After Ethiopian wolves feed on their favorite rodents, they may be enjoying a bit of dessert and in the process helping pollinate plants known as torch lilies.

He wrote poetry in Afrikaans and prose in English in his fight against apartheid, an effort that landed him in jail for seven years and in Paris as an expatriate.

The South African government, saying that nearly 900 people, many children, had fallen sick since September, declared a state of emergency.

After being abducted by an offshoot of Boko Haram in Nigeria six years ago, a Christian nurse describes her daring escape and how faith kept her alive.

The country’s governing party had severed ties with the former president in July after he campaigned for an opposition party in the last general election.

The prime minister had been fired for criticizing the country’s junta.

Researchers describe a link between genetic relatedness and sophisticated tool use in primates in East and Central Africa, suggesting their culture is cumulative.

Kizza Besigye, a former presidential candidate, went missing over the weekend as he visited the Kenyan capital, reappearing days later in military custody back in Uganda.

Three executives of the Australian company Resolute Mining were arrested this month. Mali, a major African gold producer, has been trying to increase its share of mining profits lately.

The unidentified patient had recently returned from Africa, where the virus has caused a deadly epidemic, health officials said.

The police have cut off food and water to miners for weeks in a bid to force them out of an abandoned mine. Human rights advocates and community leaders call the tactics inhumane.

The resilient species — which regrow after wildfires — are said to capture the spirit of a nation reborn.

An embattled leader for decades in Niger’s rough-and-tumble politics, he alternated stints in high office with prison and exile.

Donald J. Trump has said he would transform America’s relationship with both allies and adversaries. Notably, he has pledged to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours, increase tariffs and deport millions.

Dozens of teenagers had been accused of treason and faced possible death sentences, but indignation over their treatment, including lack of food, has the government backpedaling.

The epidemic in Africa continues to grow, prompting fears of another outbreak in the U.S. But the vaccine is no longer free, and vulnerable people are going without.

Political parties that have governed for decades since African countries overthrew colonial rulers are now being challenged by frustrated young voters.

The Russian mercenary group operated with little pushback in the West African nation — until it launched one of its most ambitious missions.

After nearly 60 years, the Botswana Democratic Party lost its majority in Parliament, becoming the latest long-dominant party in southern Africa to fall from power.

Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in school.