Africa

JOHANNESBURG — A bus overturned on a highway Tuesday and passengers were thrown out of it, killing at least 12 people and injuring 45 in the South African city of...

The diplomatic relationship between the United States and South Africa has reached its lowest point since the transition to democracy in 1994. On Feb. 7, U.S. President Donald Trump signed...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and “’Master Harold’… and the...

It is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman – or a Christian. Disease is rampant, and children as young as 4 are being...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters in Beijing on Friday that his government will step up investment, financial assistance, and diplomatic outreach to Africa, seemingly seeking to exploit an...

At least two people have died and 186 others are missing after four boats carrying migrants from Africa capsized overnight in waters off Yemen and Djibouti, the U.N.’s migration agency...

1 When A24 came aboard to distribute Rungano Nyoni’s latest film, “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” the director was a little wary. “A24 is such a brand — and brands...

What’s the right way to grieve when the act won’t forgive a crime? In Rungano Nyoni’s entrancing, moody family drama “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” a young woman (Susan Chardy)...

Ugandan High Court Judge Lydia Mugambe, who sits on a United Nations criminal tribunal, made her first appearance in British court Thursday to face charges of tricking a young Ugandan...

EXCLUSIVE: Nexa Media’s The Change Africa Podcast is back for a sixth season with Peace Hyde, creator and executive producer of Netflix’s Young, Famous & African, and veteran artist James...