Tune Age

Nigeria has set its sights on making multibillion-dollar oil deals with China amid peace moves with militants.

A $5 million prize to reward good leadership in Africa was dramatically awarded Monday to … nobody.

A Zimbabwean court postponed the trial of key opposition figure Roy Bennett on Saturday to allow his lawyers time to prepare their case.

Up to 30 million people are facing “a humanitarian disaster” as one of Africa’s biggest lakes shrinks, a United Nations agency warned Thursday.

The International Criminal Court said Thursday that it will investigate the killing of nearly 160 protesters in Guinea — allegedly by government troops.

Humanitarian organizations have been unable to meet the “massive needs” of civilians facing brutal attacks in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a medical aid group said Wednesday.

Five people were detained off Somalia’s coast Wednesday after pirates mistook a French ship involved in an anti-piracy operation for a commercial vessel, the French Defense Ministry said.

Police in Uganda have arrested and extradited a man who is among the most wanted suspects in the Rwandan genocide.

William Kamkwamba dreamed of powering his village with the only resource that was freely available to him.

Two senior rebel leaders in Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta region accepted a government offer of amnesty to militants who disarm.