(Johannesburg) – Vigilantes in South Africa have carried out violent xenophobic attacks targeting African and Asian foreign nationals in recent weeks, with little or insufficient apparent response ...

The French president visited Kenya this week for a summit designed to build stronger ties with Anglophone African countries. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Reporting from Nairobi President Emmanuel Macron of ...

A marabou stork in northeast Wisconsin has created a buzz on social media. The large birds, slightly bigger than sandhill cranes, are native to Africa. It is not clear where the stork came from, but ...

Earth’s mantle appears to be leaking a little along Central Africa. If this continues to develop, this rift could grow into a new tectonic plate boundary—splitting the African continent in half. In a ...

France seeks new partners as influence dips in ex-colonies Africa's richest man there with leaders and French firms Macron announced 23 billion euros of investments in Africa Kenya wants summit ...

May 10 (Reuters) - Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is looking at Kenya as the site of a 650,000-barrel-a-day oil refinery that ‌he intends to build in East Africa, the Financial Times reported on ...

Murphy Oil has hit downhole challenges on its closely-watched third exploration well offshore Ivory Coast, causing drilling operations to be extended. The drillship Deepwater Skyros arrived on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People in Lincoln Park and Lakeview have rallied against a plan to build a new industrial ComEd electrical substation in their ...

Sub-Saharan Africa could split up in a few million years, and scientists believe they might be witnessing the early stages of this geological process. The split would occur along the Kafue Rift, which ...

People in Lincoln Park and Lakeview have rallied against a plan to build a new industrial ComEd electrical substation in their neighborhoods, pushing local and state leaders to get involved. FBI chief ...

Judges ordered Parliament to convene a committee to consider removing President Cyril Ramaphosa over a case involving money stolen at his farm six years ago. By John Eligon Reporting from Johannesburg ...