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Unregulated Sexual Stimulants Flood West Africa

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 Visited Every Home’

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 Have Frozen the Supply

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

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

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 Northeast

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 in an Uprising

‘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 Complicate Tariff Talks

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 He Co-founded

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

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 a Daily Meal

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 Anyway.

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 at 82

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

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, Dies at 90

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 Sansal, Angering France

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 Sought a Truer Image of Black Men

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

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

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

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 Between Species

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 West African Music

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

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

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 Entering U.S.

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

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 African Students

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

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...

Africans See Trump’s New Travel Ban as ‘A Big Slap in the Face’

Africans See Trump’s New Travel Ban as ‘A Big Slap in t...

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

Seven of the 12 countries on President Trump’s new list are on the continent, wh...