian help as the situation deteriorates in Somalia. According to the...

Ivory Coast on Wednesday accused Mali of "blackmail" over 46 Ivorian troops who have been detained by Bamako and called...

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving British monarch, will be laid to rest on Monday, September 19 at Westminster Abbey. The...