Across southern Africa, political parties that have led their countries since the end of colonialism have ceded power to the opposition in recent months. Namibia bucked the trend.

Kouoh, who was born in Cameroon and currently leads one of Africa’s most important art museums, will organize the 61st edition, in 2026.

In becoming the first American leader to visit Angola, President Biden said it was important not to forget the ugly legacy of the human trade that originally defined relations with Africa.

The president stopped in Cape Verde on his way to Angola, where he will highlight American commitment to Africa in the economic competition against China.

When President Biden visits Angola on Monday, he will promote a rail project meant to show America’s commitment to the continent and to counter Chinese influence.

When President Biden visits Angola on Monday, he will promote a rail project meant to show America’s commitment to the continent and to counter Chinese influence.

It was unclear on Sunday how many people were killed, but at least one estimate neared 100 people.

In Angola on likely his last overseas trip in office, the president will tour a slavery museum and spotlight a rail corridor that is part of his administration’s strategy in the region.

When President Biden visits the country this week, he is expected to highlight a largely overlooked bond between Angola and the United States that was born out of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

The mass slaying of West African soldiers by colonial forces at the end of World War II in Senegal remains shrouded in secrecy. But Senegal’s new government won’t abide the mystery.

The health secretary pick and his organization have worked around the world to undermine longstanding policies on measles, AIDS and more.

The internet is made up of hundreds of cables crossing the floors and the canyons of the earth’s oceans. So what happens when the cables snap? James Glanz, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains what could go wrong with subsea internet cables and how these cables get fixed.

Rescuers were searching for survivors after the vessel, taking passengers to a food market, capsized along the River Niger, officials said.

A discovery in northern Kenya hints that two extinct species that were our ancient relatives shared the same habitat and possibly interacted.

Egyptians may have used hallucinogenic substances as part of a fertility rite, researchers said.

President João Lourenço of Angola has worked hard to strengthen his country’s partnership with the United States and says the recent election won’t derail that.

Voters head to the polls on Wednesday in the latest test for one of southern Africa’s liberation parties, which have been rebuked at the ballot box this year.

Top diplomats from the Group of 7 nations tried to project unity on Ukraine while discussing differences over Israel and anticipating the return of Donald J. Trump.

After Ethiopian wolves feed on their favorite rodents, they may be enjoying a bit of dessert and in the process helping pollinate plants known as torch lilies.

He wrote poetry in Afrikaans and prose in English in his fight against apartheid, an effort that landed him in jail for seven years and in Paris as an expatriate.