Eyder Peralta

A newly formed rebel alliance led by the Tigray People's Liberation Front is within striking distance of Addis Ababa. A failed state could displace millions of people and stoke more ethnic violence.

Two rebel militias now threaten Ethiopia's capital as the current conflict marks its one-year anniversary.

Protests continue in Khartoum, capital of Sudan, following the removal of the country's prime minister by military leaders.

The spokesperson for Ethiopia's prime minister says the government is open to negotiating with rebels — a significant change in this long-running civil war.

There's been an apparent coup in Sudan. The military has seized power, dissolved the government and arrested the prime minister. Two years ago, a revolution ousted longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir.

Officials in Khartoum say soldiers arrested the prime minister and other leaders. The U.S. special envoy for the Horn of Africa says Washington is "deeply alarmed" by reports of a military takeover.

Fighting between government forces and Tigrayan rebels is escalating in Ethiopia's north. The government is bombing targets in the rebel capital and there's a bloody battle over two strategic towns.

There is misery in Ethiopia as the civil war there continues and the U.N warns of famine.

In Ethiopia, old ethnic tensions are being incited in new ways. And that means the bloody civil war may be entering an even more destructive phase.

The civil war is worsening as the Ethiopian government announces it is launching a new offensive against insurgents in Tigray.

The Ethiopian government says it has launched a new offensive in the north against Tigrayan rebels.

The government of Ethiopia is launching a new offensive to retake the Tigray region from separatist forces. The United Nations says the relief aid crisis is worsening there.

Former South African President Jacob Zuma is still at the center of the country's politics, even though he faces a corruption trial. His popularity is indicative of the country's racial polarization.

In a nation with 11 languages, Braai is the unifier. Braai roughly translates to barbecue, and it is as much a pastime as a cuisine.

A Rwandan court has sentenced Paul Rusesabagina, the man who inspired Hotel Rwanda, to 25 years in prison for terror-related charges.

French forces killed the leader of the West African ISIS affiliate in a drone strike in southern Mali in August. French authorities described Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi as "enemy No. 1" in the region.

The South African government is trying to discourage the use of Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic animal medication, as an anti-COVID-19 therapeutic. But some doctors are prescribing it anyway.

South Africa, after initial struggles to obtain sufficient vaccine for its population, is finally administering the COVID-19 vaccine to hundreds of thousands of citizens.

The conflict, which began last year, in the Ethiopian province of Tigray is spreading into other parts of Africa's second-most populous country.

Cape Town in South Africa is going through one of its coldest winters in recent memory. Those who swim in the ocean water claim mental and physical health benefits.