Africa

New governors were being chosen for 28 of Nigeria’s 36 states as the political opposition continues to reject the victory of President-elect Bola Tinubu

Angola to send a contingent to DRC to try to force the militia to comply with a ceasefire and avoid an escalation in the region. Kenya and Burundi have already sent troops, while Uganda and South Sudan plan to do so in the coming months

Poor nutrition in pregnant and breastfeeding women can lead to weak immunity and complications during pregnancy and birth

The efforts include a hotline for migrants to report any violations of their rights, medical and psychological assistance, and new residence cards for students from other African countries

The remains of a hunter who lived during the last ice age reveal that the Iberian Peninsula was perhaps the sole refuge for humans on the continent

The announcement by election officials overnight was likely to lead to a court challenge by the second- and third-highest finishers in the weekend vote

French President vowed to reduce the number of French troops in Africa under a “new security partnership”

Some areas of the Horn of Africa have endured five consecutive failed rainy seasons

Writers and publishers in the American continent are using literature as a tool to prevent the disappearance of endangered languages. Through books, workshops, classes and new spaces on the Internet, they seek to document, protect and revitalize the use of their languages and cultures

The Viradouro samba school featured Rosa Egipciaca, a slave with a religious following who drew the ire of the Inquisition

The first lady will highlight issues around empowering women and young people and food insecurity in the Horn of Africa

The jihadist advance in Burkina Faso and Mali has triggered a strong anti-colonial sentiment that is spreading throughout the Sahel region and being used by Russia

The tools date back to around 2.9 million years ago, when early humans used them to butcher hippos for their meat

Many elephants are now born without the emblematic ivory and goat scurs are getting smaller

Half of Burkina Faso is under terrorist control and its military regime has ordered the withdrawal of French troops, following the lead of Mali where Wagner mercenaries are operating

The pontiff is on a six-day trip that will also take him to South Sudan, two of the most dangerous countries on the continent and among the few places where Catholicism remains robust

The Treasury and State departments announced the moves in coordinated statements that target dozens of the mercenaries’ affiliates

A new report has unified the WHO threat prevention model, after reviewing nearly 3,000 documents issued over the 23 years leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic

‘It is possible for markets to become quite concerned about whether or not the US will pay its bills,’ the treasury secretary said

The economic benefits that major slave-trading nations, including the United States, reaped for hundreds of years on the backs of unpaid labor could amount to tens of trillions of dollars

Why is it that our species has come to dominate not only our warm ancestral lands but every part of the globe?

A son of Teodoro Obiang, who has ruled the African nation with an iron fist since 1979, and other top members of his security apparatus have been implicated in the kidnapping and torture of two Spanish citizens

Deteriorating habitats and illegal fishing are threatening the West African manatee, a species shrouded in mystery fueled by legends

A revised analysis of a horseman’s portrait found in southern Spain suggests he may have helped kill Publius Cornelius Scipio, the famous general who fought Hannibal in the Second Punic War

Piercing different body parts is an ancient practice in many cultures; in the West, the countercultural movements of the 1960s and 1970s also incorporated it. Today, piercings are widely accepted; any political significance they once had has been watered down, and their decorative function now reigns supreme

Susan Hussey has stepped down from her palace duties after asking a Black charity leader where she was ‘really’ from