‘An incredible day’ as Lee statue removed in Charlottesville

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia — Cheers erupted Saturday as a Confederate statue that towered for nearly a century over downtown Charlottesville was

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Ethiopia’s ruling party wins national election in landslide

ADDIS ABABA— Ethiopia’s ruling Prosperity Party on Saturday was declared the winner of last month’s national election in a landslide,

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Kenya: We’ll be planning for repeat of 2007 if we don’t fix poll system

What you need to know: Lessons from the disputed 2007, 2013 and 2017 have informed a series of legal and

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Sudan floats currency, part of measures to overhaul economy

CAIRO — Sudan took the unprecedented but expected step of floating its currency Sunday, meeting a major demand by international

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Somali security forces fire on protest over delayed election

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Security forces in Somalia’s capital fired on hundreds of people protesting the delay of the country’s election on

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‘Horrible’: Witnesses recall massacre in Ethiopian holy city

NAIROBI, Kenya — Bodies with gunshot wounds lay in the streets for days in Ethiopia’s holiest city. At night, residents

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