JOHANNESBURG – This month’s riots across South Africa have underscored concerns about inequality and stability after nearly three decades of democracy. In Soweto, owners of pillaged shops accuse the government

MAROUA – Cameroon’s government has sent ministers to its northern border with Nigeria to convince villagers who fled Boko Haram militants to return. Cameroon invested $10 million on reconstruction efforts

Sierra Leone is set to become the 23rd country on the African continent to abolish the death penalty. Lawmakers in the West African nation voted unanimously Friday to

KAMPALA, UGANDA – Ugandan authorities have detained weightlifter Julius Sekitoleko after he disappeared last week from the Olympic Games in Japan. His case is odd, as Sekitoleko did not qualify

KILIFI, KENYA – Cryptocurrencies make headlines for shaking up the financial world, but they are also gaining ground in less developed countries. In Kenya, an American economist, who introduced blockchain

UNITED NATIONS – Africa became the region hardest hit by terrorism in the first half of 2021 as the Islamic State and al-Qaida extremist groups and their affiliates spread their

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, ALASKA – U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Saturday that U.S. airstrikes targeting al-Shabab in Somalia over the past few days were undertaken because Somali

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s leader went to Johannesburg’s Soweto township Sunday to view badly damaged shopping centers where people were trampled to death in rioting sparked by the imprisonment of