Africa

A Star Architect’s Buildings Soar. He’s Nowhere to Be S...

NYT > Africa, Oct 5, 2025 - 05:35

Three museums designed by David Adjaye are opening this fall, but some instituti...

What We Know About the Protests in Madagascar

NYT > Africa, Oct 2, 2025 - 15:01

A youth-led movement against the president of Madagascar is sustaining protests ...

3 Killed in Antigovernment Protests in Morocco

NYT > Africa, Oct 2, 2025 - 13:09

Demonstrators, mostly younger people, vented anger against heavy spending on pre...

Congo’s Former President Sentenced to Death in Absentia

NYT > Africa, Oct 2, 2025 - 07:36

Joseph Kabila, who was president of the Democratic Republic of Congo for 18 year...

I Interviewed a Doctor in Sudan. Days Later, He Was Kil...

NYT > Africa, Oct 1, 2025 - 11:45

Dr. Omar Selik’s raw, urgent testimony from a besieged city cut through the fog ...

Elon Musk’s Father, Errol Musk, Accused of Child Sexual...

NYT > Africa, Sep 25, 2025 - 12:07

Errol Musk has been accused of sexually abusing five of his children and stepchi...

Kerry James Marshall on Making ‘the Paintings Nobody El...

NYT > Africa, Sep 25, 2025 - 12:07

The artist’s blockbuster survey across nearly five decades at the Royal Academy ...

Malawi President Concedes Election to His Predecessor

NYT > Africa, Sep 24, 2025 - 10:35

Despite reports of irregularities at the polls, President Lazarus Chakwera said ...

Peter Mutharika Set to Return to Power in Malawi

NYT > Africa, Sep 23, 2025 - 19:23

Peter Mutharika, an 85-year-old Yale-educated law professor, looked on course to...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Leaving International Crim...

NYT > Africa, Sep 23, 2025 - 15:34

The military rulers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger said the court had become a ...

Trump Claims Again at the U.N. That He Ended 7 Wars. He...

NYT > Africa, Sep 23, 2025 - 13:13

During his speech, the president also disparaged the work of the United Nations,...

Guterres Says the U.N.’s Principles ‘Are Under Siege.’

NYT > Africa, Sep 23, 2025 - 11:05

A Maternity Ward in Chad Reaches Its Breaking Point as ...

NYT > Africa, Sep 21, 2025 - 05:02

The fallout of the war in Sudan has led to one of the world’s worst humanitarian...

Starvation and Bombs in Besieged Sudanese City As Resid...

NYT > Africa, Sep 15, 2025 - 12:04

At least 260,000 civilians trapped in El Fasher face a dire choice: risk being s...

When a Simple Swim Carries a Risk of Dangerous Illness

NYT > Africa, Sep 15, 2025 - 05:41

The parasitic infection schistosomiasis affects an estimated 200 million people ...

Photography’s Next Generation, Bursting Out of the Frames

NYT > Africa, Sep 11, 2025 - 11:35

On the 40th anniversary of the New Photography series at MoMA, 13 artists and co...

Gaza-Bound Flotilla Struck by Drone in Tunisia, Aid Gro...

NYT > Africa, Sep 9, 2025 - 18:30

The Global Sumud Flotilla planned to use the ship and others to bring humanitari...

Trump Administration Deports Jamaican Man to African Pr...

NYT > Africa, Sep 1, 2025 - 11:06

The case of Orville Etoria highlights a tension in President Trump’s deportation...

Longest-Running Rafiki Says Goodbye to ‘The Lion King’

NYT > Africa, Aug 27, 2025 - 13:03

After more than 9,000 performances as the shaman in the Broadway show, Tshidi Ma...

Congo Has Astronomical Rates of Sexual Violence. Now Vi...

NYT > Africa, Aug 22, 2025 - 06:39

The conflict that has put rebels in control of much of the east of the country ...

African Union Endorses Call to Abandon the Mercator Map

NYT > Africa, Aug 21, 2025 - 10:32

A campaign is underway to replace the world’s most popular map, which the effort...

Unregulated Sexual Stimulants Flood West Africa

NYT > Africa, Aug 20, 2025 - 12:00

Unregulated sexual stimulants claiming to be herbal remedies or pharmaceuticals ...

A Pakistani Village Devastated by Flooding: ‘Like Death...

NYT > Africa, Aug 19, 2025 - 15:32

At least 660 people have died in rain-related incidents across Pakistan since mo...

A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts ...

NYT > Africa, Aug 18, 2025 - 14:58

The dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has disrupted the global supply chain that provide...

A New Way to Reduce Children’s Deaths: Cash

NYT > Africa, Aug 18, 2025 - 00:32

Simply giving money to poor families at certain times reduced deaths among young...

What Countries Recognize a Palestinian State: A Map

NYT > Africa, Aug 11, 2025 - 13:11

Australia is the latest country to have said it is ready to bestow recognition o...

Ticks From Other Continents Are Turning Up in the North...

NYT > Africa, Aug 8, 2025 - 13:54

Seven nonnative species reached the United States by latching on to travelers, a...

‘Sudan, Remember Us’: An Intimate Portrait of Activists...

NYT > Africa, Aug 8, 2025 - 06:19

Hind Meddeb followed young people in Khartoum, focusing on their hopes and fears...

South Africa’s Equity Laws, Reviled by Trump, May Compl...

NYT > Africa, Aug 7, 2025 - 17:52

Slapped with a steep tariff, South African officials hope for a deal, but some w...

Prince Harry Cleared of Bullying Accusations at Charity...

NYT > Africa, Aug 6, 2025 - 11:45

The British regulator found no evidence to support the claims made by the charit...

Sudan’s Civil War Shifts Toward Kordofan

NYT > Africa, Aug 6, 2025 - 07:08

Since the Sudanese Army drove its paramilitary rival from the capital in March, ...

Some Kenyan Runners See Doping as a Path to Glory, and ...

NYT > Africa, Aug 1, 2025 - 03:04

Officials acknowledge that Kenya has a doping problem, but many athletes who are...

Was This Artifact From King Tut’s Tomb? It’s for Sale A...

NYT > Africa, Jul 25, 2025 - 07:07

A London auction house says there is “no documented evidence” that an intricatel...

Muhammadu Buhari, Strongman President of Nigeria, Dies ...

NYT > Africa, Jul 14, 2025 - 11:37

A former feared military leader, he won one democratic election in 2015, and ano...

South African AIDS Activist Pushes for H.I.V. Treatment...

NYT > Africa, Jul 14, 2025 - 06:04

Zackie Achmat, once at the center of South Africa’s push for lifesaving H.I.V. t...

How Elephants Say They Like Them Apples

NYT > Africa, Jul 9, 2025 - 14:30

Researchers found that the animals are capable of using their trunks to make a r...

Anne Merriman, ‘Mother of Palliative Care’ in Uganda, D...

NYT > Africa, Jul 2, 2025 - 14:31

A medical doctor and former nun, she found an affordable way to expand palliativ...

Algerian Court Upholds 5-Year Sentence for Boualem Sans...

NYT > Africa, Jul 1, 2025 - 10:07

The conviction of Boualem Sansal, an outspoken French and Algerian writer, has w...

Overlooked No More: Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Whose Camera So...

NYT > Africa, Jun 27, 2025 - 17:21

He was a pioneering figure in Black British art whose rebellious, symbol-rich im...

The Evolution of Trump’s Views on Foreign Aid

NYT > Africa, Jun 25, 2025 - 05:33

The administration has gutted agencies like U.S.A.I.D., and President Trump has ...

Regulators Approve Lenacapavir for H.I.V. Prevention

NYT > Africa, Jun 18, 2025 - 15:30

The drug could change the course of the AIDS epidemic. But the Trump administrat...

When Humans Learned to Live Everywhere

NYT > Africa, Jun 18, 2025 - 11:33

About 70,000 years ago in Africa, humans expanded into more extreme environments...

Bat Cave Footage Offers Clues to How Viruses Leap Betwe...

NYT > Africa, Jun 16, 2025 - 18:32

Video from a national park in Uganda depicted a parade of predatory species feed...

Foday Musa Suso, 75, Dies; Ambitious Ambassador for Wes...

NYT > Africa, Jun 13, 2025 - 17:49

A master of the kora who worked with Herbie Hancock and Philip Glass, his career...

Mpox Surges in Sierra Leone

NYT > Africa, Jun 13, 2025 - 17:23

West African nations are struggling to track and treat infections, and experts w...

3 Lessons From International Protests Amid the L.A. Unrest

NYT > Africa, Jun 10, 2025 - 14:30

Experts who study protest movements say the scenes unfolding in California broad...

Trump Travel Order Bans People From 12 Countries From E...

NYT > Africa, Jun 10, 2025 - 08:25

The travel ban revives an effort from President Trump’s first term that led to c...

Zambia’s Former President Edgar Lungu Dies at 68

NYT > Africa, Jun 10, 2025 - 08:25

Mr. Lungu, who was recently barred by a court ruling from running for president ...

Even Before Trump’s Visa Clampdown, U.S. Was Losing Afr...

NYT > Africa, Jun 10, 2025 - 08:25

African students have traded academic institutions in the West for Chinese alter...

Why Trump Is Trying to Send Deportees to South Sudan

NYT > Africa, Jun 10, 2025 - 08:25

On May 20th, a flight with eight deportees left Texas headed to South Sudan, a c...