Injuries were reported in an attack that the Syrian government’s news agency said happened near the ancient city of Palmyra.

A local group negotiated permission from the paramilitary force controlling El Fasher, offering a rare glimpse into conditions after a massacre.

Many single moms and their children are trapped there. She was adamant that her daughter wouldn’t be among them.

The fighting in Congo continues despite Washington’s claims to have brokered an end to the conflict.

Born into an aristocratic British family, he turned his knowledge of the world’s largest land mammals to the cause of saving them from poachers.

Western museums are returning the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, but a state-of-the-art museum to display them is still a long way off.

Western museums are returning the Benin Bronzes — priceless items looted during colonialism — to Nigeria, but political infighting has jeopardized the ability to display and maintain the masterpieces. Our reporter, Alex Marshall, traveled to Nigeria to see some of the Bronzes.

The drone strikes were blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, extending a pattern of atrocities in Sudan’s 2½-year civil war.

The abduction of over 260 children from a Catholic school last month was the latest in a recent spate of kidnappings in the country.

The country’s interior minister said the situation was under control after a “small group of soldiers launched a mutiny,” but the president had yet to make a public statement.

Laduma Ngxokolo, the designer behind MaXhosa Africa, is on a mission to embrace his country’s history and traditions, rather than hide from them.

The police said they were searching for three assailants who opened fire, shooting 25 people. A 3-year-old boy was among the dead, while 14 survivors were being treated in the hospital.

The white descendants of Europeans who colonized the country are getting greater access to American officials this year, both in Washington and in Pretoria.

President Trump presided over a Congo-Rwanda peace deal on the same day his administration was being questioned about potential war crimes.

Paramilitary groups have intensified an offensive on a crucial region bordering Darfur, prompting fears of another massacre.

The president will meet with the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to advance a deal meant to end a long war in eastern Congo.

President William Ruto faces pressure after a Times investigation showed that his government downplayed or ignored the mistreatment of women working in Saudi Arabia.

President William Ruto faces pressure after a Times investigation showed that his government downplayed or ignored the mistreatment of women working in Saudi Arabia.

The sentencing of Ayachi Hammami, a prominent human rights lawyer, was the latest sign of Tunisia’s backsliding into authoritarianism, say rights groups.

President Trump referred to Somali immigrants as “garbage” during a White House meeting on Tuesday.