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It’s an intercontinental traffic jam. A massive container ship has run aground in the Suez Canal, blocking the other cargo ships from passing through the crucial link between Africa and Asia. The Ever Given — which is longer than four football...

The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has hit Africa much harder than the first wave, a new analysis has shown.

KAMPALA, Uganda — The head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned against a “vaccine war” among nations amid renewed fears vaccine shipments to the continent face delays. John Nkengasong said in a briefing Thursday that...

The Indian Ocean island destination is reopening to all visitors, apart from travelers from South Africa, with the hope of turning things around after seeing its revenues from tourism drop by 62% last year due to the pandemic.

Over the last year, the Covid-19 pandemic has fueled a shift towards digital banking and mobile money. In Africa, this change in habits has international investors eyeing the lucrative opportunity to bring the unbanked online.

The Islamic State's Central Africa Province fighters claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the town of Palma in northern Mozambique, according to a statement published by ISIS' affiliated media wing, Amaq news agency. Dozens of people have...

Early humans were just as innovative inland as on the coast, new research from the southern Kalahari Desert in Africa suggests.

JERUSALEM – The coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa can “break through” Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to some extent, a real-world data study in Israel found, though its prevalence in the country is low and the research has...

Kigali's streets thrum with traffic, motorbikes darting around buses, its roadside markets a hive of activity. Standing on the roadside, it's much like any other major city in the heart of Africa. But this is a city that stands apart from other...

At least 42 migrants have died after a boat they were travelling in from Yemen capsized off the coast of Djibouti, East Africa, during the early hours of Monday morning, the United Nations' International Office for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday.

Twitter's announcement Monday that it will set up its first Africa base in Ghana, West Africa, has generated fierce debate among Nigerian users of the social media app, and reignited the never-ending rivalry between the two countries, known...

Four young men were found burned to death and two others were found hanged by unknown assailants in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, police said on Thursday.

Guessing they didn’t birdie the 18th. Two men in South Africa took their frustrations out on each other in a wild golf course brawl that has gone viral. The video, which is from a fundraising event for a local school, gets straight into it with men...

A suspected rhino poacher was killed in an elephant stampede at a South African national park on Saturday, officials said. The man was among three suspected poachers spotted by rangers at Kruger National Park, the parks service said in a Sunday press...

A ferocious wildfire in South Africa damaged several buildings at the prestigious University of Cape Town on Sunday and forced its students to evacuate. The blaze engulfing part of Table Mountain began earlier in the day on Devils Peak before quickly...

Seventh of an 11-part series ahead of the 2021 NFL Draft. Coming tomorrow: linebackers. Based on his unique background and the powerful values derived from it — not to mention his God-given athleticism and skill sets — it’s difficult to imagine...

Despite South Africa averaging more than 2,500 hours of sunshine a year, solar energy generates less than 1% of its electricity. By contrast, the UK produces 4% of its electricity from solar, with considerably less sunshine.

This heroic dog could make a living as a lifeguard. When a Pomeranian named Chucky fell into a backyard pool, his fellow canine, Jessie, saved the tiny dog from drowning. “It was heart-wrenching to watch,” the pet owner in Boksburg, South Africa,...

The driver of a van carrying cash in South Africa displayed iron calm as he and a passenger came under heavy gunfire, according to a viral video.