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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Young volunteers from the Young Sustainability Initiative have spent the past 100 days clearing large volumes of plastic debris and...

Nigeria is grappling with a renewed surge in insurgent violence, highlighted by the killing of a senior military officer and 17 other soldiers in...

Decades of oil production in Nigeria’s Niger Delta have fueled the national economy, yet many host communities continue to grapple with severe environmental degradation,...

Burkina Faso’s President Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who seized power in a military coup in September 2022, has declared that democracy should take a back...

KAMPALA, Uganda – A horrific stabbing attack at a daycare center in Uganda’s capital has left four young children dead, police confirmed Monday. A suspect...

A deepening fuel crisis has brought daily life to a near standstill in Ethiopia’s capital, after more than 180,000 metric tons of fuel failed...

Bujumbura, Burundi — Powerful explosions rocked an ammunition depot in the Musaga area of Bujumbura on Tuesday night, killing 13 civilians and injuring 57...

A new report by Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF) has documented the systematic use of sexual violence as a weapon of...

Nigeria has achieved a significant breakthrough in its long-standing efforts to recover cultural artefacts looted during the 1897 Benin Expedition, with the University of...

JUBA, South Sudan — Police in South Sudan have reported that more than 70 people were killed in a violent attack linked to a...

Kenya is grappling with the aftermath of weeks of relentless torrential rains and severe flooding that have now claimed at least 108 lives, according...

At least 20 people have been killed in landslides in southern Tanzania following days of intense rainfall, as extreme weather continues to batter parts...