What paleontologists long believed were long spines on the aptly named Alienacanthus turn out to be an extended lower jaw.

Six years after he was forced from office, former President Jacob Zuma, who still has a loyal following, is campaigning for opponents of the party he once led, the African National Congress.

In the 1990s, he oversaw troops that committed a host of atrocities against equally brutal Islamist rebels in what became known as the Black Decade.

After defending the former South African president and party leader during a slew of corruption scandals, the country’s powerful governing party punished Mr. Zuma for endorsing the opposition.

The sanctions were imposed after soldiers seized power in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.

As documentaries and series about teams proliferate, it’s easy to pine for the ones that offered the clearest windows into the game.

The 1,000-strong Kenyan force was intended to lead a multinational force financed by the United States to restore security in a Caribbean country terrorized by armed gangs.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken finished a four-nation tour of Africa with a visit to Angola, site of major new U.S. investments, which may help counter China’s influence.

Activists fear that one man’s sudden admission that he lit a crowded building ablaze to cover up a murder will let officials off the hook for failing to correct unsafe conditions there.

The episode in the country’s southwest highlights the risks faced by miners working in environments with little to no safety measures.

Track and field’s decision to bar intersex athletes from competing against women has raised questions about fair play and inclusion ahead of the Paris Games.

The police said the 29-year-old confessed to starting the fire last August, which tore through a derelict, overcrowded building occupied by poor people.

The genetic treatment targeted a particular kind of congenital deafness and will soon be tried in children who are younger.

Agadez, a desert outpost in the West African country of Niger, was officially closed to migration for years in a deal with the European Union. Now, the gate has reopened.

The secretary of state is beginning a tour of four African countries, hoping to promote positive news on the continent.

A look at the academic roots of the idea, which has stirred fierce debate when applied to Israel.

Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan was greeted by African leaders as if he had already won Sudan’s civil war. His forces have secretly been armed by the United Arab Emirates, an as-yet unpublished U.N. report found.

The country had made great progress against H.I.V. Now terrified patients have fled clinics, and experts fear a resurgence.

The authorities say Paul Nthenge Mackenzie told his followers to starve themselves and their children to death in the Shakahola Forest, where hundreds of bodies have been exhumed.

The soldiers were said to have disappeared into the water after a vessel boarding attempt. Pentagon officials said the episode was not related to recent clashes with the Houthi militia in Yemen.