Africa

White House Considers Easing Sanctions on Israeli Billi...

A deal to allow the Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler to cash out his mining posit...

Baobab Trees Had a Strange Evolutionary Journey

New research shows the “upside-down trees” originated in Madagascar and then cau...

At 2024 Venice Biennale, Artists Make a Case for Return...

For years, activists and politicians have led discussions about whether disputed...

At Venice Biennale, Artists Make a Case for Returning L...

For years, activists and politicians have led discussions about whether disputed...

Joel Breman, Who Helped Stop an Ebola Outbreak in Afric...

Part of a team flown in to fight the deadly virus in 1976, Dr. Breman also worke...

Mdou Moctar’s Guitar Is a Screaming Siren Against Afric...

“Funeral for Justice,” the musician from Niger’s album due next month, amps up t...

4 Disqualified from Beijing Race After 3 Let Chinese Ru...

A strange finish at the Beijing Half Marathon on Sunday led to an investigation ...

Anne Innis Dagg, Who Studied Giraffes in the Wild, Dies...

She was believed to be the first Western scientist to study the animals in their...

Read Your Way Through Accra

Bus stations. Traffic stops. Beaches. There’s no telling where you’ll find the n...

Nigerian Fashion Moves Beyond the Catwalk

Known for its annual fashion week, the region’s influence on style has been expa...

Celebrating Eid in NYC: Looks from Hasan Minhaj, Ramy Y...

Hasan Minhaj and Ramy Youssef joined hundreds of Muslims dressed to the nines at...

Kent Campbell, Pivotal Figure in the Fight Against Mala...

Among his accomplishments in a four-decade career in public health, he helped pi...

In This Heroes’ Tale, Real People Risk Their Lives to G...

Matteo Garrone’s Oscar-nominated feature “Io Capitano” dramatizes the harrowing ...

Senegal’s President, Macky Sall, Calls Off Election for...

The West African country had planned to hold an election in three weeks. But Pre...

Plan to Resurface a Pyramid in Granite Draws Heated Debate

A project to restore granite blocks that once covered a greater portion of the P...

Hage Geingob, Namibia’s President, Dies at 82

Mr. Geingob had also been Namibia’s first prime minister after the country gaine...