AFRICA POLITICS NEWS
Leading supporters of the top opposition presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane, were fatally shot in their car following an election marred by allegations of fraud. A lawyer and a party official…
It’s the first impeachment under the country’s new Constitution, but some are now calling for a similar move against President William Ruto. Kenya’s Senate has voted to impeach the country’s…
More than 160 people died when an overturned fuel tanker in northern Nigeria exploded. Witnesses and relatives of victims said poverty had driven most to try to collect the spilled…
Residents of a nearby town came to scoop up gasoline that had spilled from an overturned tanker, but then it exploded, setting off an inferno — an echo of several…
Supplies of a highly nutritious treatment are running out, according to UNICEF. Nearly two million children may die of malnutrition because a product used to treat the condition is in…
Scientists fighting the spread of infectious diseases on the continent have been targeted online by pro-Russian activists, part of an effort to spread fear and mistrust of the West. The…
She became a literary star in Senegal with novels that addressed women’s issues as the country, newly free from French colonial rule, was discovering its identity. This article is part…
Trilobites The Tsavo man-eaters terrorized railroad workers in British East Africa in the 19th century, but their tastes went well beyond human flesh. In British East Africa in 1898, two…
The killings of 18 members of one family assembled for a gathering last month are among an increasing number of mass shootings in South Africa. Weeks after the mass shooting…
Four candidates are vying for the presidency in a country that has faced a yearslong ISIS-backed insurgency. The election is also a test of the sway of former independence movements.…