Pape Alé Niang, an investigative reporter, was arrested on charges of disclosing confidential government information. Journalists and rights defenders say he was just doing his job.

Ivory Coast had said the 49 soldiers were in Mali to provide security for a United Nations peacekeeping mission, but Mali had accused them of being mercenaries.

Edwin Chiloba’s body was dumped on the roadside by a moving vehicle in the country’s west. Police have arrested his friend and are pursuing two others in the case.

Eugenia Kargbo remembers when Sierra Leone’s capital was greener and cooler, and is now trying to help the city combat rising temperatures.

A terrorist group, Al Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attacks, which came as the militants lose control of towns and villages to a government offensive.

A video showing dozens of vehicles moving in on a pair of big cats in a Kenyan game reserve highlights how “aggressive tourism” can put endangered animals at even greater risk.

The capital of Senegal has become a fashion center. But photographing stylish people going about their day isn’t as easy as clicking a button.

Moscow blocks most shipments from Ukraine, one of the world’s largest wheat producers, and its attacks on the country’s energy grid also disrupt the flow of food.

Ivory Coast said its soldiers were in Mali to provide security for the United Nations peacekeeping mission. But Mali accused them of seeking to undermine its own security.

The country has effectively closed down one of the last places in Algeria for freewheeling political debate, which carried on even as the military-backed regime that leads the country grew increasingly authoritarian.

In a newly reissued photo book from 1967, Ernest Cole surveys the ever-present atrocities of European oppression.

Two youths who tried to use a pool at a resort on Christmas Day said they were told it was for “white people only.” The violent encounter led to a charge of attempted murder and a call by the president to battle racism.

As some Black families celebrate Kwanzaa this week, we asked children to share their impressions of this nonreligious holiday honoring African American culture.

Fishermen in Sierra Leone need large amounts of ice to store their catch on multiday journeys. Like many commodities, it has become pricey.

At least nine people were killed and 60 injured from the ensuing fireball, in a scene a witness described as a “zombie apocalypse.”

The Russian president has unleashed a new disorder on the world with his war in Ukraine, and the Central African Republic may be its ultimate expression.

A superstar in Africa, she sang in the language of her tribe and often addressed social concerns, insisting on women’s strength and decrying abuse.

Turnout in Saturday’s parliamentary elections was just over 11 percent, reflecting deep skepticism that politics can solve the North African nation’s grave governmental and economic crises.

Two new routes, managed by Bedouins, will help preserve long-overlooked natural wonders and a vanishing way of life.

Despite a high-profile scandal, Cyril Ramaphosa was able to secure enough support to stay in control, almost assuring him a second term as the country’s leader after elections scheduled for 2024.