Activists in Tunisia are planning a “red vest” movement to protest the nation’s poor economic conditions — taking inspiration from the “yellow vest” demonstrators in France. Since 2011, the Tunisian…
Prosecutors plan to investigate the authenticity of a video that appears to show two nude people atop the Great Pyramid of Giza, said Egypt’s antiquities minister, who called it a…
The United States Embassy in the Democratic Republic of Congo was set to reopen Tuesday after being closed for more than a week because of a terrorist threat. The embassy…
A park ranger at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo died Wednesday of injuries sustained when armed militants attacked a ranger post, park officials said. Kasereka Masumbuko…
The United States is in talks with Sudan to remove the African nation from the U.S. list of states that sponsor terror, a top diplomat said. Sudan has been on…
The United Nations Security Council unanimously lifted sanctions against Eritrea Wednesday that lasted for nearly a decade. The 15-member council adopted Resolution 2444, calling for an end to the nine-year-old…
A series of car bombs detonated in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Friday, killing at least 23 people, local officials said. Explosions and gunfire erupted in the area around…
Nearly 80 children who were kidnapped from a boarding school in Cameroon have been set free, authorities said. Gunmen took the group of 42 girls and 36 boys from a…
Egypt said Sunday it had killed 19 militants in retaliation for an attack on Coptic Christians two days earlier. The Interior Ministry said Egypt’s security forces tracked the suspects in…
Militants opened fire on three buses carrying Coptic Christian pilgrims Friday, killing at least seven people and injuring 19 others, Egyptian authorities said. The vehicles — two buses and a…
