Anti-immigrant violence in South Africa has forced tens of thousands to return to Malawi, severing badly needed cash flows and leaving families hungry.
Three African countries have started Tafouk TV, a Russia-partnered broadcast channel, after throwing out Western journalists and cracking down on local media.
The authorities said that the virus had been diagnosed in a man arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo and that they were taking measures to prevent any spread.
The Senegalese writer was lauded as one of the founding fathers of African literature despite publishing only two novels.
The crash was one of Nigeria’s worst military aviation accidents in years. The country has a history of fatal military aircraft crashes.
What happened in Mangala, where residents were left with little outside support, helps explain how this outbreak became the worst seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The conflict is raising fears of a regional war in the Horn of Africa, drawing in foreign powers including Eritrea, Egypt the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
The country was shaken after nearly 30 people were killed in two separate mass shootings. South Africans are demanding greater government intervention.
Wicknell Chivayo was riding in a helicopter with his wife when it plunged into a field. Dogged by corruption allegations, the businessman drew polarizing reactions even in death.
The Nigerian secured office space in a federal building, opened bank accounts and even held meetings with foreign diplomats. He says he is innocent.
Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, a lawyer and politician from the centrist Authenticity and Modernity Party, is only the second woman to lead the government of a North African country.
The Trump administration announced new visa restrictions on the country days after receiving a letter that South African officials had hoped would bring down the temperature.
Jocelyn Bioh’s breakthrough 2017 play about cliques and colorism is just as funny — and devastating — with a sharp ensemble and direction by Whitney White.
These were the latest deadly incidents at bars or taverns in a nation with one of the world’s highest murder rates.
A host of African leaders including the presidents of Ghana, Liberia, Kenya and Namibia demanded the reform, while the U.N. Secretary General said the lack of a permanent African seat was “indefensible.”
He won widespread acclaim as an unsigned artist, then used his fame to help other musicians in Britain and in Ghana break into the industry.
Early results in legislative elections showed the lowest voter turnout in nearly two decades. Economic frustrations have grown as Morocco is set to co-host the 2030 soccer World Cup.
Tigray People’s Liberation Front seized a key airport in the city of Mekelle, as fears grow of a possible return to a full-scale war.
Unemployment and poor public services fueled the border crisis at Ceuta and the Gen Z protests, but frustrated young people may stay away from the polls.
President Trump’s statement to the U.N. General Assembly that he could “drive them into hell with no chance of survival” was a jarring departure in a forum devoted to world peace.
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