Without interventions, continent could suffer 3.3 million deaths, 1.2 billion infections in 2020, UN estimates, as virus set to devastate region's economy, health care systems

Experts predict unprecedented damage to developing economies as governments struggle to ensure millions of newly jobless laborers and petty traders can survive lockdowns

Foreign Ministry says only those who want to come are being brought home; diplomats themselves are staying; report says Spain may be next

Innovation Africa, whose Israeli-made solar panels power schools, clinics and water pumps in 10 African countries, has changed the lives of 1.7 million people

Al-Shabab group says assault in 'no way related' to Friday's assassination of Iranian Gen. Soleimani by US forces

South Africa began licensing the production and export of medical cannabis in 2018 and is expected to become a global frontrunner in the industry

Meanwhile, Iran continues to hold in prison eight researchers of rare Asiatic cheetah on charges of using cameras to spy for Israel, US

Mauerberger Foundation award, granted for the first time, aims to strengthen academic ties and exchange of ideas between researchers in Israel and Africa

Amos-17 satellite will be launched early Thursday, Israel time, from Cape Canaveral in Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

The author, visiting Jerusalem for the International Writers Festival, says she's glad she spent her formative years in the West African country