Ope Adetayo    The incident has raised concerns over a worrying history of military and intelligence failures by an army that has received sustained support from the U.S.

Katharine Houreld    Scientists, government officials and farmers are reviving neglected crops and boosting agricultural productivity to feed people in Africa.

Rachel Chason    The Islamic State Sahel Province is stronger than ever following departures of the French military and victories over its rival. And now it is changing tactics.

Ope Adetayo    The incident has raised concerns over a worrying history of military and intelligence failures by an army that has received sustained support from the U.S.

Katharine Houreld    Scientists, government officials and farmers are reviving neglected crops and boosting agricultural productivity to feed people in Africa.

Rachel Chason    The Islamic State Sahel Province is stronger than ever following departures of the French military and victories over its rival. And now it is changing tactics.

Brian Murphy    Novels by Mr. Lopes ridiculed African strongmen but he also had political and diplomat roles with governments accused of rights violations.

Katharine Houreld    Sudanese refugees fleeing the conflict have found conditions so bad in neighboring Ethiopia that some have returned home and been forced to join the fight.

Rael Ombuor    Six former residents say there were multiple incidents of rape and other abuse of children by volunteers, caregivers and even other children.

Katharine Houreld    More than , women may have been raped during the two year civil war in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, according to the most comprehensive study.

Adela Suliman    Oscar Pistorius, the South African Olympic sprinter who killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, will be released on Jan. .

Rachel Chason    In Niger, military officers who overthrew the president are tapping into resentment of the former colonial power, following similar playbooks to Mali and Burkina Faso.

Katharine Houreld    The Ethiopian government will draw up the lists of the needy jointly with aid groups and community members.

Ishaan Tharoor    The battles in Sudan garnered global attention as foreigners in the capital Khartoum scrambled to get out. Now, a new tipping point seems to have been reached.

Katharine Houreld    The seven month conflict has taken a new turn as the army appears to have been routed in much of Darfur, leaving the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in command.

Chico Harlan    In South Sudan, war and semi permanent flooding have left people to scavenge for food, with long term consequences for their health.

Rael Ombuor    Charles hewed closely to the British government line, saying he felt the greatest sorrow and the deepest regret for Britain’s past wrongdoings in Kenya.

Elizabeth Dwoskin    In the two years since an Israelis company first tried to thwart a Russian disinformation campaign in Burkina Faso, coups or rebels have removed the governments of five former French colonies, replacing them with pro Russia leaders.

Rachel Chason    Western officials say there are now few barriers to growth for Islamist militant terrorist groups.

Michael Birnbaum    The official U.S. designation to call Niger’s government overthrow a coup will cut non humanitarian aid to the country.

Niha Masih    The World Health Organization reported an estimated , deaths in from malaria, which disproportionately affects children under in Africa.

Daniel Gnienhoun    Burkina Faso’s horse culture has endured even as the country has been wracked by Islamist violence.

Miriam Berger    As Sudan struggles for a place on relief budgets, its diaspora could become an increasingly important source of aid amid grinding conflict.