At Least 74 Drown in Wreck Off Libya, U.N. Agency Says

A rubber raft crowded with at least 120 migrants sank in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday. The craft was on a notoriously dangerous route for refugees trying to reach European shores.

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Sindika Dokolo, Crusader for Return of African Art, Dies at 48

He started a campaign to repatriate art stolen or removed during the colonial era. This year, he and his billionaire Angolan wife were embroiled in a corruption investigation.

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Amadou Toumani Touré, Former Malian President, Dies at 72

Mr. Touré, who led Mali through a tumultuous transition from military rule in 1991, was the country’s second democratically chosen president. He was later ousted himself in a military coup.

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Skull Fossil Shows How Human Cousin Adapted to Changing Climate

A skull found in a South African cave suggests that the species went through a process of microevolution during a chaotic environmental shift.

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A Famed Fig Tree’s Days Are Numbered as a New Highway Plows Through

A tree that has graced a neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya, for nearly a century is slated to be taken down to make way for a highway through the city intended to reduce traffic jams.

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Ethiopia's War With Its Tigray Region: Explained

What led the prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, to initiate a military campaign against the powerful Tigray region of Ethiopia, and what are the likely consequences for the country and the Horn of Africa?

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E.S. Reddy, Who Led U.N.’s Efforts Against Apartheid, Dies at 96

An Indian-born acolyte of Gandhi, he campaigned for boycotts, divestments and other protests against the South African government.

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Dozens Killed in Ethiopia in Schoolyard Massacre

Rights groups said at least 54 people were killed in Sunday’s attack, which underscored how relations between Ethiopia’s ethnic groups are fraying.

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Hundreds Die at Sea Off Senegal’s Coast on a Perilous Route to Europe

Those attempting to migrate from West Africa to Europe are once again taking a route so dangerous it’s known as “Barcelona or die.”

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As Lawlessness Roils Nigeria, Police Chief Vows to Take Back Streets

As protests against police brutality have subsided after a violent crackdown, they have been followed by a wave of looting and vandalism that the police have vowed to end.

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Nigerian Forces Fire on Demonstrators Protesting Police Brutality

The toll was unclear, but witnesses said several people were shot during escalating protests in Lagos. The governor said ‘miscreants’ had hijacked mostly peaceful demonstrations.

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Killing of White Farmer Becomes a Flash Point in South Africa

Outside a court hearing for two Black suspects in a murder case, white Afrikaners nostalgic for the apartheid era and Black protesters angry that whites still own most farmland squared off.

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France’s Colonial Legacy Is Being Judged in Trial Over African Art

Activists are being tried in Paris over the attempted theft of an African artwork from the Quai Branly Museum, which they say was a protest of colonial-era practices.

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Keïta, Mali’s Deposed Leader, Is Said to Be Hospitalized

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta’s condition was not immediately known, and it was unclear whether he would be evacuated abroad for medical treatment.

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Islamist Assault on Somali Hotel Kills at Least 15

The Shabab, the extremist group affiliated with Al Qaeda, claimed responsibility. It has carried many similar, deadly attacks in Somalia and neighboring Kenya.

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