International/Africa

Paul Rusesabagina is credited with helping save almost 1,200 lives during the 100-day slaughter in 1994 that killed about 800,000 Rwandans

The aim of the delisting is to 'avoid a vicious circle in which one conflict replicates to another, to end the politics of hatred and evil'

'If signed into law… it will render lesbian, gay, and bisexual people in Uganda criminals simply for existing, for being who they are'

Jeff Woodke, the 61-year-old aid worker, who served as a missionary worker in Niger for 32 years, was kidnapped by jihadists in the Sahel in 2016

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna reported on Wednesday hat 2.5 tons of natural uranium had gone missing from the Libyan location

The health care workers unions are demanding a 10 percent pay rise amid hiking living costs across the country

'This award is a big thing for me – not only for me, but for the women out there in my country'

Blinken will talk with officials, humanitarian groups on the peace deal that halted the two-year war which has killed hundreds of thousands

The renewed momentum on both projects follows months of heightened tensions between Algeria and Morocco

Anti-France sentiment is running high in Mali and Burkina Faso after military coups there led to fallouts with Paris and pullout of French troops

Burkina Faso is battling a jihadist insurgency that spread from neighboring Mali

'We will wait. They were supposed to start accreditation by 8:30 a.m., but even if they come at 9 p.m. today, we will stay and vote'

'The pressure is mounting' as African migrants face criminal gangs, traffickers, and smugglers en route to Gulf states through Yemen

In Sudan, Wagner works with military leaders who replaced former strongman Omar al-Bashir; in Libya, the group is associated with Khalifa Hafter

Some 5.6 million people are believed to be at risk of severe food insecurity and around 2.9 million are internally displaced in the central African region

Bilal al-Sudani was killed along with 10 other Islamic State fighters

Government spokesperson emphasized that this was 'not the end of diplomatic relations between Burkina Faso and France'

Burkina Faso is among West African countries battling a rampant insurgency with links to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State

The Somali government last year declared 'total war' against the Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab extremist group

Ethiopia is driving to expand and diversify its energy capacity; Zambia has been rationing electricity supply following a drop in hydropower generation

'It was very challenging and rewarding to treat these children, and work with local doctors to address this life-threatening disease'

More than 18.6 million people are experiencing 'severe,' 2.1 million are experiencing 'emergency' levels of food insecurity

The video shows a dark stain spread down the 71-year-old president's grey trousers as he stood for the national anthem at a road commissioning event