OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO — A strong explosion near a gold mining site in southwestern Burkina Faso killed 59 people and injured more than 100 others Monday,...
Ethiopian Chief Negotiator and Adviser on Transboundary Rivers Seleshi Bekele has announced the launch of the first turbine of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERB) on...
Ten people including local government officials were killed in a suspected suicide bombing claimed by the Al-Shabaab group in the central Somalia town of Beledweyne on...
BRUSSELS — The first African countries selected to receive the technology necessary to produce mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 are Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and...
Fighting in northern Ethiopia’s Afar region has “engulfed” a camp housing refugees from neighboring Eritrea, the UN said Friday, killing five and forcing thousands to flee....
CAIRO — Sudan’s military authorities have arrested a former senior government official a second time, his party said, and at least two demonstrators were killed as...
British charity Save the Children urged the Somali government on Friday to intervene after a military court sentenced four teenage boys to death over their involvement...
A Sudanese envoy was in Israel on Wednesday in order to promote ties between the two countries, a source with close knowledge of the visit said....
IGHRAN, MOROCCO — Morocco on Monday buried 5-year-old Rayan, a boy who was trapped in a well for days while rescuers struggled to reach him. The...
A Libyan parliament committee on Monday said the chamber should choose a new interim prime minister and ruled out fresh elections for at least nine months...
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO — Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore is being held by mutinous soldiers, two of the rebellious soldiers told The Associated Press...