The African National Congress party severed ties with its former leader over his decision to become the leading voice of an opposition party in the last election, calling its platform “dangerous.”
By John Eligon and Lynsey Chutel
Here is what we know about the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s views on issues like migration and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
By Eve Sampson
The use of artificial intelligence is exploding around the world, but the technology’s language models are primarily trained in English, leaving many speakers of other languages behind.
By Sara Ruberg
A country torn apart by civil war could soon face one of the world’s worst famines in decades, experts said.
By Declan Walsh and Ivor Prickett
The outbreak may be the first ever documented in marine mammals.
By Emily Anthes
The West African nation of Burkina Faso was once known for its lively arts scene. Now, it is a country torn apart by Islamist extremists and the government’s brutal effort to drive them out.
By Elian Peltier and Guerchom Ndebo
In seven years, Racheal Kundananji went from playing her first organized game to signing a multimillion-dollar contract. Her rise could have lasting effects.
By John Eligon
He believed that music could transcend national borders set by colonialism and restore ancient ties, even as it embraced the changes of a globalizing society.
By Giovanni Russonello
A waterlogged hillside above a village gave way, burying several houses in mud. Neighbors and rescue workers who had rushed to help were hit by a second slide.
By Lynsey Chutel and Kumerra Gemechu
After at least 10 sacks with body parts were found in a dump, a suspect was said to admit to 42 murders. But some doubt the case, and people with missing loved ones say the police were slow to help.
By Abdi Latif Dahir and Brian Otieno
Overshadowed by fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a dispute in the west between two ethnic groups has resulted in thousands of civilians killed and more than 550,000 displaced near the capital, Kinshasa.
By Elian Peltier
The police said that nine mutilated and dismembered bodies had been discovered, and that the suspect had confessed, only the latest violence against women in a rising tide of it in the East African nation.
By Abdi Latif Dahir
Lawmakers in the West African country had supported overturning the prohibition, but changed course on Monday after a vociferous campaign led by women.
By Ruth Maclean
The Central African nation is voting on a potential fourth term for President Paul Kagame. Opposition figures say they have been threatened and arbitrarily detained.
By Abdi Latif Dahir
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The number found dead or injured in the rubble of the private school in Nigeria was still climbing and dozens, including many students, remained trapped, authorities said.
By Elian Peltier and Ismail Alfa
President William Ruto dismissed all but one of his cabinet secretaries after demonstrations over a finance bill that would have raised taxes led to the deaths of at least 41 people.
By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Abdi Latif Dahir
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are withdrawing from a 49-year-old regional alliance that has allowed goods and nearly 400 million people to travel freely across a tightly connected region.
By Elian Peltier
Britain gave Rwanda hundreds of millions of pounds, even though no asylum seekers were deported to the Central African nation under the agreement.
By Abdi Latif Dahir
The sport, in which you strap on a 30-foot kite and skim across the waves, is about to make its Olympic debut. Here’s where non-Olympians can give it a try.
By Nora Walsh
About 400 Kenyan officers have deployed to Haiti as part of the first wave of a multinational contingent tasked with trying to restore order in the gang-plagued Caribbean nation.
By Frances Robles and Abdi Latif Dahir
The Biden administration is trying to get foreign companies to invest in chip-making in the United States and more countries to set up factories to do final assembly and packaging.
By Edward Wong and Ana Swanson
Dozens of activists say they were snatched from their homes or off the streets by hooded, armed men. Some are still missing, and the disappearances have unnerved a nation long seen as a pillar of stability.
By Abdi Latif Dahir and Brian Otieno
The danger to migrants while crossing the Mediterranean is well documented, but an earlier phase of their trek, across the Sahel and the Sahara, is deadlier, researchers say in a new report.
By Eve Sampson
After years of delay, millions of malaria vaccines are being supplied to children in Africa. Tens of thousands died waiting.
By Stephanie Nolen
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A new law in the West African country of Sierra Leone allows child brides to annul their marriages and be financially compensated.
By Amelia Nierenberg
An ancient aquatic predator resembling a giant salamander turned up in an African fossil deposit, suggesting unwritten chapters of how animals moved onto land.
By Asher Elbein
Two men claim to be the emir of Kano, an ancient kingdom in northern Nigeria. Their struggle for power and influence is feeding into a wider competition ahead of the country’s next election.
By Ruth Maclean and Ismail Auwal
Suicide bombers killed at least 32 people in three attacks in a Nigerian city once controlled by Boko Haram. Women, said experts, are more likely to go unnoticed when carrying out terrorist attacks.
By Eve Sampson
To accommodate a broad and diverse alliance of parties, President Cyril Ramaphosa increased the size of his executive team. Now the challenge is getting a diverse group of politicians to agree.
By John Eligon
Three female attackers detonated devices at a wedding and at a funeral in a city once ruled by Boko Haram, emergency service officials said. So far, no group has claimed responsibility.
By Ismail Alfa and Elian Peltier
A fossil bed in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco is allowing new insights into the anatomies of arthropods that lived a half-billion years ago.
By Jack Tamisiea
A devastating civil war is pushing the country toward a full-blown famine, according to the international body that measures hunger.
By Declan Walsh
The demonstrations were held despite his withdrawal of the tax bill that sparked days of protests. Some activists, fearing more bloodshed, warned people not to march to the president’s official residence.
By Abdi Latif Dahir
The court said his crimes had involved overseeing public floggings, torture and arbitrary arrests during a jihadist takeover in northern Mali in 2012.
By Marlise Simons and Elian Peltier
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Kenya, the fastest growing economy in Africa, is on the brink of a fiscal calamity. Across Africa, nations are spending more on interest than on health or education.
By Patricia Cohen and Keith Bradsher
A day after at least 23 people were killed in demonstrations against a tax increase, President William Ruto withdrew the law that he said was necessary to avoid defaulting on the country’s debt.
By Abdi Latif Dahir
At least five people were killed in clashes with the police that erupted after lawmakers approved tax increases that critics said would drive up the cost of living for millions.
By Abdi Latif Dahir and Declan Walsh
Kenyan police faced off with protesters in the capital, Nairobi. Civic groups said that at least five people died.
By Eve Sampson
Across the country, outrage over proposed tax increases drove Kenyans to the streets.
By The New York Times
The police used live fire and tear gas on protesters who marched on the Parliament building in an attempt to stop a vote on a contentious finance bill.
By Reuters
Moscow has largely taken over the African operations of the paramilitary group, once led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed after leading an insurrection against Vladimir Putin.
By Elian Peltier
France is facing deep anticolonial resentment across Africa, but has found a partner in Rwanda, which is embracing French influence despite years of acrimony.
By Abdi Latif Dahir and Guillem Sartorio
The incident came months after another tourist was killed in Zambia when an elephant charged her group. One wildlife expert said the attacks were most likely “freak accidents.”
By Sara Ruberg and Emily Schmall
An injection given just twice a year could herald a breakthrough in protecting the population that has the highest infection rates.
By Stephanie Nolen
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There has long been anecdotal evidence of the wormy creatures taking to the air, but videos recorded in Madagascar at last prove the animals’ acrobatics.
By Veronique Greenwood
Satellite and video evidence shows that thousands of homes have been razed and tens of thousands of people forced to flee a city in Sudan.
By The New York Times
The shortage highlights a widening gulf in the standard of care for people with diabetes, most of whom live in low-income countries.
By Stephanie Nolen
Darfur, the region of Sudan once synonymous with genocide, may be on the brink of a new chapter of horror.
By Lauren Leatherby, Declan Walsh, Sanjana Varghese and Christoph Koettl
For the first time since the fall of apartheid, the nation must rely on a coalition of rival parties to govern. Can they get along enough to pull the country out of its crises?
By John Eligon
The government is trying to pass a finance bill in Parliament that would involve increasing taxes. Critics say it will raise the cost of living for Kenyans who are already struggling economically.
By Abdi Latif Dahir
Methods such as hormonal implants and injections are reaching remote areas, providing more discretion and autonomy.
By Stephanie Nolen and Natalija Gormalova
The Islamic State and Al Qaeda consider Africa ‘very fertile ground,’ said Christopher A. Wray, who is meeting with officials in Nigeria and Kenya.
By Eric Schmitt
The league has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to cultivate an immense potential fan base in Africa and develop future stars.
By Tania Ganguli
Researchers say the nearly mile-long swim was the longest by big cats ever recorded.
By Anthony Ham
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A new government led by the African National Congress gave Cyril Ramaphosa another term as president, though he faces challenges in Parliament.
By John Eligon and Lynsey Chutel
Declan Walsh, the chief Africa correspondent for The Times, reported from a country where few journalists have gained entry amid a civil war.
By Declan Walsh
UMkhonto weSizwe, which is led by Jacob Zuma, the populist former president, has asserted that the recent election was rigged and the results illegitimate.
By John Eligon
After an overnight search, rescuers found the wreckage of the military aircraft that had been carrying Saulos Chilima and nine others.
By Lynsey Chutel and Golden Matonga
People in Africa’s most populous nation are suffering as the price of food, fuel and medicine has skyrocketed out of reach for many.
By Ruth Maclean, Ismail Auwal and Taiwo Aina
A search is underway after the aircraft carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other people vanished.
By Lynsey Chutel and Golden Matonga
As John Steenhuisen, who leads the second-largest party, negotiates for a place in the government, he must overcome perceptions that his Democratic Alliance favors the interests of white people.
By John Eligon and Lynsey Chutel
American and French forces have been ordered out of several countries after a series of coups.
By Eric Schmitt and Ruth Maclean
Videos showed paramilitaries opening fire on the village in what had been Sudan’s breadbasket region, causing the latest mass civilian casualties in a brutal yearlong war.
By Declan Walsh and Malachy Browne
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s party, the African National Congress, is seeking a broad alliance after it failed to win enough seats in last week’s election to form a government on its own.
By Lynsey Chutel and John Eligon
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The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers.
By Giovanni Russonello
A year of fighting has turned the once proud capital, Khartoum, into a charred battleground. Millions have fled. Now a famine threatens in one of Africa’s biggest countries.
By Declan Walsh and Ivor Prickett
President Paul Kagame led Rwanda out of the genocide, but has since dominated the country like a colossus. He is running for a fourth term after winning three elections.
By Abdi Latif Dahir
A new party led by Mr. Zuma, a former president forced out over corruption allegations, helped ensure that the African National Congress fell short of an outright majority for the first time since the end of apartheid.
By John Eligon
A look at the leaders who could shape the country’s future after the African National Congress’s poor showing in elections.
By John Eligon and Lynsey Chutel
The director Daniel Oriahi is capturing the audience’s attention with his latest film, “The Weekend,” which will premiere at the Tribeca Festival.
By Nicolas Rapold
Some South African voters welcomed the defeat of the African National Congress in last week’s elections, even as they remain wary of the country’s political future.
By Lynsey Chutel
The African National Congress received less than 50 percent of the national vote for the first time since gaining power 30 years ago, setting the nation on an uncharted course.
By John Eligon
Joseph O’Neill’s fiction incorporates his real-world interests in ways that can surprise even him. His latest novel, “Godwin,” is about an adrift hero searching for a soccer superstar.
By Joumana Khatib
As votes trickled in, the power and influence of the African National Congress, which has led the country for 30 years, appeared to be waning.
By Lynsey Chutel
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An archaeologist, he wrote widely on everyday life under the pharaohs and did much of his fieldwork at Amarna, considered the Egyptian version of Pompeii.
By Clay Risen
In a high-stakes national election, the African National Congress, which has governed for three decades since the end of apartheid, may lose its outright majority for the first time.
By John Eligon and Lynsey Chutel
In pivotal elections on Wednesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa and his African National Congress party are struggling to keep the support of Black middle- and upper-class voters.
By John Eligon
A record 51 parties are competing to unseat the long-ruling African National Congress in the national election on Wednesday. Here’s why it won’t be easy.
By John Eligon
We spoke to South Africans who grew up in the three decades since the country overthrew apartheid and held its first free election about their lives and plans to vote — or not — in this week's pivotal election.
By Lynsey Chutel and Joao Silva
In Kenya, Revital Healthcare is manufacturing medical products that Africa needs to take charge of routine health care and respond to outbreaks.
By Apoorva Mandavilli and Brian Otieno
The vote in 1994 was a time of hope — but in the weeks before, the country came close to the abyss. A photographer remembers what he witnessed.
By Joao Silva
The Bidens invited more than 450 guests, including Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Carol Moseley Braun, Melinda Gates, Lester Holt, LeVar Burton and Sean Penn.
By Minho Kim
President Biden welcomed President William Ruto of Kenya and said he intended to designate his country as a “major non-NATO ally.”
By Michael D. Shear
The White House is hosting President William Ruto of Kenya for a state dinner this week, an embrace that both countries urgently need.
By Declan Walsh
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A White House proposal to allow the billionaire Dan Gertler to sell off his assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo sparks a bipartisan rebuke.
By Eric Lipton
With elections just over a week away, the political comeback of the former president has presented a major test for the country’s young democracy.
By Lynsey Chutel
The U.S. ambassador said she was “very concerned” that Americans may have participated in what officials of the Democratic Republic of Congo called a failed coup attempt early Sunday.
By Declan Walsh
When the director and crew of “Io Capitano” toured Senegal with their acclaimed movie, audiences responded with their life stories.
By Elian Peltier and Annika Hammerschlag
A deal to allow the Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler to cash out his mining positions in the Democratic Republic of Congo has enraged human rights activists and some government officials.
By Eric Lipton
Ousman Sonko, who served under an autocratic president now in exile, was found guilty of multiple counts of intentional homicide, torture and false imprisonment against citizens of the West African country.
By Nick Cumming-Bruce and Ruth Maclean
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