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VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Congo (AP) – Just a few weeks ago, rangers and militiamen were engaging in gunfights in Africa’s oldest national park. Cannons boomed as Congolese army troops shelled rebels.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — As news emerged this week about hundreds of Burkina Faso citizens killed separately by both jihadi groups and government forces, images of Burkina Faso’s junta leader Capt.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In South Africa ’s oldest township, volunteers in wetsuits jump into the thigh-deep water of the polluted Jukskei River to untangle a net that’s designed to trap garbage but ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The first Group of 20 summit to be held in Africa opens on Saturday with an ambitious agenda to make progress on solving some of the long-standing problems that have afflicted the ...

More than 250 suspected cybercriminals and digital scammers have been arrested across 14 different African nations in a mass operation conducted across the continent by Interpol, the international ...

• Top entrepreneurs, creatives and thought leaders from the worlds of politics, economics and fashion gathered in London on November 3 for CNN International’s first Global Perspectives live event, ...

The petrochemical plant next to Africa’s largest refinery, Dangote, will export polypropylene to the global markets under an exclusive partnership with petrochemicals distributor Vinmar International.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — As news emerged this week about hundreds of Burkina Faso citizens killed separately by both jihadi groups and government forces, images of Burkina Faso's junta leader Capt.