A day after the Ethiopian federal government abruptly suspended nearly eight months of military operations against rebels in its Tigray region, communications with the country’s northern region remained sketchy at best, and humanitarians were hopeful t…

NAIROBI – A global development organization says women run more online businesses in Africa, but face greater challenges than online firms led by men.The International Financial Corporation, which is the arm of the World Bank that helps the private sec…

WASHINGTON – The United States and its Western allies are being forced to confront a grim reality in Africa where years of work to blunt the spread of terrorism, whether inspired by al-Qaida, the Islamic State or local groups, has fallen short, and cou…