AFRICA POLITICS NEWS
Coming late to basketball, he nevertheless found stardom, retiring with the second-most blocked shots in league history. He devoted much of his life to humanitarian causes. Dikembe Mutombo, who arrived…
He was the first Black African to head a major international organization, but complaints about his tenure led the U.S. and Britain to pull out of it. Amadou Mahtar M’Bow,…
Most of the victims were women killed in one house, according to the police, who have started a manhunt for the gunmen. At least 17 people were killed when gunmen…
Trilobites A researcher followed up on a study warning that the massive trees were in danger, and found many venerable specimens thriving. Baobabs are arboreal icons that have punctuated Africa’s…
The latest outbreak of fighting comes as nations gathered at the U.N. General Assembly called for an end to the war and for aid to be fast-tracked to millions in…
With electricity scarce, Africa’s most populated country struggles to provide lifesaving cooling without worsening the very crisis causing the heat. This article is part of a special section on the…
The partnership between Russia’s space agency and the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger deepens these countries’ turn toward the Kremlin in their effort to fight off Islamist insurgencies.…
The East African country’s leading opposition party said that its presidential candidate in the last election and its chairman were among dozens detained before a protest called to draw attention…
At least 129 people died when inmates tried to escape from Makala Prison, where conditions are abysmal and overcrowding is a major problem. More than 700 inmates were released from…
The trip by President William Ruto of Kenya came against a bleak backdrop in Haiti, where gangs operate with impunity and the Kenyan peacekeepers remain largely out of sight. The…