Researchers found that the animals are capable of using their trunks to make a range of gestures that express their intentions and wants.

The administration is aiming to strike deals to expand the United States’ access to critical minerals and to counter China’s rising influence in Africa.

Simmering anger against President William Ruto’s government has boiled over into clashes between protesters and the police, who have deployed live rounds, tear gas and water cannons.

A government led by freedom fighters who helped to liberate the country more than 30 years ago is now overseeing a police force accused of staggering abuses.

A data analysis by The New York Times shows that a form of torture popular during apartheid endures in the country despite laws designed to eliminate it.

At the funeral for Albert Ojwang, protesters in Kenya said his death was a call to action for the country’s youth.

Hailing from a small, rural province, Mr. Mabuza had a remarkable rise to national power. But much of it came crashing down amid corruption allegations.

A medical doctor and former nun, she found an affordable way to expand palliative care in the developing world, bringing pain relief to poor, terminally ill patients.

The conviction of Boualem Sansal, an outspoken French and Algerian writer, has worsened tensions between the countries.

The burial site of Edgar Lungu, Zambia’s former president, has become the latest conflict in a relationship marred by hostility

The Emirati vice president is best known as the owner of a top British soccer team. Behind the scenes, he has been described as the “handler” guiding his country’s secret foreign wars.

He was a pioneering figure in Black British art whose rebellious, symbol-rich images explored race, queerness, desire and spirituality.

President Trump claims credit for the outcome. The main question now is how the treaty will be implemented as fighting still rages in eastern Congo.

Susan Namangale fell in love with the game at age 9 in her small village, and she’s now on a mission to deliver a message to the whole country: Chess is good for everyone.

Thousands demonstrated on Wednesday to express their anger over government corruption and police brutality.

In a video address, the health secretary said the United States would no longer donate to Gavi, the vaccine agency. The organization rejected his claims.

The police fired tear gas at demonstrators who were expressing anger at the government over growing economic hardship and a lack of accountability for killings at earlier rallies.

A new drug that gives almost complete protection against the virus was to be administered across Africa this year. Now, much of the funding for that effort is gone.

The administration is pushing nations around the world, including ones at war, to take people expelled by the U.S. government who are not citizens of those countries.

The administration has gutted agencies like U.S.A.I.D., and President Trump has denigrated their work as wasteful and rife with fraud. His views on humanitarian assistance have seesawed since he entered political life.