AFRICA

Today, we dissect three recent public health responses to learn about the world’s ability to prevent outbreaks – covid and beyond – in 2024.

The Pentagon suspects the Iranian arms shipment, intercepted off Somalia, was destined for militants in Yemen blamed for attacking ships in the Red Sea.

Two members of the elite Navy SEALs went missing Thursday after attempting to board a ship in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia.

The U.N. helicopter was on its way to evacuate wounded people from the Somali town of Wisil when it crash-landed Wednesday in an area controlled by the al-Shabab militant group.

The al-Shabab militant group is blamed for attacking the crew of a U.N. helicopter after it made an emergency landing Wednesday in central Somalia.

Ethiopia is famously landlocked. That’s why the ambitious Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed has long harbored visions of reaching the sea.

Forty-two former prisoners in Eritrea’s sprawling detention system described horrific conditions and frequent torture.

Pistorius was convicted of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The Paralympian was released on parole Friday after serving about nine years of his prison sentence.

He said he used his camera as a weapon to help bring down White-minority rule in South Africa.

His plays, including “Sarafina!,” were part of the artistic onslaught against White rule in South Africa.

Lawsuits filed against U.S. immigration authorities allege that Cameroonians seeking asylum were restrained under brutal conditions.

Aïcha Bonou N’Donkie went to a concert in her village looking to have fun. Her shoulder shimmy made in famous in Burkina Faso and beyond.

Initial results show incumbent President Félix Tshisekedi has won a second five-year term in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Moalim Ayman led a unit in the militant al-Shabab group responsible for terrorist attacks in Kenya and Somalia, including one that killed three Americans.

In the face of a calamitous 2023, one would hope that the new year would bring better news. But, there’s a lot that can go wrong in 2024, and many crises that will worsen.

Wad Madani, south of the capital of Khartoum, had been an area of relative security for the past eight months of fighting and one of the few havens for humanitarian operations.

Days of wrangling at a forum hosted by an oil-pumping petrostate yielded what most analysts have cast as a qualified success.

The incident has raised concerns over a worrying history of military and intelligence failures by an army that has received sustained support from the U.S.