Western museums are returning the Benin Bronzes — priceless items looted during colonialism — to Nigeria, but political infighting has jeopardized the ability to display and maintain the masterpieces. Our reporter, Alex Marshall, traveled to Nigeria to see some of the Bronzes.

The drone strikes were blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, extending a pattern of atrocities in Sudan’s 2½-year civil war.

The abduction of over 260 children from a Catholic school last month was the latest in a recent spate of kidnappings in the country.

The country’s interior minister said the situation was under control after a “small group of soldiers launched a mutiny,” but the president had yet to make a public statement.

Laduma Ngxokolo, the designer behind MaXhosa Africa, is on a mission to embrace his country’s history and traditions, rather than hide from them.

The police said they were searching for three assailants who opened fire, shooting 25 people. A 3-year-old boy was among the dead, while 14 survivors were being treated in the hospital.

The white descendants of Europeans who colonized the country are getting greater access to American officials this year, both in Washington and in Pretoria.

President Trump presided over a Congo-Rwanda peace deal on the same day his administration was being questioned about potential war crimes.

Paramilitary groups have intensified an offensive on a crucial region bordering Darfur, prompting fears of another massacre.

The president will meet with the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to advance a deal meant to end a long war in eastern Congo.

President William Ruto faces pressure after a Times investigation showed that his government downplayed or ignored the mistreatment of women working in Saudi Arabia.

President William Ruto faces pressure after a Times investigation showed that his government downplayed or ignored the mistreatment of women working in Saudi Arabia.

The sentencing of Ayachi Hammami, a prominent human rights lawyer, was the latest sign of Tunisia’s backsliding into authoritarianism, say rights groups.

President Trump referred to Somali immigrants as “garbage” during a White House meeting on Tuesday.

For generations of Algerians, the fierce independence of her persona reflected their struggles in a country torn by civil war and repression.

The South African government is investigating how more than a dozen men unwittingly ended up on the front line in Russia’s war on Ukraine.

The opposition has accused the president of putting a general in charge of the government so that he could stay in power.

American diplomats were told to raise U.S. concerns about “violent crimes associated with people of a migration background.”

The president did not attend this year’s annual gathering in South Africa, which has been a frequent target of his attacks.

The West African nation had recently held a presidential election in which the main opposition party was barred from the ballot.