Kenyans vote for a new president on Tuesday, ending a heated race that shows why, in a troubled region, the East African nation matters more than ever.

The terrorist network has lost eight of its top leaders in recent years. But it has more total fighters than it did on Sept. 11, 2001.

The departure of a grain-filled vessel from Odesa was hailed as a victory against global hunger. But experts say the crisis is so big that no single advance can reverse it.

The events on Sunday came amid protests in eastern Congo, with demonstrators accusing the United Nations of foundering in its efforts to protect civilians from a surge in violence.

Demonstrators have accused international forces of failing to deter armed groups responsible for a wave of deadly attacks.

The new charter would enshrine into law a vast expansion of executive power under President Kais Saied in the past year.

Peatlands and rainforests in the Congo Basin protect the planet by storing carbon. Now, in a giant leap backward for the climate, they’re being auctioned off for drilling.

Badly needed grain has been piling up in Ukrainian ports since Moscow invaded, but Russia’s top diplomat is in Africa saying the West is to blame.

The Biden administration has charted the same course as the Trump administration on strategic priorities like China, the Middle East and U.S. military deployments.

Ukraine and Russia signed a deal to lift Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian ports, which has worsened a global food crisis — their most important agreement since the war began.

Insurgents used two booby-trapped vehicles full of explosives in the raid, the West African nation’s military said. The uptick in violence has come as French troops prepare to leave the country.

Two people infected with the virus died in Ghana last month, though no other cases were found, experts said. The disease’s fatality rate is high.

Thirty-three men, part of a larger group, were given 11 months in prison after a deadly border-crossing effort.

José Eduardo dos Santos ruled Angola for 38 years. But he died in Spain. A dispute over where to lay him to rest has divided his family and could decide the fate of his political party.

The warning came two days after the W.H.O., a United Nations agency, declared that Covid-19 was still a global public health emergency that was not going anywhere.

Two employees were also arrested. Investigators have yet to say what killed the teenagers, who were found one June night collapsed in an overcrowded bar.

In the Congo River Basin, people who collect bundles of wood to make charcoal are playing a surprisingly large role in the deforestation of a region that rivals the Amazon in importance.

Experts hope the running star’s revelations will humanize migrants’ struggles, but they don’t expect policy changes in a country that is trying to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Tens of thousands of manuscripts were smuggled out of Timbuktu under jihadists’ noses, containing a wealth of knowledge about science, governance and peace-making. Now the public is getting a look.

An endangered gem of lush greenery in Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s economic hub, is at the center of government efforts to promote ecotourism. Those who live and work there worry about what it means for them.