Africa

The foreign ministers of the world’s 20 main economies () are gathering for a two-day meeting in on Thursday. The confab is expected to address the situation in the and...

JOHANNESBURG — A meeting of foreign ministers from G20 countries will take place in Johannesburg on Thursday, but U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend amid Diplomats including...

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Florence Makumene held a plastic container of and wondered if it would be her last as fears swelled of a return to a time decades ago when...

Earlier this year, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni lamented that there was “no public alternative” to a US operator yet available to meet Italy’s needs on satellite communications. In fact,...

A group of African countries is set to launch a bank to fund oil and gas projects amid growing reluctance by Western institutions to further invest in fossil fuels. The...

NIOKOLO-KOBA NATIONAL PARK, Senegal — The morning sun slants through the canopy of Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park as Sgt. Abdou Diouf and his brigade of rangers march in single file,...

South Africa has responded to President Donald Trump’s criticism of its expropriation legislation and its foreign policy by suggesting that it is prepared to work with Iran and Russia in...

The Horn of Africa is a turbulent region whose history and contemporary realities are intertwined with those of the Middle East. Just like the Middle East, it straddles strategic waters...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A man regarded as the first openly gay Muslim imam has been fatally shot while sitting in a car in South Africa in what many...

A gay imam who led LGBTQ-friendly services and performed same-sex marriages has been gunned down in what local Muslim leaders are calling a homophobic hate crime in Gqeberha, formerly known...