The crash involved multiple vehicles and was one of the deadliest road accidents in the East African country in decades.

The two committed to stop attacking each other after the worst outbreak of hostilities in years. But the underlying causes remain, analysts warn.

The young people who toppled the government are now confronting questions about what’s next, and who will deliver on their demands.

After weeks of protests calling for him to resign, Madagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, seemed to have left the country, and the military said it had taken control. John Eligon, the Johannesburg bureau chief for The New York Times, explains what we know and don’t know.

Thousands paid their respects at a stadium in Nairobi. President William Ruto said the spirit of Mr. Odinga, who died at 80, “lives within every Kenyan and every African.”

After the Trump administration stopped funding a medical center for women and children, a determined group of health care workers refused to let it shutter.

Hunger and the diseases that stalk small children have surged in Somalia after the U.S. slashed its aid to the country.

The deadly tumult was the latest example of officers’ using force to quell demonstrations in the country.

The blaze and arrests of protesters highlight the strife in the country, whose longtime president faced rare electoral opposition.

The proposals would transform a program aimed at helping the most vulnerable people in the world into one that gives preference to mostly white people who say they are being persecuted.

Protesters say their anger reflects a lack of economic opportunity on a continent with the world’s youngest population.

A deep sense of unease has gripped Iran since American and Israeli airstrikes in June, but on a recent visit to the capital, we found that many Iranians seemed to be just trying to get by.

A pivotal political leader who helped usher in multiparty democracy, he ran unsuccessfully for the presidency five times.

President Andry Rajoelina appears to have left the country after weeks of protests calling for him to resign.

President Andry Rajoelina has vowed to remain in office after weeks of protests against his government that drove him into hiding.

The move followed weeks of intense and deadly protests against the government of President Andry Rajoelina, who himself came to power in a coup.

The bus was carrying passengers from Zimbabwe and Malawi who were traveling back to their home countries.

President Paul Biya of Cameroon would be nearly 100 years old by the time he completed his eighth term, but he has promised that “the best is still to come.”

The unit appealed to security forces in this southern African nation to disobey their superiors and to refuse to shoot at demonstrators, who have rallied in the streets for more than two weeks.

Missiles struck as many people were asleep in classrooms converted into temporary shelters, a doctor said. Paramilitary forces have tightened their siege on El Fasher for over a year.