Madagascar’s prime minister has resigned as part of a court-ordered effort to overcome a political crisis in a country struggling with instability and poverty. The resignation Monday of Prime Minister Olivier Mahafaly Solonandrasana opens the way for the appointment of a...

A scandal over leaked data has hit Zimbabwe’s election after the ruling party sent personalized, unsolicited campaign messages to potential voters’ mobile phones. The opposition says thousands of supporters reported receiving the messages. “ZANU-PF has been caught with its hands...

More than 2,000 Tunisians rallied Sunday for the North African nation’s leaders to do away with punishing price hikes that triggered days of unrest and to respect the goals of the revolution that drove out the country’s autocratic ruler seven years ago. To placate protesters...

Two infected patients who fled from an Ebola treatment center in a Congo city of 1.2 million people later died, an aid group said Wednesday while asserting that “forced hospitalization is not the solution to this epidemic.” As the number of suspected Ebola cases continued to...