Africa

Dead soldiers, caked in blood and dirt, litter the ground. Their body armor has been torn off, and their guns lie strewn on the road. In the background, jihadis can...

DUBLIN — Ireland’s new parliament has picked an ex-trucking boss and its first woman to be its speaker — a move that signals the next government is taking a turn...

President Biden’s administration is pressuring the government of Sierra Leone to adopt more permissive abortion policies in exchange for foreign assistance, according to a Monday report.  The African nation currently...

The moment the bush plane touched the runway at the Sasakwa Airstrip in Tanzania, I knew the safari experience at Singita Sabora Tented Camp would be different. Just 20 minutes...

U.S. President Joe Biden combined two of his passions during his much-delayed trip to Africa last week: U.S. foreign policy and trains. At the Lobito port on the Angolan coast,...

The European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas said Monday that the bloc will raise the possibility of closing Russian bases in Syria with the country’s new leadership, as some ministers...

ABUJA, Nigeria — West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS approved Sunday an exit timeline for three coup-hit nations after a nearly yearlong process of mediation to avert the unprecedented disintegration of...

DUBLIN — Israel is closing its embassy in Dublin in protest against Ireland’s decisions to recognize Palestinian statehood and to accuse the Israelis of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip....

Opposition leader in last weekend’s presidential election in is a significant milestone in African politics. Ghana’s Electoral Commission confirmed late on Monday that with vote counting complete, 66-year-old Mahama’s party, the...

For a long time, scientists believed that modern people evolved in a specific “” in East Africa, some 200,000 years ago. But more recently, researchers used high-tech methods to date fossil...