ADDIS ABABA— The African Union will open a permanent mission in Beijing this year, 2022 in what could signal intent to strengthen ties with the continent’s biggest trading partner.Heads of state and government gathered in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa…

The U.N. human rights office says it fears heightened tension between Hema herders and Lendu farmers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo may erupt into more violence following last week’s deadly attacks.At least 62 internally displaced members of t…

The UN children’s fund, UNICEF, warns the Horn of Africa is facing a climate-induced emergency and says the international community must act now to prevent a catastrophic loss of life and livelihoods.The specter of the 2011 famine in Somalia hangs over…

Millions of people around the world enjoy a daily cup of coffee; however, their daily caffeine fix could be under threat because climate change is killing coffee plants, putting farmers’ livelihoods at risk.Inside the vast, steamy greenhouses at the Ro…

Russia’s geopolitical ambitions in Africa have in recent years been backed by private military contractors, often described as belonging to the “Wagner group” — an entity with no known legal status.Most recently, Western nations have condemned the alle…

Cyclone Batsirai weakened overnight but floods were still expected due to heavy rain after it hit eastern Madagascar with strong winds, the island’s meteorological office said Sunday.”Batsirai has weakened,” Meteo Madagascar said, adding that the cyclo…

More than 20,000 Sudanese and South Sudanese forced by violence to flee their refugee camps in northwestern Ethiopia are in desperate need of lifesaving aid.A camp hosting 10,300 Sudanese and South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia’s northwestern region of…

ACCRA— The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has decided to send a stabilization force to help stabilize the security situation in Guinea-Bissau after Tuesday’s failed coup, an ECOWAS official said.ECOWAS Commission President Jean-Clau…