Africa

A prominent Algerian journalist was sentenced to three years in prison Monday for reporting on anti-government demonstrations, a lawyer and a human rights official said. It’s the latest sign of...

The prosecutor’s office is delegating the investigation to the DGSI – France’s internal intelligence agency, equivalent to Britain’s MI5 – and SDAT, the French police’s national counter-terror unit. French and...

“It’s a very heavy verdict for Khaled Drareni. We are surprised,” lawyer and president of the Algerian League for Human Rights Nouredine Benissad told AFP. Drareni, 40, editor of the...

DAKAR, Senegal — Gunmen killed eight people on Sunday at a wildlife reserve in Niger, including six French humanitarian workers, their Nigerien driver and a guide, according to authorities. The...

JOHANNESBURG — Thousands of students, environmental activists and residents of Mauritius were working around the clock Sunday, trying to reduce the damage to the Indian Ocean island from an oil...

Rhino poaching fell 63 percent year-on-year in Namibia, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism has said citing intensified intelligence operations by authorities and tougher sentences and fines for poachers. Elephant...

The African Union says “aggressive and bold” action is needed to combat the coronavirus outbreak on the continent. More than 1 million cases of the virus have been reported across...

“The ministry has been informed… that there is a breach in the vessel MV Wakashio and there is a leakage of oil,” the environment ministry said in a statement. “The...

The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius declared a “state of environmental emergency” late Friday after a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground offshore days ago began spilling tons of fuel. Prime...

Selected petitions and written correspondence between Igbo women and British officials between 1892 and 1960 shed fresh light on how women navigated male-dominated colonial institutions and structures of the time....