Africa

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Negotiators from several of the world’s most powerful economies held a contentious meeting in Saturday’s wee hours as they sought to push through a $300 billion-per-year climate...

The tooth of assassinated Congolese national hero Patrice Lumumba, pilfered by a Belgian police officer and ceremonially returned to the country in 2022, was potentially stolen on Monday. A break-in...

For nearly two weeks, police have closely monitored an abandoned gold mine at Stilfontein, about 150 kilometers (100 miles) southwest of Johannesburg. The mine reportedly descends vertically for more than...

BRUSSELS — A meeting of top ministers and energy bosses in Brussels ground to a halt Monday after demonstrators gained access to the event, vomiting green fluorescent liquid into sick...

Tanzania’s latest transportation project, the has been described by some analysts as a game changer in Africa. It stretches across breathtaking landscapes between , , , ,  and . The electrified train...

Two men have been pulled out from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa after a court ordered the police to lift a blockade and allow the rescue of hundreds...

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has reported the first known U.S. case of an emerging strain of the mpox virus, according to a CDPH release Saturday. The case...

Dozens of local volunteers have stepped up to help rescue what could be thousands of miners feared trapped underground in an abandoned gold mine in the town of Stilfontein in...

Choosing to write about “settler colonialism” as a theoretical notion and political concept is not an obvious choice for a poet and cultural critic, but Adam Kirsch’s new book is...

Mia le Roux, contestant at the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Mexico, has announced her last-minute withdrawal from the competition due to health reasons. Le Roux was the first deaf...