The latest United Nations analysis of food security in the Sahel and Western African countries finds a record 38 million people will face severe food shortages next year. It warns that many people may not survive without prompt and generous internation…

Burundi’s government says 38 prisoners were killed in a fire Tuesday morning in Gitega, the country’s political capital.Vice President Prosper Bazombanza announced the deaths. More than 60 other people have been injured and the death toll could rise.Th…

Some South Africa hospital wards are jammed with patients infected with the omicron coronavirus variant as President Cyril Ramaphosa urged South Africans on Monday to get vaccinated.In the past week, cases have reached more than 16,000, up dramatically…

Inter-communal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs left at least 30 people dead and 40 others injured in Sudan’s West Darfur state on Sunday, according to eyewitnesses and officials.Local militia supported by a paramilitary group, the Rapid Support For…

Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, a former anti-apartheid fighter who, like the greats of the struggle he encountered, spent part of his life in Robben Island penitentiary in South Africa, died Monday at the age of 84.He died of a long illness at his home in Joh…

BAMAKO, MALI — Suspected militants killed at least 30 civilians in an attack on a passenger vehicle in central Mali’s volatile Mopti, local officials said Saturday.”The passengers were sprayed with bullets and the vehicle was torched,” during an attack…