Africa

The Trump administration seeks to put an American in charge of the U.N. mission in Mali.

Insufficient water for washing is likely to worsen the coronavirus in the poorest nations. There’s a better way forward.

Report finds problems with morale and management that hampered U.S. counterterrorism initiatives in foreign countries.

The collapse of medical supply chains has been a catastrophe for women in developing countries. Lockdowns have made matters worse.

Contractors who work at the only permanent U.S. base in Africa have tested positive for the coronavirus as officials and experts fear the pandemic’s spread could allow terrorist groups to wrest away more territory.

The continent is ripe for a public health disaster, and Western powers must step in to prevent another global catastrophe.

Electrifying rural health care facilities would burnish Beijing’s reputation in poor countries throughout Africa and Asia and cost next to nothing.

The expulsion of Africans from their homes in southern China is causing a diplomatic storm.

Policies imposed in rich countries to fight the coronavirus could have adverse effects in low-income nations—potentially endangering more lives than they save.

Informal workers propped up the country’s economy—until they were suddenly struggling to survive.

By working collectively and innovatively, the region can prevent the next security and humanitarian disaster.

The coronavirus arrived late to the continent, but the early responses could backfire.

The battle against jihadi terrorism in Africa takes one of its deadliest turns yet, with consequences far beyond the region.

The coronavirus pandemic might not disrupt politics in wealthy Western democracies, but it is likely to unleash political instability—and even regime change—in developing countries already suffering from an economic crisis.

The pandemic is starting to topple one of the pillars of the globalization era.

As the pandemic reaches the continent, countries from Morocco to Malawi are facing a health crisis and an economic shock.

U.N. and relief agencies warn the coronavirus pandemic could leave an even bigger path of destruction in the world’s most vulnerable and conflict-riven countries.

Mysterious deaths and experimental drugs are all too familiar to survivors of the 1980s epidemic.

None of the parties involved is serious about reaching a political settlement, meaning the conflict could kill many more this year.