After touching down in Ghana, Vice President Kamala Harris said she's excited about the future of Africa.
Paul Rusesabagina has asserted that his 2020 arrest was in response to his criticism of President Paul Kagame over alleged human rights abuses.
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Jeffery Woodke was freed after being held hostage for over six years in West Africa. A French journalist was also released.
This marks the second time the cyclone, which has been causing destruction in southern Africa since late February, made landfall in mainland Africa.
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Archaeologists used new cosmic ray cosmic rays to spot a 30-foot-long tunnel inside the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Bola Tinubu received 37% of the votes, or nearly 8.8 million, while main opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar won 29% with almost 7 million.
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Jill Biden has been highlighting U.S.-backed efforts to empower women and young adults during a five-day, two-country visit to Africa.
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Jihadi violence linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group has overrun Burkina Faso, killing thousands and displacing nearly 2 million people.
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Sudan's coup leaders and the main pro-democracy group signed a deal Monday to establish a civilian-led transitional government.
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The Precision Air plane encountered issues amid bad weather and plunged into the water.
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The attack occurred on a day when the president, prime minister and other senior officials were meeting to discuss combating violent extremism.
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South African leaders have accused the U.S. of focusing on the Ukraine conflict to the detriment of other global crises.
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Ruto had been the deputy to outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta but had a bitter split that left the two not speaking for months at a time.
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WildAid Founder and President Peter Knights talks about the dangers of wildlife conservation efforts following the death of Anton Mzimba.
Residents fear the fighting that capped a monthslong political deadlock could explode into a wider war and a return to the peaks of Libya's conflict.
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Deputy President William Ruto was declared the winner of the close election with almost 50.5% of votes.
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The Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, which has ties with al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Sen. Chris Coons went to Kenya amid chaos after William Ruto was declared the country's new president.
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UNICEF is warning a food shortage in many countries is putting thousands of children in danger.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is among the African countries that rely on Russian and Ukrainian wheat to meet their consumption needs.
African counties are among those most affected by ripples of the war.
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Police say they are investigating reports that a group of men arrived in a minibus taxi and opened fire on some of the patrons at the bar.
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Mohammad Barkindo, 63, died late Tuesday in Abuja, a spokesman for Nigeria's petroleum ministry told The Associated Press.
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Police minister Bheki Cele said the victims’ ages ranged from 13 to 17, raising questions about why the underaged teenagers were being served alcohol.
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Opposition lawmaker Amina Mohamed Abdi was among at least 48 people killed in a suicide bombing at a polling station.
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Myanmar forces are accused of raping, killing and torching thousands of homes, forcing more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee from Rakhine in 2017.
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Tutu died peacefully at the Oasis Frail Care Center in Cape Town, the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Trust said.
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Experts believe the surge from the variant may have passed as cases dropped by nearly 12,000 since last week.
The warning comes as the world faces a new surge in cases driven by the highly infectious Omicron variant.
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The United Nations Security Council is requesting an end to serious crises and conflicts in Ethiopia which have displaced people.
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More than 70% of the world's cobalt is produced in the DRC. A mining law prohibiting children from engaging in artisanal mining is not being enforced.
Tanzania's capital city could lose up to $5.3 billion in public and private assets because of the threat of rising sea levels and flooding.
Crews were moving through a mountain of broken concrete and steel looking for dozens still missing after the collapse killed at least 14 people.
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Four people are dead, and many more are missing after a high-rise apartment building collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria
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