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First lady Dr. Jill Biden warned parts of East Africa are "on the precipice" of famine as the region is dealing with a severe drought, threatening livelihoods and the ability of families to feed their children.

A dog in South Africa proved its good instincts when it protected its owner from a deadly Mamba snake slithering under the couch.

Five years ago, the river valleys and high plains that are now safeguarded by the Babanango Game Reserve in the KwaZulu Natal region of South Africa were virtually devoid of wildlife after decades of cattle grazing and unrestrained hunting.

Fourteen-year-old Philasande Dayimani carries a burden that no child should carry.

Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Africa later this month, her office announced Monday, becoming the most senior Biden administration official to visit the continent.

Monkey see, monkey threw: Three hikers in South Africa sustained broken legs following an attack by "agitated" baboons, who rolled a large boulder down at them.

A deadly cyclone has broken records for the longest-lasting storm of its kind after making landfall in southern Africa for a second time, more than two weeks after the first. CNN's Larry Madowo reports.

March 11 marked the start of the Basketball Africa League, the continent's premier basketball competition. Ahead of its third season, president Amadou Gallo Fall reflected on the rise of the sport on the continent. "It's been an evolutive journey,"...

An American aid worker who was kidnapped in Niger more than six years ago and held hostage by terrorists has been released, President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan tweeted on Monday.

​An American aid worker kidnapped by militants in West Africa in 2016 has been released from custody, the Biden administration said on Monday.

Simon Ateba of Today News Africa, who lobbed accusations of discrimination during Monday's White House press briefing, told The Post: “They don’t take questions from any African journalists."

When Kamala Harris steps off Air Force Two in Ghana on Sunday, she'll become the first Black woman US vice president to visit Africa, marking another chapter in her barrier-breaking role.

At least 19 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their boat sank off the coast of Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a human rights group said on Sunday.

Vice President Kamala Harris was greeted by schoolchildren, dancers and drummers as she arrived in Ghana for the start of a weeklong visit to Africa.

Vice President Kamala Harris kept up her run of ponderous, head-scratching statements Monday on the first stop of a week-long trip to Africa.

Princess Diana's niece married her longtime boyfriend, Greg Mallett, in Cape Town, South Africa while wearing a glamorous Atelier Versace gown.

For the past decade, China has lent massive sums to governments across Asia, Africa and Europe, growing its global influence through its Belt and Road infrastructure megaproject and becoming one of the world's biggest creditors.

Five-time Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo has been announced as one of three 2023 Polar Music Prize recipients, putting the Benin-born singer-songwriter in rare company.

Former South Africa paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will ask a parole board on Friday to release him early from prison, lawyers and prison officials said.

The Marburg virus has killed 12 people in Guinea and Tanzania since February.