After the deadliest shipwreck in decades in the Mediterranean, E.U. officials will pay Tunisia to prevent migrants from setting to sea.

As war rages in Sudan, the United Nations said the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and its allies were responsible for killing at least 87 people in the western region of Darfur.

A powerful new European weather orbiter’s cameras capture lightning in near real-time at day or night across more than 80 percent of the world’s surface.

A light dusting of snow coated many parts of Johannesburg on Monday, driving children and adults to nearby parks and playgrounds.

Manuel Chang, the former finance minister of Mozambique, is at the center of a scandal that roped in American investors.

Testimonies sent to the International Criminal Court detail accusations of torture and abuse committed against hundreds of victims before and after the elections in 2021.

Fierce fighting has erupted in the city of Omdurman, across the Nile from the capital, Khartoum, in a desperate battle to control supply routes.

The country’s maritime rescue authority said it had found a boat with 200 people aboard in the Atlantic, after an aid group raised concerns about a vessel that had departed from Senegal.

Even after museums decide to return stolen artifacts to their countries of origin, tariffs and red tape can prolong the process.

Nomcebo Zikode, the South African singer of the pandemic hit “Jerusalema” that inspired a global dance challenge, wrote the chorus while battling her own depression.

A new documentary tells how a Ugandan filmmaker and an American producer have reshaped African cinema.

A visit to a remote conservation park reveals the long-term impact on villagers of a crusade by the novelist Delia Owens and her husband to protect animals from poachers.

A cylinder of a type of gas often linked to illegal mining was found in a shack at an encampment near the city of Boksburg, an emergency services official said.

Macky Sall had considered seeking a third term in the West African country despite a constitutional limit of two.

The Netherlands formally abolished slavery in its colonies in 1863, but has only recently begun to actively acknowledge its participation in the practice.

The parties reached an interim agreement to renew their longstanding relationship, but say they’re still working out the details. It is unclear how much it will benefit Botswana, the world’s second largest diamond producer.

In his first interview since his release from prison, the hotelier-turned-dissident spoke about how he was duped by a Rwandan government informant, and his plans to disregard an agreement to stay quiet.

The international vaccine aid group agreed to provide developing countries with a new shot to prevent a global resurgence of the paralyzing virus.

The mercenary group is so deeply enmeshed in the Central African Republic and several other nations that it can’t be easily replaced, experts say.

Botswana, in southern Africa, has partnered with the London-based diamond giant De Beers for decades. Many in the country are pushing to get a better deal from the industry.