South African great Bryan Habana has announced his retirement from professional rugby.

Ethiopia, Africa's second most populated country, is forecast to be the fastest growing economy in Sub-Saharan Africa this year, according to new data from the IMF.

Mohamed Salah is smiling.

Nurses in Zimbabwe have called off their strike Monday and sued their employers.

Two South African environment champions have won the Goldman prize for stopping a Russian nuclear deal.

Inside a record store in Kenyatta market, Nairobi, crate-digging enthusiasts search for African music gems. At stall 570 vinyl culture is thriving.

The king of Swaziland, Africa's last absolute monarch, has changed the name of his country to the "Kingdom of eSwatini" to mark the 50th anniversary of independence -- and to avoid confusion with Switzerland.

President Muhammadu Buhari has faced backlash on social media over comments on Nigerian youth.

Fired Zimbabwean nurses offered a free clinic to the public in a demonstration outside the country's parliament Friday.

Archaeologists have virtually reconstructed a statue of ancient Egyptian King Psamtik I, after uncovering thousands of fragments.

On a hot afternoon at a sprawling settlement on the outskirts of Mombasa, Phyllis Omido makes her rounds.

A mace stolen from Nigeria's Senate floor Wednesday has been found under a flyover in Nigeria's capital, Abuja.

The Nigerian Senate was on high alert Wednesday after armed men interrupted a session at Nigeria's parliament, stealing its mace.

A new satirical play, "Operation Restore Regasi," based on the end days of Mugabe's 37-year rule, packed out theaters in Harare.

More than 200 child soldiers have been freed in South Sudan, according to UNICEF.

On the second floor of an infectious-disease research facility in this African capital, Dr. Joseph Kamgno, the country's leading expert on parasitic roundworms, stood at his desk staring down at the black hard-shelled case that had just arrived from a bioengineering lab at the University of California-Berkeley.

Over the past few decades Kenyan fishing has rapidly declined, and imports of fish from China have captured the market.

Almost one in four blood bank supplies in certain regions of Africa may have malaria parasites in them, a new study suggests.

Lions are in peril. They're losing their natural habitats. They're being poached to death. And, in Africa, their population has declined 90% in the last 75 years.

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari will meet with United States President Donald Trump at the end of the month, the White House said.