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The Libyan city of Gharyan sculpted a reputation for ceramics generations ago, but fragile demand is forcing potters to seek...

The first mountain bongos have been released into a sanctuary beneath Mount Kenya under a world-leading program to save the...

Several dozen people have been killed in a spasm of intercommunal violence in a disputed area of South Sudan, the...

Chad's ruling junta on Wednesday changed mediators in talks with the country's armed rebels, a move that sources said pointed...

Ten villagers in southeastern Niger were killed by suspected jihadists from Nigeria's Boko Haram group, local sources said on Wednesday....

Despite his financial services job in the north Nigerian city of Kano, two years ago Usman Ahmad started buying cheaper...

An outbreak of yellow fever, an acute and contagious viral disease, has claimed four lives in Kenya since it was...

Sudanese security forces have raided the offices of an independent committee probing a 2019 crackdown in which more than 100...

Nadia was just 16 when she was married off to a violent husband old enough to be her father --...

For Congolese asylum-seeker Ruth, the fact her husband beat her was something she used to keep a tightly guarded secret....

Russia has invaded Ukraine, and NATO's full support for Ukraine is far from clear. Muslim Chechen troops in Ukraine are...

Near the rusting carcass of a smelter, barefoot men and women scratch at the ground in the quest for cassiterite...

A top Chinese lender has imposed "aggressive" repayment terms on a $200 million loan to expand Uganda's international airport, US-based...

The scene has become all-too-common during Ethiopia's drawn-out war: thousands of Eritrean refugees, shell-shocked and separated from loved ones, fleeing...

At least one Zimbabwean opposition activist was killed and 17 others were hospitalized on Sunday after violence broke out during...

Talks between Chad's military-led government and armed rebel groups due to start Sunday in Qatar have been postponed, African diplomats...

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday said his party had joined an opposition coalition ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections...

What can be done to prevent Africa from becoming the world's biggest dumping ground for plastic? That's one of the...

More than 100 nations convening in Nairobi next week are expected to take the first steps toward establishing a historic...

Five Western nations urged Libyans on Friday not to drag the National Oil Corporation into political disputes that could threaten...

A top court in Gabon has dismissed a bid by opposition figures for a medical assessment of President Ali Bongo...

Five workers with the French medical charity MSF have been kidnapped in Cameroon's Far North, a region troubled by jihadist...

Somalia on Friday extended its deadline to finish voting for the lower house of parliament, the latest in a series...

The world has a rare opportunity to clean up the planet for future generations by uniting behind an ambitious treaty...

Russia has been branded a pariah for invading Ukraine, but in the remote Central African Republic, the country has fans...

A UN expert on Thursday urged Sudanese forces to stop firing live ammunition and tear gas at anti-coup protesters in...

Two manga-like avatars lock swords against a comic strip backdrop, as Alexander Poone explains the different worlds of "The Traveler"...

A commission created by the junta that seized power in Burkina Faso last month has proposed a 30-month transition period...

Malawi said Thursday it will launch a nationwide polio vaccination campaign next month following the detection of its first case...

Her tiny mouth is constantly open, trying to suck in air. Adama Assan is four months old, but tips the...