Tag: Africa

Violence flared Sunday in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo as what officials are calling a coup attempt crumbled, leaving the purported leader of the attempt dead, according ...

The United Methodist Church has overwhelmingly given its stamp of approval to same-sex marriages. The 523-161 vote to make the change came last week, according to WTVD. Several delegates opposed ...

New reports paint a dire picture of American forces in Niger, a western African nation that this month said it wants all U.S. military personnel to leave the country. A ...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre promptly ended a news briefing Thursday after refusing to take reporter Simon Ateba's question. Ateba is a Cameroonian journalist and the publisher of Today ...

Amos Akila, the mayor of the Mazat community, is among seven recent victims of land-grabbing terrorists laying waste to dozens of villages in Plateau State in North Central Nigeria, according ...

A humanitarian rescue plane was fired upon in Sudan’s war-torn capital on Friday. The Turkish C-130 was able to land at Wadi Seidna airfield, near Khartoum despite what appeared to ...

There's a certain savage beauty to nature and creation -- and thanks to technology, we get to see things that we never would have been able to witness without going ...

An African journalist who raises the hackles of White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre with his questions is fighting back after being banned from joining the White House Correspondents Association. ...

An Ebola-related disease with no known cure has been spotted in two African nations. On Monday, the World Health Organization said Marburg disease has struck Equatorial Guinea, according to USA ...

An African reporter has turned to his Twitter followers for help as he continues to be ignored by President Joe Biden's press secretary. Simon Ateba of Today News Africa has ...

An American couple living in Naguru neighborhood in Kampala, Uganda, could face the death penalty over an aggravated child trafficking charge, lawyers said. Police arrested Nicholas Spencer and Mackenzie Leigh ...

Senegal’s Parliament briefly resembled a junior high school cafeteria last week as tensions turned into scuffling. The BBC provided a bit of context, noting that the African nation’s legislative chamber ...

A young girl collapsed during a press conference with Victorian Premier Dan Andrews, who was in the middle of announcing a new $15 million sponsorship with Netball Australia. During the ...

Religious and ethnic tensions continue to worsen in the African nation of Nigeria, as Muslim herders launch grisly attacks on Christian farmers. The latest attack, which has reportedly left 70 ...

"So they take them out of school to work on the farm."

When Sirizani Butau of Kadoma, Zimbabwe, came across a horrific crash on Christmas Eve, he didn't hesitate to throw himself into danger to help save the victims. Butau, a truck ...

I am often apt to angrily declare that Twitter is one of the worst things that has ever happened to our constitutional republic. Everything from the way it has weaponized ...

As panic circles the globe over a new coronavirus variant first reported in South Africa, the doctor who first noticed the variant is asking for a dose of calm. Dr. ...

"It’s another major success in our fight against terrorist groups in the Sahel."

An Algerian judo athlete and his coach have been temporarily suspended after withdrawing from the Olympics to avoid competing against an Israeli. Fethi Nourine and his coach Amar Benikhlef will ...