Mr. Ruto grew up poor, tending his family’s livestock in a remote village. As a presidential candidate, he appealed to the “hustler nation” of disenfranchised strivers, saying he was once like them.

The Brave Commander, a freighter, is expected to carry 23,000 metric tons of wheat to Ethiopia, which World Food Program officials said was “on the verge of famine.”

A new generation of Ivory Coast chocolatiers is striving to change an industry that has long left cocoa farmers in poverty.

An attempt at radical transparency by the election commission, which uploaded raw ballot numbers online, led to divergent tallies. “People are so tense that they cannot even think straight.”

Clashes between protesters and security forces over rising fuel and food prices have left two dozen people dead, and the government has imposed a nationwide curfew.

Working closely with the Leakey family in Kenya, he discovered many of the bones that rewrote how we understand human evolution.

Antony J. Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, said he had warned the leaders of both nations over violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Conflicting estimates of which candidate was ahead suggested a very tight race. Official results are expected to take several days.

The secretary of state’s remarks came as the U.S. and the Democratic Republic of Congo agreed to work together to help mitigate climate change.

The two front-runners for the presidency — one making his fifth attempt — said victory was within reach. But a dispute over the results seems inevitable, and the next phase could be turbulent.

The West African nation will let communities veto mining, farming and industrial projects. Activists say the legislation is a progressive landmark. At least one investor calls it unworkable.

The candidate’s electoral pitch focuses on hard-working and ambitious young people.

Since his first presidential run three decades ago, Mr. Odinga has been at the center of most of Kenya’s elections.

In Britain, artists lit a structure aflame. At the Jersey Shore, names were carved on shells and rocks. With more than six million dead, memorials have evolved along the way.

The Biden administration says the push will bolster African and American interests, including the ability of the United States to compete against China and Russia.

The accord paves the way for national reconciliation talks and democratic elections. However, it was snubbed by the main rebel group responsible for the death of Chad’s previous leader.

Five years after its launch, the railway has become associated with debt, dysfunction and criminal investigations, and is now a lightning rod in the Aug. 9 election.