Flooding caused by heavy rains has left more than 1,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed.

Derna is quickly being reconstructed after a flood that killed thousands. But questions linger about the process, and residents say new buildings cannot erase their trauma.

Taiwo and Kehinde were groundbreaking for their funky songs, as well as their feminism. Five years after Kehinde’s death, their albums will be reissued.

The decision is a crucial step in getting shots to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the center of the outbreak.

The sentences were handed down months after the central African country lifted a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty.

The announcement provides U.S. support to permanent council seats for African nations, though not new veto powers. But the path to adding members requires far more than White House approval.

Fatalities spiked 71 percent last year, far outpacing the 13 percent rise in cases, the World Health Organization said.

Dickson Ndiema died from injuries he sustained when he set Rebecca Cheptegei, his former partner, on fire. The police had planned to charge him with murder.

Ali Mohamed Kibao was beaten and acid had been poured on his face, according to an autopsy, his party said.

The traffic accident was the latest disaster to highlight how roads across many African countries are some of the world’s deadliest.

The country’s brutal civil war has led to the killing, rape and torture of civilians, including children, as it threatens to destabilize neighboring countries.

President William Ruto called the news “devastating.” The blaze has brought renewed attention to concerns about the safety of Kenyan schools.

Boko Haram killed at least 170 villagers in northeastern Nigeria, community leaders say, in what is likely one of the deadliest attacks in recent years.

Yassin Fatty, a traditional practitioner of female genital cutting in the West African nation of Gambia, became the first to be convicted there. But her case led to a backlash and a popular campaign to make it legal again.

Seven survivors were rescued from the boat that sank after leaving Libya. A crackdown by Italy has reduced migration, but not the high death rates that come with crossing the Mediterranean.

A South African beauty pageant contestant with Nigerian heritage was forced to withdraw from the competition after her participation fueled anti-immigrant sentiments.

Mr. Wine, a pop star turned politician who ran for president, is in the hospital, but his injuries are not life-threatening, one of his lawyers said.

Rebecca Cheptegei, a long-distance runner who competed in the Olympic marathon in Paris, is in critical condition after a man poured gas on her and set her on fire, police in Kenya said.

The government said that at least 24 inmates had been shot dead as they attempted to escape from Makala Central Prison, which rights organizations have long warned is dangerously overcrowded.

The Southern African country plans to butcher over 700 wild animals, including 83 elephants and 300 zebras, to feed people and, it hopes, cut down on dangerous cross-species encounters.