Rachel Chason

At the Africa Forward summit in Nairobi, France’s president sought to reset French influence on the continent.

Victoria Craw, Rachel Chason U.S. and Nigerian forces carried out a joint operation that killed a senior Islamic State commander in Nigeria, President Donald Trump said late Friday.

Victoria Craw, Rachel Chason U.S. and Nigerian forces carried out a joint operation that killed a senior Islamic State commander in Nigeria, President Donald Trump said late Friday.

A baby hippo rescued from beside his mother’s body in Kenya is now thriving, and keepers hope to reintroduce him to the wild one day.

Sweeping aid cuts by Western nations left the Democratic Republic of Congo ill-equipped to contain an Ebola outbreak despite its extensive experience with the disease.

Aid groups and health officials say they lacked the staff, surveillance systems and emergency supplies needed.

The growth of Christianity in Africa has turned the continent into a denominational battleground. Pope Leo’s visit to Angola came as his church confronts a rising challenge.

Distrust and violence flare in the central African nation as false claims spread that the outbreak — and the disease itself — is a hoax.

NAIROBI — As a deadly outbreak of Ebola spreads through the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, one conspiracy theory is that nonprofit workers brought the disease to get more money.

Migration is woven into the story of the small African nation of Cape Verde and its national soccer team, raising concern about who can attend the tournament.