Society

Helena Monteiro da Costa's father was brought from Angola to Brazil as an enslaved person in the 19th century. Next...

A religious schism has turned deadly in Nigeria, with a church member fatally shot and two young children killed as...

ECOWAS marks historic turning point by approving the creation of a Special Court for The Gambia. The Conference of Heads...

Cyclone Chido struck Mozambique on Sunday, unleashing powerful winds and raising alarms about potential devastation after traversing islands in the...

Police in Kenya hurled teargas canisters Tuesday at hundreds of protesters against gender-based violence, or femicide, in the capital, Nairobi,...

Nigeria's anti-graft agency has said it has made its biggest ever seizure of assets, alleged to have been purchased with...

Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday ordered a crackdown on sex in government offices after private videos leaked on social media appeared...

Tanzania is setting new benchmarks in food self-sufficiency across Africa, raising hope that the fight against hunger and malnutrition on...

A Paris court on Wednesday sentenced a Rwandan former doctor to 27 years in prison for his role in the...

Local government officials joined hundreds of mourners in northern Nigeria on Wednesday for the mass burial of more than 140...