He led the southern African nation for a decade and embraced a flagship American aid program credited with helping to eradicate the country’s AIDS epidemic.

Judges ruled that an impeachment hearing should be held over a case involving money stolen from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm six years ago.

A parched corner of an island often called the eighth continent rewards intrepid visitors with hidden pools, celestial wonders and extraordinary wildlife.

The tussle put a spotlight on the administration’s attempt to replace the United States Agency for International Development with a new, “America First” alternative.

President Emmanuel Macron has long called the restitution of African art from French museums a priority. Experts say the new law is a seismic moment in that effort.

People in at least three states are being monitored after being on the ship. None have shown symptoms, officials said.

Since the family of rodent-borne infections were identified in the 1950s, they have turned up all over the world.

Passengers on the MV Hondius have not received permission from the authorities in Cape Verde, in the Atlantic Ocean, to disembark. Three people have died and at least three others were ill.

A New York Times reporter joined a group of cyclists on a route meant to break down Cape Town’s lingering racial and economic barriers.

A growing number of men across the continent say they are being promised jobs in Russia, only to be forced into the war. Some go as mercenaries, but many more are drawn unwittingly.

Some see a clear explanation: Russia needs more troops, and young men in Africa desperately need jobs.

People in Costa Rica and other Latin American, Asian and African countries are increasingly buying electric vehicles to avoid spiking fuel prices.

Amnesty International said about 1,500 people have been detained by the military for three months and that many of those who have died from disease and starvation have been children.

Despite the fragile cease-fire in the Middle East, many Africans say they are bracing for tougher times ahead and making difficult decisions about the future.

Koyo Kouoh, who died of cancer at 57, was just months into her dream job overseeing the Venice Biennale’s centerpiece exhibition. But she left a plan that her assistants have tried to realize.

Coordinated attacks signified a major escalation of insurgent violence in a region of West Africa where military leaders had seized power and warmed to Moscow in recent years.

The London Marathon winner’s achievement has resonated nowhere more than in Kenya’s Rift Valley, which has yielded many champions.

The death of the minister, Gen. Sadio Camara, a central figure in the country’s military government, comes amid escalating violence in the region.

The armed group JNIM claimed to have seized two key cities and destroyed the defense minister’s residence in a coordinated offensive that experts said was a major escalation in yearslong hostilities.

Ernie Dosio, 75, of Lodi, Calif., was hunting a species of antelope in the dense forests of Gabon when his hunting party stumbled on a small herd of female elephants with calves.