Tunisian authorities say at least two migrants have died and 21 have disappeared after their boat capsized off the coast in the Mediterranean Sea

Toufah Jallow first became popular as Gambia’s scholarship winner in a contest for young women with academic promise

Venezuela’s socialist government said it would suspend negotiations with its opponents in retaliation for the extradition to the U.S. of a close ally of President Nicolás Maduro to face money laundering charges

In the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, a year of war and months of government-enforced deprivation have left the city of a half-million people with a rapidly dwindling stock of food, fuel, medicine and cash

Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo has launched a new political party, formally breaking ties with those who led his supporters while he faced war crimes charges at the International Criminal Court

Cyprus’ energy minister says an undersea cable linking the electricity grids of Cyprus and Egypt could be key to helping both countries transition to a green economy

Africa’s largest film festival is kicking off in Burkina Faso for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began

Hubert Germain, the last of an elite group of French fighters who helped liberate France from Nazi control in World War II, has died at 101

A Cambridge University college says it will return a looted bronze cockerel to Nigeria later this month