Africa

Palm Sunday Attack in Nigeria Leaves at Least 12 Dead

No one has claimed responsibility for the killings in the mostly Christian city ...

He Led Congo for 18 Years. Now, Joseph Kabila Is a Hunt...

Joseph Kabila, the former president, faces the death penalty after the governmen...

Nicholas Haysom, Apartheid Foe Who Became a U.N. Peacem...

As an anti-apartheid lawyer, he was jailed several times. Later, he was a top ad...

U.S. Rejects Vote to Recognize Slavery as a ‘Crime Agai...

The United Nations resolution was led by the president of Ghana. Israel and Arge...

Boubacar Ould Messaoud, Leader in an Antislavery Fight,...

Despite being imprisoned and harassed, he helped found an organization to combat...

Inside Trump’s Secret Deal to Deport Migrants to Cameroon

In Cameroon, the Trump administration found a partner it could pressure into acc...

Gambia Says the Island Is Cursed. Migrants Saw an Oppor...

Thousands of African migrants hoping to reach Europe have flocked to a remote is...

Diabetes, Overlooked and Unchecked, Poses New Risks in ...

As deaths from diabetes start to rival those from infectious threats like malari...

Attack on a Sudan Hospital Kills Dozens, Head of W.H.O....

The group’s director general said 13 children were among those killed in the lat...

‘Africa Will Write Its Own History.’ Who Was Patrice Lu...

Remembering the African leader after a Brussels court this week ordered a retire...

Ozempic Is About to Go Generic in India, China and Canada

In India, China and several other nations, Novo Nordisk is on the verge of losin...

James Barnard, a Global Force in Wastewater Treatment, ...

An environmental engineer, he invented a biological method to remove nitrogen an...

Jocelyn Bioh’s ‘School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girl...

“School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play,” written by Jocelyn Bioh and dir...

At Least 23 Killed in Nigeria as Insurgent Attacks Go O...

A teaching hospital and two markets in the city of Maiduguri were hit in what a ...

No H.I.V. Aid Without More Access to Minerals: U.S. Pon...

A draft State Department memo outlines ways the Trump administration may ratchet...

What Do Africans Think of Trump’s Travel Ban List?

The restrictions on half the continent have been called racist and unfair. “We d...