The militants ambushed troops guarding a water-pumping facility, before fleeing to the desert in Northern Sinai.
The city of Saint-Louis was shaped by Louis Faidherbe, a French governor who also led brutal military campaigns in West Africa. What to do with his legacy has divided Senegal.
Elon Musk grew up in elite, nearly all white enclaves littered with anti-Black government propaganda and sheltered from the atrocities of apartheid.
Elon Musk grew up in elite, nearly all white enclaves littered with anti-Black government propaganda and sheltered from the atrocities of apartheid.
The spread of two newly discovered subvariants has doctors watching closely.
“We come here to forget it all,” one young musician said during the daily end of the fast. “The heat, the electricity cuts, the protests. Here, at least, we can sing.”
The assault by hundreds of Janjaweed fighters, the latest in a series of clashes, was another sign of Sudan's deepening security and political crisis.
A new judicial inquiry found that corruption at South Africa’s tax agency was because of “collusion” between Bain & Company and South Africa’s former president.
Mr. Kibaki came to power promising to root out corruption and improve government transparency. But his tenure was blighted by widespread graft and a violent upheaval after the 2007 election.
Aliou Cissé, one of the best of a new generation of African coaches, has reinvented Senegal’s national team and given the country a new sense of patriotism. His next goal: the World Cup.
The catastrophe underscored an overlooked reality in the fight against extreme weather: Protecting people is as much about tackling social issues as environmental ones.
The Lagos-born, Ireland-raised dancer Mufutau Yusuf comes to the Irish Arts Center with “Owe,” a solo, he says, “about my ancestry, my Yoruba heritage.”
Many developing countries don’t keep official death records. A novel effort uses “electronic autopsies” to count deaths, and record their cause.
Temporary protected status will allow an estimated 40,000 Cameroonians to legally live and work in the United States.
Samia Suluhu Hassan became the only female head of government in Africa when her predecessor suddenly died. She is setting a new course.
Some people seeking refuge in Britain would be flown thousands of miles to the central African country, a significant hardening of migration policy.
Some people seeking refuge in Britain would be flown thousands of miles to the central African country, a significant hardening of migration policy.
Des décennies après leur indépendance, l’influence persistante de l’ancienne puissance coloniale est contestée dans de nombreux pays africains.
Decades after independence, many African countries are increasingly troubled by the ongoing influence of their former colonial power.
President Cyril Ramaphosa traveled to the east coast, which was pounded by days of rain that washed away bridges and swept homes from their foundations.
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