Africa

Speaking virtually Saturday to a conference in Tunis focused on Japanese investment in Africa’s development, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged $30 billion (€30.1 billion) over three years in an apparent...

UNITED NATIONS — Diplomats from around the world have failed to reach agreement on a United Nations treaty designed to protect marine life on the high seas, after a fifth...

VATICAN CITY — With a solemn ceremony to create new cardinals, Pope Francis was poised Saturday to formally expand the ranks of churchmen now eligible to vote for his successor...

The Polisario wants an independent state in the Western Sahara, a vast stretch of mineral-rich desert which Morocco sees as a sovereign part of its own territory. Tunisian President Kais...

The Proteas were 88-3 in their second innings at lunch on the third day, still 176 runs adrift of England’s first innings 415-9 declared — a total built on Ben...

Japan has pledged $30bn in aid for development in Africa, saying it wants to work more closely with the continent at a time when the rules-based international order is under...

TUNIS, Tunisia — African heads of state, representatives of international organizations and private business leaders gathered in Tunisia on Saturday for the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, a triennial...

NAIROBI, Kenya — An airstrike by Ethiopia’s air force hit a kindergarten in the country’s embattled Tigray region, causing deaths and injuries on Friday, according to local broadcasters. It was...

Catherine had shaved her hair — without her boyfriend’s permission. He beat her for that, over and over again. “I can’t remember how many times he hit me over little...

Irene da Silva is back in business. After closing her small cosmetic stand in the centre of Luanda for a few days during Angola’s election as a precaution, she now...