Africa

SOGAKOPE, Ghana — Troops clad in black jumped out of motorboats near a riverside resort and made their way along

Ugandan lawmakers have passed a sweeping anti-gay law that can bring punishments as severe as the death penalty — the

About 43,000 people died last year from the drought in Somalia, according to international agencies and the government, which on

WASHINGTON — An American aid worker abducted by militants more than six years ago in West Africa has been freed,

When I asked Radha Vyas, who founded Flash Pack with her husband, Lee Thompson, to give me the profile of

NAIROBI, Kenya — Fueled by guns, gold and social media, the rivalry between Russia and the West in Africa is

ADDIS ABABA — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken walked a careful line during a visit to Ethiopia on Wednesday,

LILONGWE, Malawi — As a surge of water came roaring down a hill in Malawi’s commercial capital, Blantyre, on Sunday,

MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK, Uganda — Under dense forest canopy sheltering elephants, rare birds and colobus monkeys, roaring bulldozers and

LILONGWE, Malawi — Cyclone Freddy, the longest-lasting tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere, swept in from the southeastern