Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge became the first person to break the 2-hour marathon barrier, running the 26.2-mile race in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Saturday. Kipchog, 34, shaved 45 seconds…
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 on Friday to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali for his efforts to secure peace with neighboring Eritrea. In…
Al-Shabab militants attacked a U.S. airbase in Somalia Monday with a combination of car bombs and small arms fire, authorities said. The group claimed responsibility for the attack at the…
As the latest wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa dies out, churches in the country and others on the continent are demanding an end to the persistent problem, affecting…
At least seven students were killed and dozens more were injured when a school collapsed Monday in Kenya’s capital of Nairobi, officials said. Communications manager Fred Majiwa said the incident…
Demonstrators gathered in cities across Egypt on Friday night and early Saturday to call for the resignation of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, leading to the arrest of dozens of protesters.…
Voter turnout was down as Tunisia held its second free presidential elections on Sunday after the death of President Beji Caid Essebsi in July. At the time the polls closed…
African leaders paid tribute Saturday to Zimbabwe’s founding father Robert Mugabe, who was ousted from nearly four decades of leadership two years ago, at a state funeral. Thousands mourned Mugabe…
A new report Tuesday said thousands of Nigerian children are being held in squalor conditions as the terrorist group Boko Haram preys on them to participate in violent activity. Human…
Zimbabwe’s founding father Robert Mugabe who ruled the country for almost four decades as an autocrat died Friday at age 95, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced. “It is with the utmost…
