New project set to rename public spaces bearing names of colonial officers as Dakar distances itself from France.

A study finds female genital mutilation or cutting is a leading cause of death: a young woman or girl dies every 12 minutes.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday evening he was boycotting the G20 meeting in South Africa scheduled for ...

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USAID has been one of the agencies hardest hit as the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s budget-slashing team.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Elon Musk a day after U.S. President Donald Trump promised to cut the ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

Lubumbashi is little known, but its minerals electrified the world, created atom bombs and are key to greener energy, the ...

For those living in Goma, which has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water, little food and much ...

In announcing a $35 billion program to bring inexpensive solar power to some 300 million Africans, officials left out two words: climate change.

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo are seeking to advance south towards Bukavu, the capital of South ...

Africa's development bank is proposing a new 'gold standard' style currency arrangement backed by critical minerals such as ...