The Red Sea is rapidly becoming a highly contested zone, where traditional and emerging global powers are vying for influence ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Heavy fighting Sunday in a disputed region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan killed at least 32 people, including a U.N. peacekeeper, authorities said. The civilians and a ...

Most African countries lack accurate local base maps, stalling all sorts of government and business decisions. A new project ...

Over half of all terrorism-related deaths in the world occur in the Sahel. That's according to a new report from the Institute for Economics and Peace. The vast region in Africa that lies just south ...

The Horn of Africa – the continent’s easternmost extension – has been battered by conflict, war, drought and hunger, pushing millions to the brink. From the armed conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — Jihadi fighters who had long operated in Africa’s volatile Sahel region have settled in northwestern Nigeria after crossing from neighboring Benin, according to a new report, the ...

The Horn of Africa, also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a vast geopolitical region and the world's fourth-largest ...

New magnetic data reveals Africa has been slowly splitting for millions of years. The rift running from the Gulf of Aden ...

In 2002, Africa seemed poised to rise. Wealthy creditor nations were wiping billions of dollars of unsustainable debt off the books of sub-Saharan countries, and global demand was surging for the ...