The state broadcaster briefly went off the air, and soldiers blocked roads in Ouagadougou, the capital. But it was not immediately clear if elements of the military had seized power.

Mass protests, once a grave threat to even the fiercest autocrat, have plummeted in effectiveness, a study shows. Factors appear to include polarization, social media and rising nationalist attitudes.

In addition to those killed, dozens of women were raped when security forces stormed a pro-democracy rally in 2009, a U.N. investigation found. Eleven men, including the country’s former president, are on trial.

Hakainde Hichilema is hailed as a miracle worker for turning around the fortunes of the southern African country. But with his opposition neutralized and a corruption drive focused on his predecessors, some are uneasy.

Astronomers on Earth — and a shoebox-size Italian spacecraft called LICIACube — captured the DART mission’s successful strike on Dimorphos.

Paul Gicheru was accused of tampering with witnesses in favor of President William Ruto, whose trial at The Hague collapsed in 2016. The cause of death is not yet known.

Tourists, vendors, babies, hundreds of university students and a soccer team from Senegal perished in a little-known ferry disaster 20 years ago. Survivors and families of victims still want justice.

In a country where wildlife trafficking already runs rampant, conservationists fear that ransoming of animals may become a common tactic used by criminals.

“We cannot afford to waste another moment debating the merits of doing something vis a vis doing nothing,” he said.

President Biden portrayed Russia as the chief threat to global peace and renewed warnings that “a nuclear war cannot be won.”

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After a bitter and close election, William Ruto takes the reins of power on Tuesday. One of his team’s first moves: Limiting the access of local television outlets to the ceremony.

In Commonwealth nations with British colonial histories, Queen Elizabeth’s death is rekindling discussions about a more independent future.

William Ruto built a career on beating the odds. In his greatest triumph, he is expected to be inaugurated as Kenya’s fifth president on Tuesday.

While some in Africa paid tribute to the deceased monarch, others stressed Britain’s violent colonial history on the continent.

The Rwandan government is hoping to build a local golf culture and harness the sport to appeal to international tourists and investors.

The director Gina Prince-Bythewood is known for her attention to character, but she made this historic saga of female warriors on another scale altogether.

After a dominant political party tied to President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi filed complaints against them, the journalists were charged with publishing fake news, among other counts.

At least 35 people were killed and dozens of others wounded when a roadside blast struck a convoy. The country has been devastated by growing violence driven by extremist groups.

President Biden’s foreign policy priority overlaps with a main domestic drive — both made more urgent by the persistent power of China, Russia and Donald J. Trump.