Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

Africa, a continent of immense diversity, history and rapid urbanization, is home to some of the fastest-growing cities in the world. Its largest urban centers are economic and cultural powerhouses, ...

The largest city in the east of the Democratic ... may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region—and, in doing so, risk another catastrophic African war.