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One of Africa's best-known authors and gay rights activists, Binyavanga Wainaina, has died at age 48, a colleague and friend…
Forecasters say Cyclone Kenneth may not be as strong as Idai, which killed 1,000 in Mozambique just weeks ago, but…
On a trip to Africa, Ivanka Trump said the White House should be judged by its actions and not the…
If airports and highway traffic are more trouble than they're worth, why not try an oft-forgotten option: rail? Here are…
Public health should be the highest priority for Africa, says a report by the World Health Organization, or it will…
A cyclones rapidly rising floodwaters have created "an inland ocean" in Mozambique endangering scores of thousands of families.
For her third novel, The Hundred Wells of Salaga, Ayesha Harruna Attah explores pre-colonial Ghana through the eyes of two…
Former President Barack Obama, an avid basketball enthusiast, will reportedly play a hands-on role in a new NBA-backed basketball league…
In Nigeria fake news can be so outlandish, yet widely believed, that the president recently felt compelled to declare that…
Sexual crimes in Sierra Leone have increased and are violent with the victims being minors, prompting the president to declare…
Kenya's security forces have killed the Islamic extremist gunmen whose assault on a luxury hotel and shopping complex took 14…
16 Years a Slave: African woman tells federal jury of forced, unpaid labor for wealthy Dallas couple
A young African woman is finally getting to tell her story after a wealthy Dallas couple was arrested on suspicion…
A four-day-old baby is a surprise bright spot in Congo's deadly Ebola outbreak.
Gabon's government has retained control of the West African country after an attempted military coup early Monday, the government said.
The Trump administration wants to see an increase in U.S. investment and trade in Africa as part of a new…
Shock and outrage followed when the medical charity Doctors Without Borders announced that 125 women and girls had been raped,…
In 2019, Netflix plans to order original shows from Africa to expand its international reach which is currently Asia, Europe,…
Cameroon's military has freed nine children and their teacher who had been kidnapped by gunmen Tuesday from a school in…
Singer-songwriter and albino activist Salif Keita assembled an international forum on protecting albino people in Africa.
As migration worldwide soars to record highs, far less visible has been its toll: The tens of thousands of people…