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.

A case involving a rape charge against Ousmane Sonko has monopolized the country’s political life and raised concerns over the prosecution of political opponents.

The move deals a blow to efforts to end the war and deliver humanitarian aid to millions of people nationwide.

Binyavanga Wainaina attacked insulting clichés in the essay, “How to Write About Africa,” in 2005. In a posthumous collection of the same name, his range as a writer is on display.

President Yoweri Museveni dismissed widespread criticism of the anti-gay measure, which calls for life imprisonment for anyone convicted of homosexuality.