ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (SCANS) — The 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the...

NAIROBI/CAIRO/GENEVA (SCANS) — United Nations human rights investigators say they have documented what may be among the most egregious violations...

NIAMEY, Niger (SCANS) — Clashes reportedly broke out yesterday between fighters believed to be affiliated with the Islamic State’s Sahel...

NDJAMENA, Chad (SCANS) — A French tourist who vanished earlier this week in northeastern Chad’s rugged Sahara Desert has been...

TAHOUA, Niger (AP) — A fire broke out late Wednesday at the modern market known as Marché STM in the...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (SCANS) — Burkina Faso’s transitional government, led by President Captain Ibrahim Traoré, on Thursday adopted a sweeping...

MANDERA, Kenya (SCANS) — Kenya will reopen its long-shuttered border with Somalia in April, President William Ruto announced, signaling a...

KHARTOUM, Sudan (SCANS) — At least 21 people have died after a passenger boat capsized in northern Sudan’s River Nile...

DAKAR, Senegal (SCANS) — Authorities indefinitely closed the campus of Senegal’s premier public university Tuesday and ordered thousands of students...

BAROUA, Niger (SCANS) — At least eight people were killed Tuesday when a mixed-use transport vehicle struck an improvised explosive...