The United Nations blamed Sudanese paramilitaries for the death of the governor of West Darfur, Khamis Abdullah Abakar. Sudan’s war has destabilized a fragile western region devastated by genocide in the early 2000s.

Dozens of members rescued from a church whose pastor is accused of telling followers to starve themselves appeared in court. A judge sent them to rehab rather than jail to await another hearing.

The disaster is the deadliest such episode off the country’s shores since the 2015 migrant crisis, and there were fears that the toll would rise. The cause was not immediately clear.

The boat capsized on the Niger River at night, when many passengers were returning from a wedding party.

South Africa is accused of helping supply Russia with weapons for the Ukraine war, a charge that South Africa denies.

The attack was attributed to a group that the United Nations says has killed hundreds of civilians in the region and forced thousands to flee.

After several protesters were killed by live ammunition this month in Senegal, many in the usually stable West African nation wonder what comes next.

A previously unexploded mortar shell went off as children were playing around it in a city in southern Somalia.

American officials say they uncovered a countrywide scheme to divert food aid to “military units,” in a country where 20 million people rely on donated relief.

The decision to fund medications to treat H.I.V.-AIDS patients in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean flew in the face of expert advice. But the U.S. did it anyway.

Judges at a special U.N. tribunal said they would create a procedure to allow them to hear evidence in the case against Félicien Kabuga, who has dementia, without the possibility of a conviction.

Hundreds have been killed in the western Darfur region since the nationwide conflict in Sudan began, raising fears of protracted warfare in an area already torn by decades of genocidal violence.

Tropical reefs, safaris, the pyramids: L.G.B.T.Q. travel companies deliver dream vacations, even to places where being out and proud could land you in prison.

The playwright, novelist and poet was a leading African writer who explored the complexities faced by modern women living in the shadow of colonialism.

Homo naledi, despite having tiny brains, may have lit fires and decorated walls around the graves of their dead, according to controversial new research.

Restitution efforts were underway, fueled by news that a museum was being planned in Nigeria to house the treasures. Then a surprising announcement sowed uncertainty.

It is common for people in this West African desert nation to divorce many times. And when they do, the women celebrate.

Demonstrators had battled with the police to protest a two-year prison sentence given to a leading opposition figure.

Adamantly progressive, openly gay and politically fearless, he cast a sharp eye on the country’s post-apartheid politics and culture.

The measures came a day after Sudan’s military pulled out of peace talks in the Saudi city of Jeddah that aimed to stop the fighting.