Africa

Burkina Faso to criminalize same-sex relations, 'promotion' of 'LGBTQ practices'

Burkina Faso’s parliament approved a bill criminalizing same-sex relations with prison terms and fines, awaiting junta leader Ibrahim Traoré’s signature.

(Illustrative) Supporters of Burkina Faso's strongman Captain Ibrahim Traore wave Burkina Faso flags during a rally in support of Traore at Place de la Nation Ouagadougou on April 30, 2025.
A worshiper attends a prayer session during the Ethiopian New Year's Eve celebration marking the beginning of the year 2015 to the Ethiopian calendar, at the Biftu Bole Lutheran Church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 11, 2022.

Happy New Year! Ethiopia is celebrating its New Year with joy and hope - opinion

Forensic experts and homicide detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), collect samples from exhumed bodies of suspected followers of a religious cult buried in shallow graves in Kwa Binzaro village, located on the outskirts of Malindi, in Kenya, August 28, 2025.

Kenya exhumes 32 bodies as outcry grows over starvation cult deaths

Professor Hartstein treats a patient in Ethiopia.

Israeli medical team gives sight to thousands in Ethopia


Israel opens new embassy in Zambia, once home to a historic Jewish community

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Zambian Foreign Minister Mulambo Haimbe opened the embassy together on Wednesday.

The former synagogue of Livingstone, Zambia, is used today as a church.

Death toll in Nigeria mosque attack rises to 50, dozens of civilians abducted

Aminu Ibrahim, a lawmaker representing Malumfashi, the town attacked in Nigeria's northwest Katsina state, said at least 30 people were killed and 20 others burned alive.

Security personnel patrol the streets in Nigeria.

Congo massacre of Christians spotlights rising ISIS influence in central Africa - analysis

The group's ultimate goal is to establish a “caliphate” in Central Africa, similar to ISIS’s vision in Iraq and Syria.

Christians celebrate mass at the Saint Esprit parish following fighting between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, January 26, 2025.

From Gaza to Congo: How demographics drive conflict and suffering - opinion

Gaza isn’t the only place showing intensely grim images, even if they’re less visible on our nightly news.

Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City earlier this month. This photo may have been staged.

More than 60 migrants die as boat sinks off Yemen, dozens missing

68 bodies have been recovered and 12 people have been rescued with many still missing as of Monday morning accordig to the Yemen chief for the International Organization for Migration.

African illegal immigrants wait to board a boat in the southern port city of Aden on September 26, 2016, before being deported to Somalia.

ISIS-backed rebels kill 38 people in a church in Congo, several still missing

The assault in Komanda, a city in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, this Sunday left 15 injured and several people still missing.

Members of the M23 rebel group ride on a pickup truck as they leave their position for patrols amid conflict between them and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, January 29, 2025.

ICC convicts two militia leaders of persecuting Muslims in Central African Republic

Judges said Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, a former football executive, and militia commander Alfred Yekatom helped to lead a campaign of violence against Muslim civilians.

THE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court building in The Hague: The ICC has no viable plan to bring to justice the Hamas leaders who conceived the mega-atrocity in Israel, or the terrorist organization’s supporters who slaughtered 1,200 civilians and seized 251 people as hostages on October 7, 2023

The mysterious ghost elephant no one believed still existed

For years there was no sign of it, but a new photo reveals: It might not be too late to save a species of elephant once thought to be a legend.

 A mysterious elephant

France ends permanent troop presence in Senegal

"Today's transfer of Camp Geille marks a new stage in the evolution of the partnership between our two armed forces," General Pascal Ianni said.

 French President Emmanuel Macron bids farewell to the Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye after lunch with him at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, 20 June 2024

Trump asks Liberian president where he learned English, his country's official language

"Such good English," Trump told Liberian President Joseph Boakai. "Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?"

Several African leaders, including Liberian President Joseph Boakai, sit with US President Donald Trump on July 9, 2025.

Israel Allies Foundation launches six new caucuses in Africa 

In the wake of Israel's 12-day war with Iran, the Israel Allies Foundation is capitalizing on growing diplomatic momentum by expanding its influence with the addition of six new caucuses in Africa.