Africa

A single image captures the grim task facing those who needed to find space for the dead after a spasm of violence in Central Africa.

The army and the paramilitary forces are locked in a new and ruinous battle for territory across the northeast African nation.

By Abdi Latif Dahir and Abdalrahman Altayeb

The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.

By Stephanie Nolen

She was the first woman to fly rescue missions in a combat zone, in Indochina and Algeria. She was also the first Frenchwoman to become an army general.

By Sam Roberts

President Trump’s pause on aid, and the gutting of the primary aid agency, could jeopardize the health of more than 20 million people worldwide, including 500,000 children, experts say.

By Apoorva Mandavilli

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the Central African country in decades.

By Elian Peltier and Guerchom Ndebo

Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.

By Stephanie Nolen

For those living in Goma, which has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water, little food and much uncertainty.

By Caleb Kabanda, Ruth Maclean and Guerchom Ndebo

Rebels backed by Rwanda are seizing huge tracts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The rebels, known as M23, say they are protecting ethnic Tutsis, the minority group massacred in a 1994 genocide. But experts say the real reason is Congo’s rare minerals, which power our phones and devices. Ruth Maclean, New York Times West Africa bureau chief, explains how the rebels and their patrons in Rwanda are profiting from the conflict.

By Ruth Maclean, Nikolay Nikolov, Guerchom Ndebo and Christina Thornell

When a scientist received a video of a spotted hyena in the southern part of his country, he thought someone was playing a trick on him.

By Darren Incorvaia