Africa

Johannesburg and the large township of Soweto nearby have been forced to endure several days without water as electricity problems have knocked out pumping stations and a late summer heat...

The declaration came just a day after a senior US delegation left Niger, following a three-day visit to renew contact with the military junta that ousted the president and moved...

Fundamentalist Christian churches from the are increasingly gaining power and influence in societies and political spheres across . Many of them whip up negative sentiments against  and abortion rights. Haley McEwen,...

A man identifying himself as a prophet has been charged with exploiting more than 251 children in Zimbabwe. A police raid also uncovered 16 unregistered graves, including infants, at the...

A proposed ban on the import of game hunting trophies will backfire and only increase poaching, harm conservation and cause the loss of wildlife habitat, southern African nations have warned...

South Africa’s threat to arrest its own citizens who serve in the Israel Defense Forces is raising legal, moral and strategic questions for a military that relies heavily on foreign-born...

Three Egyptian Coptic Orthodox monks have been stabbed to death in a monastery in South Africa. A 35-year-old man was arrested in connection with the killings, police said on Wednesday,...

As Haiti’s lawlessness and violent upheaval by ruthless gangs threaten to establish a de facto criminal state, FRANCE 24’s François Picard, Fraser Jackson and Delano D’Souza are joined by Ivan...

You’ve heard plenty about Russia’s territorial expansion. But the Russians aren’t stopping there. In Africa, the Russian Orthodox Church is pioneering ecclesiastical expansionism. By offering gifts—not theological persuasion—it’s winning over...

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced Tuesday that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is created, bowing to international pressure to make way for new leadership in the...