Humanitarian groups say Somalia’s leaders are resisting a formal declaration of famine that could unlock aid and save lives.

Maxine Angel Opoku has found a new audience for her music with songs opposing a proposed law that would make it illegal to identify as gay, transgender or queer.

Fighters in the country’s northern Tigray region, who fought a bitter two-year war against the Ethiopian Army, must disarm within 30 days and allow security forces to take control of Tigray’s capital.

Deaths from contaminated cough syrups in Gambia have brought attention to loose regulations in India and a lack of testing capacity in poor importing nations.

After two years of fighting that has left hundreds of thousands displaced and on the brink of starvation, the announcement came out of the latest round of peace talks in South Africa.

Water competition, termites and poisons have all been credited with causing the formations in an African desert’s vegetation, but researchers say a new study discounts one of them.

The twin explosions were the deadliest terrorist attack in the country in five years and underscored the growing threat posed by the terrorist group Al Shabab.

Maybe the walls are disguising the undiscovered burial chamber of Nefertiti. Or “maybe it’s Al Capone’s safe.”

The attack comes as the newly elected government battles terrorist activity with a series of new measures aimed at the terrorist group Al Shabab.

A new administration in Somalia has launched an offensive against Al Shabab, which are also facing an uprising from local militias.

By counting the facial neurons in African savanna and Asian elephants, researchers made a discovery about the animals’ trunks.

President Cyril Ramaphosa presented measures that would place even himself and his cabinet under scrutiny. But some analysts question whether the plan will be carried out.

Delegations from both sides have traveled to South Africa for the first formal negotiations since the civil war erupted nearly two years ago.

Demonstrators had taken to the streets, demanding that the ruling military junta stick to its promises to hold elections.

Despite being called “immoral” by some politicians, this year’s Nyege Nyege festival celebrated diversity and innovation in contemporary African music.

Citing national security, Britain wants to stop its retired military pilots from accepting lucrative contracts to train members of the People’s Liberation Army.

A new study shows that domesticated bananas have genetic markers tying them to three types of wild bananas that have not yet been found.

The country is experiencing its worst floods in years, largely because of heavy rains caused by climate change.

Yale University Art Gallery maps the surviving work of the Yoruban carver in his 50-year career bridging ritual and modern art. Attention is long overdue.

In a Congolese national park, great apes of different species interact socially, with individuals clearly recognizing one another.