Egypt’s most famous pyramid is being used to relay important messages to residents near Cairo about the coronavirus outbreak. The Tourism and Antiquities Ministry is lighting up the Great Pyramid…
Officials in Egypt quarantined passengers from a cruise boat on the Nile river Saturday after 12 crew members tested positive for coronavirus Egyptian authorities were tipped off to the presence…
A car bomb explosion rocked Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu on Saturday, killing at least 78 people and injuring 125 others, officials there said. The explosion happened at an intersection on…
A global human rights organization is suing a number of major U.S. technology companies on behalf of Congolese families that have had their children killed or seriously hurt while mining…
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali received the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize in Norway on Tuesday, and recognized the honor by saying he knows from first-hand knowledge that “war is…
At least 36 people have been killed in landslides caused by unusually heavy rains, officials say. The downpour began Friday in the Northwestern part of the country, which borders Uganda.…
A terror attack in Mali killed at least 53 soldiers and one civilian, government officials said. The attack at a military post in Indelimane in the northeast near the border…
Archaeologists in Egypt on Saturday opened the coffins of two of the 30 mummies discovered earlier this year and estimated to be 3,000 years old. In April, the remains were…
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…
