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Iran has denied supporting the Polisario Front in the disputed Western Sahara a day after Morocco severed ties with Tehran in protest. Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi was quoted by local media on Wednesday as saying the accusations are “completely baseless” and that...

A priest was among at least 16 people killed Tuesday as new sectarian violence targeted a church, mosques and health facilities in Central African Republic’s capital, an aid group, hospital and the United Nations said. Medecins Sans Frontieres, which reported six dead, called for...

Somali lawmakers have elected the former defense minister as the new speaker of the parliament Monday. Mohamed Mursal Sheikh, a close ally of the Somali president, comes nearly three weeks after his predecessor resigned, ending weeks of a political crisis that donors feared might...

After more than a year in office, President Donald Trump for the first time is hosting an African president at the White House. The meeting with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday comes after an uncomfortable start to the Trump administration’s approach to the world’s...

Zimbabwe has legalized the production of marijuana for medicinal and scientific purposes, making it the rare African country to turn the drug into a source of revenue. A government notice issued by the health minister says individuals and corporations can apply for licenses to...

Angola’s ruling party says new President Joao Lourenco is set to take over as party leader from former longtime President Jose Eduardo dos Santos in September. The Portuguese news agency Lusa cites a statement from the ruling MPLA party on Friday saying it has agreed ...

The hair of a long-dead emperor and an intricate golden crown are among the artifacts Ethiopia’s government is demanding to be returned from British government institutions and private collections, as more countries seek to reclaim heritage they say was taken decades, even...

Thousands of South African workers have demonstrated around the country against a proposed minimum wage, accusing President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government of being hostile to labor. Members of the South African Federation of Trade Unions on Wednesday marched in downtown...

One of France’s most powerful businessmen, Vincent Bollore, was detained for questioning Tuesday in an investigation into alleged corruption during lucrative port deals in Africa. Bollore’s company denied wrongdoing, but its shares plunged about 8 percent on the unexpected...

Egypt’s parliament has passed a law banning the cultivation of crops that require a large amount of water, amid fears that a massive Ethiopian dam being built upstream could cut into the country’s share of the Nile. The law passed late Sunday would ban the cultivation of rice,...