Africa

GRAND-BASSAM, Ivory Coast — The worker carefully peeled the husks from the cocoa beans to keep them from breaking, then

NAIROBI, Kenya — As results poured in from Kenya’s cliffhanger presidential election, patrons at a restaurant in Eldoret, 150 miles

Demonstrations against rising prices in the West African nation of Sierra Leone turned deadly this week, the country’s authorities said

Kamoya Kimeu, the son of a goat herder whose preternatural gift for spotting and identifying petrified tibias, skull fragments and

KIGALI, Rwanda — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said on Thursday that he had urged the leaders of Rwanda

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyans waited anxiously on Wednesday for the results of their presidential election, the most closely fought in

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Pushing for a reconsideration of plans by the Democratic Republic of Congo to auction

DAKAR, Senegal — It is a struggle that communities across the world have faced: stopping companies from grabbing their lands,

Raila Odinga, the smiling eminence of Kenyan politics, has an admirable record of contesting national elections and a miserable record

LONDON — Piece by piece, the Covid-19 sanctuary was born on a hilltop in the town of Bedworth in central