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Presidential elections will be held Saturday in Zimbabwe. President Robert Mugabe faces his toughest opposition during his 28 years in power as Zimbabwe, once among the most prosperous countries in Africa, is in economic chaos. With inflation at 100,000 percent, a loaf of bread costs millions of Zimbabwean dollars.

After hitting the symbolic $100 a barrel mark, oil prices slipped back a bit. Still, pressures pushing oil prices to all-time highs remain: soaring demand from China and India, a weak dollar, and political tensions in both the Middle East and Africa, which are big oil producers.

Cases of Ebola continue to mount in West Africa in the largest outbreak of the disease ever recorded. Public health officials are concerned the viral disease could spread farther.

The guitar legend recorded 49 songs in 10 days for his latest album, Africa Speaks.

Kenyan courts have failed to successfully prosecute terrorists accused in 1998 and 2002 bombings. Ordinary Kenyans decry corruption, neglect and violence. Our series on the Horn of Africa continues.

What if a dinosaur was found in Africa? Would you consider it worthy of conservation? If so, why — and why not a horseshoe crab species that's even older? That's what photographer Piotr Naskrecki wants to know.

If a venomous snake bites you in Africa, you're likely to survive when you're near a hospital. That might not be the case next year.

The billions of dollars spent by governments and foundations to fight malaria are starting to pay off. The death rate from the mosquito-borne disease has dropped by 45 percent worldwide since 2012. Malaria kills more than 600,000 people each year.

In Western Africa, a military coup has removed Burkina Faso's democratically elected president from office.

South African President Jacob Zuma survived a no-confidence vote Tuesday, his sixth since becoming president in 2009. Zuma also heads the ruling African National Congress, but he has been beset by corruption scandals and charges of economic mismanagement.