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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Africa on Saturday on a four-nation visit seeking deeper military and economic ties while his rival in a bitter trade war, the Trump administration, shows little interest in the world’s second most populous continent. This is Xi’s first...

The leaders of Egypt and Sudan have agreed to mend ties, frayed by repeated failures to reach a deal over an upstream Nile dam being built by Ethiopia, and the revival of a longstanding dispute over a border territory held by Cairo and claimed by Khartoum. In a two-day visit to...

Cameroon’s president, one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, announced Friday he will run again in October’s election, while growing tensions with Anglophone separatists exploded in an ambush on a delegation led by the country’s defense minister. The 85-year-old President Paul...

An Egyptian court has sentenced 37 people to prison terms ranging from three to 15 years for illegally trafficking in human organs. The rulings Thursday in Cairo Criminal Court, reported by the state-run Al Ahram newspaper, sentenced six people to 15 years, 11 to seven years and...

When France’s xenophobic fringes disparage the country’s diverse World Cup team as more African than European, fans say, “So what?” And then respond with a resounding “Allez les Bleus!” At a time when populist politicians are trying to choke off or reroute migration flows, what...

Espousing love between their two countries, the leaders of longtime adversaries Ethiopia and Eritrea agreed Sunday to restore diplomatic relations after nearly 20 years and to open the border between their neighboring Horn of Africa countries. Ethiopia’s reformist new Prime...

African heads of state have pledged to coordinate efforts to improve the continent’s security and defeat jihadist organizations, particularly in Nigeria and the Sahel region, during talks Monday at the 31st African Union summit held in Mauritania’s capital. French President...

A new tax on social media has taken effect in Uganda, angering many who see the revenue measure as an attack on free speech. The tax on users of sites such as Facebook was first proposed by long-time leader Yoweri Museveni, who complained of online gossip in a March letter that...

Gambia’s president has named a new vice president in a major Cabinet reshuffle that also integrates a minister who served under former leader Yahya Jammeh. President Adama Barrow announced Friday that Ousainou Darboe, the head of the United Democratic Party, is the new vice...

German carmaker Volkswagen opened the first car assembly plant in Rwanda’s capital on Wednesday in a milestone for the East African country that is trying to cut back on used car imports from Asia. President Paul Kagame said Africa should not be a dumping ground for secondhand...