Africa

Tunde Onakoya, a chess champion, aims to break the global record for the longest chess marathon in New York City’s Times Square. Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s military chief Gen. Francis Ogolla died in a helicopter crash west of the country, President William Ruto announced Thursday and declared three days of national mourning....

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said that the world’s foremost financial institutions—the International Monetary Fund and World Bank (also known as the Bretton Woods Institutions, or BWIs)—need to “evolve”...

A bill to overcome the Supreme Court block on sending migrants to Rwanda is expected to become law this week. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak aims to “stop the boats” bringing...

The latest evidence that Washington needs a new Africa policy is on display in Niger. After many months of intense political jockeying, the United States’ security partnership with the country looks...

A U.S. judge has tossed out a series of civil lawsuits against a Libyan military commander who used to live in Virginia and was accused of killing innocent civilians in...

Alien and conspiracy theorists showed up in full force last week after a weather modeling software “error” showed an anomaly the size of Texas moving up the African coastline while...

JOHANNESBURG — Christianity is in deadly crisis in more than half of Africa’s 54 countries, sources say. Christian groups contacted by Fox News Digital say the faithful are being persecuted,...

A Jewish humanitarian organization has completed an airlift of medical materials to enclaves of Ethiopian Jews as the ongoing Israeli conflict with Hamas has complicated established aid in the region....

(Bloomberg) — South Africa is heading into unchartered political terrain and investors are growing increasingly anxious.  The rand slumped 0.9% against the dollar on Wednesday immediately after an opinion poll...