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South Africans are abuzz over what could be scandal-tainted President Jacob Zuma’s final days in office. Zuma and his deputy, the ruling party’s new leader, have been meeting behind closed doors on what Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa calls “closure.” A photograph from a Cabinet...

Chinese and African officials on Thursday denounced a report alleging Chinese construction workers bugged the African Union headquarters, suggesting it was a ploy to destabilize relations. African Union chairman Moussa Faki told reporters in Beijing he didn’t believe China would...

Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport will soon offer its first direct flights to Africa. The Chicago Department of Aviation and Ethiopian Airlines on Monday announced new nonstop service between O’Hare and Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. Flights will begin...

“Day Zero” is approaching as South Africa’s showcase city of Cape Town prepares to turn off most water taps amid the worst drought in a century. Tensions among the four million residents are highlighting a class divide in a country with one of the world’s highest rates of...

Kenya’s High Court on Thursday ordered the government to end its shutdown of the country’s top three TV stations after they tried to broadcast images of the opposition leader’s mock inauguration, a ceremony considered treasonous. Journalists and human rights groups have raised an...

African leaders this week came close to demanding that President Donald Trump publicly apologize for his vulgar remark about the continent “that defies all forms of diplomatic etiquette,” according to a draft declaration obtained by The Associated Press. The draft, created during...

The 55-nation African Union appears to have decided to react diplomatically and strategically to U.S. President Donald Trump’s alleged vulgar remarks about the continent. Rather than issuing an angry condemnation of Trump’s reported comments in which he likened Africa to a filthy...

The leaders of the United Nations and the African Union urged stronger international cooperation at the opening Sunday of the African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. “I strongly believe Africa is one of the greatest forces for good in our world,” said U.N....

Ethiopia’s leader has rejected arbitration by the World Bank on a disagreement with Egypt over the hydroelectric dam that Ethiopia is building on the Nile River. Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Saturday refused the suggestion made by Egypt in late December that the World...

First, there was outrage in Africa at President Donald Trump’s vulgar comment about the continent. Now some governments and tourism operators are humorously exploiting it to promote Africa’s many attractions. Trump referred to African nations as “shithole countries” last week...