FILE - Workers at a factory for Xinwangda Electric Vehicle Battery Co. Ltd, which makes lithium batteries for electric cars and other uses, in Nanjing in China's eastern Jiangsu province, March 12, 2021. It is the new gold rush, and China ... Read More

Dozens of worshippers were feared dead in an attack on a Catholic church in Nigeria on Sunday, state lawmakers said. Legislator Ogunmolasuyi Oluwole said the attackers targeted the St. Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state just as the worshippers gathered on ... Read More

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) attends a meeting with Senegal's President Macky Sall, who is currently the chairman of the African Union, at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi, Russia, June 3, 2022, in a Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin photo via ... Read More

Chad on Thursday declared a "food emergency" in the impoverished landlocked country, urging the international community to help. The plea for aid comes before a meeting Friday between the head of the African Union and Russia's president to discuss grain supplies ... Read More

Suspected terrorists attacked a U.N. peacekeeping convoy in northern Mali on Wednesday, the United Nations said. A Jordanian peacekeeper was killed and three other Jordanians were wounded. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the supply convoy was under sustained fire for about ... Read More

Traditional remedies are sold at a market in Katsina on Nov. 23, 2021. Africa's most populous country is struggling with double-digit inflation, especially high food prices. Mmachukwu Orizu started her baby formula business six years ago after quitting her former job ... Read More

The Nobel Peace Prize announcement was big news in Ethiopia in October At least a dozen journalists have been detained in a wave of arrests in Ethiopia, media workers and a rights group said Friday, in a crackdown that has sparked ... Read More

African leaders gathered for a summit Friday in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to address growing humanitarian needs on the continent, which is also facing increased violent extremism, climate change challenges and a run of military coups. Leaders called for increased mobilization to ... Read More

People take part in the annual rendering of the Great Mosque of Djenne in central Mali on April 28, 2019. Experts say Mali's struggle against Islamist militants is putting its World Heritage sites at risk. For the first time in modern ... Read More

Emmerson Mnangagwa If there’s a new cold war brewing and both China and the United States are trying to get African countries on their side, it’s clear where Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s allegiance lies. In his latest column in the local Sunday Mail newspaper, the ... Read More