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.

For generations of Algerians, the fierce independence of her persona reflected their struggles in a country torn by civil war and repression.

The South African government is investigating how more than a dozen men unwittingly ended up on the front line in Russia’s war on Ukraine.

The opposition has accused the president of putting a general in charge of the government so that he could stay in power.

American diplomats were told to raise U.S. concerns about “violent crimes associated with people of a migration background.”

The president did not attend this year’s annual gathering in South Africa, which has been a frequent target of his attacks.

The West African nation had recently held a presidential election in which the main opposition party was barred from the ballot.

Police statistics in South Africa dispute President Trump’s claim that Afrikaners are being targeted in a genocide, but the high murder rate includes victims of all backgrounds. John Eligon, our Johannesburg bureau chief, traveled with several patrol groups in communities of South Africa to explore how the country is dealing with crime.

A show focused on Ladi Kwali and other Black female potters is a revelation.

Africa’s most populous nation was already facing one of the world’s biggest hunger crises. It’s getting much worse.

The ash cloud drifted over northern India, causing some flight delays and cancellations, and continued toward China.

Despite decades of evidence on the toxic effects of lead battery recycling, companies opted not to act and blocked efforts to clean up the industry.

Despite decades of evidence on the toxic effects of lead battery recycling, companies opted not to act and blocked efforts to clean up the industry.

Recycling lead for U.S. car batteries is poisoning children — and we know because we tested them. Will Fitzgibbon, a reporter at The Examination, describes how children in Nigeria developed lead levels associated with lifelong brain damage, and how factory workers told us they were coughing up black dust.

Dr. Esperance Luvindao, who leads the country’s health and social services and is the youngest health minister in Africa, has ambitious plans.

With the United States boycotting the summit, other nations sought to strike new deals, and some took a tougher tone with President Trump.

Thousands of the endangered primates end up on the dinner plates of people in the upper rung of the country’s society who have money to spare.