Oil Continues To Spill Into Indian Ocean Near MauritiusA leaking Japanese tanker in the Indian Ocean is threatening thousands of species in a sea of pollution.
IMF Approves $4.3 Billion Coronavirus Loan To South AfricaThe International Monetary Fund's emergency loan will help support frontline health services and create jobs in South Africa.
Coronavirus Infections Surge In India, Double In South AfricaSouth Africa and India are seeing spikes in coronavirus cases. Poorer countries are facing a lack of equipment and space to care for patients.
Belgium Confronts Its Colonial Past In The Wake Of Floyd's DeathGlobal conversations around racism have brought new intensity to the nation's grappling with its brutal legacy in central Africa.
Vaccine Trials Begin In Africa As COVID-19 Worries Mount For ContinentClinical trials are underway in South Africa in the first comprehensive test of a vaccine being developed by Oxford University.
U.N. Agencies Fear COVID-19 Danger For Vast Rohingya Refugee CampsHealth officials worry about potential mass infection in refugee campings housing 860,000 Rohingyas driven out of Myanmar.
U.S. Will Donate Up To 1,000 Ventilators To South AfricaThe U.S. is planning to send 8,000 ventilators abroad by July.
Africa Is Being Outbid For Crucial Supplies As It Braces For COVID-19Ten African nations have no ventilators at all.
African Nations Race To Set Up Labs for Coronavirus TestingTo curb the spread of the coronavirus in Africa, health officials are setting up new labs, some of them in at-risk communities.
Interim Report On Ethiopian Airlines Crash Points Fingers At BoeingThe report says MCAS design, an automated safety feature designed to prevent the plane from stalling, "made it vulnerable to undesired activation."
Sudan's Prime Minister Survives Motorcade AttackLocal media report Abdalla Hamdok was traveling to his office in the country's capital when his motorcade was hit with explosives and gunfire.
Suicide Bombers Detonate Near U.S. Embassy In TunisiaBoth of the attackers and one police officer are reported dead. Five others are wounded.
U.S. Kills Al-Shabab Leader With Ties To Manda Bay AttackU.S. Africa Command said the man "was in charge of planning and directing terrorist operations on the Kenya border region."
Sudan To Pay $30 Million To Families Of Victims In USS Cole AttackSudan denies it played a role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen. But families of the dead say it provided support for the Al-Qaeda attack.
West African Countries To Explore Impacts Of Nigerian Border ClosureHeads of state agreed to look into the impact Nigeria's land border closure has had on its neighbors.
Sudan To Hand Over Ex-President For War Crimes TrialICC prosecutors want him to face charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, including for the 2003 Darfur conflict.
Somalia Declares National Emergency Over Locust InvasionThe country already struggles with food security, and the U.N. says if the swarms grow that Somalia could face a food crisis it "can't afford."
Measles Death Toll Surpasses 6,000 In Democratic Republic Of CongoThe World Health Organization says it's the world's largest outbreak of the infectious disease.
U.S. Soldier Killed In Kenya Has Been IdentifiedArmy Specialist Henry J. Mayfield Jr. was 23 years old and hailed from Evergreen Park, Illinois.
Militants Attack U.S. Base In KenyaU.S. Africa Command said one U.S. service member and two Defense Department contractors were killed in the attack.
Car Bomb Kills At Least 79, Injures Over 100 In Somalia's Capital CityThe country's president blamed terrorist group al-Shabab.
Former Sudanese President Al-Bashir Sentenced To 2 Years DetentionBashir will be transferred to a reform facility if he isn't sentenced to death in another trial.
World Health Organization Approves Ebola VaccineThe injectable vaccine has been shown to be effective in protecting people from the Ebola Zaire virus.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Awarded Nobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Committee awarded Abiy the Prize "in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea."
Militants In Somalia Attack U.S. And Italy With Car Bombs And GunsThe attacks come as Al-Shabab faces increasing pressure in the region following the loss of key areas to U.S. and Somali forces.
WHO Says Tanzania May Be Hiding Possible Ebola CasesThe World Health Organization says it's received unofficial reports of possible Ebola cases in Tanzania, but the country hasn't reported any.
Global Aid Group Says It Is Facing Vaccination Roadblocks in CongoDoctors Without Borders says it is struggling to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of people.
Scientists Have Created 2 Northern White Rhino EmbryosScientists hope that these embryos could save the species from extinction.
Zimbabwe's Former President Robert Mugabe Dies At 95His successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, confirmed Mugabe's death on Twitter Friday.
Clashes Between Zimbabwe Government, Opposition Party PersistMovement for Democratic Change has another protest planned in Masvingo on Wednesday.
