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The Kenyan author championed local African languages and was imprisoned for his work. His name was often mentioned in discussions about the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Health officials in Southern California are investigating the spread of a new strain of the Monkeypox virus after three cases were reported last week in the region.

The Food and Drug Administration released an analysis of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday morning that appears to support its authorization for emergency use.

Days of fighting in the northern port city of Palma have left dozens of civilians dead as security forces battled to turn back an assault by a suspected ISIS-linked insurgent group.

A decade after China's global infrastructure program started, the U.S., G7 countries and private capital will invest in clean energy, technology and other projects in developing countries.

Richard Pryor, the iconoclastic, profane and bitingly funny comic whose uninhibited humor explored the African-American experience, died Sunday of a heart attack. The 65-year-old had battled multiple sclerosis for nearly two decades. Pryor produced 20 comedy albums, won five Grammys, and appeared in more than 30 films.

Most of us were taught that Christopher Columbus discovered America. Yet it is far from clear cut. There are alternative theories about who got here first — some well-documented, others much more flimsy in their scholarship. A new book probes their merits.

Author Tracy Kidder recounts the story of a refugee from the war-torn African country of Burundi in the new book Strength in What Remains. When Deogratias "Deo" Niyizonkiza arrived in New York City in 1993, he had little beyond the clothes on his back.

A report by the non-governmental organization Global Witness says more than 60 percent of the West African nation's rainforests have been granted to logging companies in the past six years. The group has found evidence of fraud and misconduct within Liberia's logging sector.

More than 100 people were also wounded. The Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, which has ties with al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for the attack.