The abduction of a Nairobi businessman in late November led to escalating concern in the Tigrayan community.

“We knew that when the virus came we had to take care of ourselves, because no one else would,” the director said.

Chason will be one of two Post reporters tasked with covering most of Africa, the world's fastest-growing continent.

“Colonialism is history in the West,” said a South African writer. "But in our countries, colonialism is now.”

Here's what happened outside the White House last June as crowds protested the death of George Floyd, and on Jan. 6, when Trump supporters mobbed the U.S. Capitol.

Authorities said Sicknick was injured after engaging rioters and died Thursday night.

Four people, all in their 20s, were killed in the early Sunday attack in Antioch, Tenn.

His family says he was radicalized online and out of sight. Classmates and others say that changing demographics in suburban Texas might have played a role in the suspect’s worldview.

The Texas region along the U.S. border has some of the highest coronavirus death rates in the state — and the country. Its community's closeness is also its enemy.

See the latest coronavirus news and developments Sunday in the Washington, D.C., region.

The Washington region has surpassed 300,000 infections since the start of the pandemic.

Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley, whose confirmation hearing is scheduled for Thursday, has been tapped to head AFRICOM, leading U.S. military forces in Africa.

The ban — which some store owners strongly opposed — went into effect Jan. 1.

Health-care workers say lack of transparency hurts morale, patient care.

Hyattsville Mayor Kevin Ward's sudden death is part of an uptick in suicides among Black people.

Chason is joining as a campaign reporter.

Crowds protesting George Floyd’s death were forced to gather outside Lafayette Square, where a day before peaceful demonstrators had been forcefully cleared at the behest of Attorney General William...

"Take care of me," unvaccinated patients ask. Two years into the pandemic, it’s getting harder.

D.C. police are investigating the shooting that sent diners ducking for cover.

William Wayland, who was convicted of mortgage fraud in Montgomery County, faces similar charges in Prince George’s.

The settlement in the shooting of William Green is one of the nation’s largest involving a death at the hands of an on-duty officer, the family’s attorney said.

Iowans have caucused. Follow the latest updates as we wait for delayed results.

Hospitals will come up with their own timelines for a change that has sparked lawsuits elsewhere in the country.

Hospitals not overwhelmed but are seeing an increase of patients who need critical care.

The fighting is an escalation in the year-old civil war that threatens hundreds of thousands of people in the country with famine.

Flooding this year displaced more than 700,000 — about 1 in every 15 people in South Sudan.

Those who knew him said he showed signs of paranoia that had increased in recent years.

Tan will be responsible for covering a rapidly changing swath of the world that stretches from the Philippines to Bangladesh.

The events of recent days suggest something profound has happened, though it may be years before the country knows whether it has moved closer to the ideal of equality.

"We are being charged more to feel safer,” said one Nairobi woman.

A crowd gathered on H Street Tuesday afternoon in front of a newly erected tall black fence that prevented them from entering Lafayette Square.

Declining harvests and dwindling fish hauls make Boko Haram appealing for young men in the Lake Chad region.

Washington Post city hall reporter Fenit Nirappil (Medill ’12) entered Northwestern with an affinity for writing and left with an interdisciplinary experience that set him up for success. After...

The case drew nationwide attention and prompted lawmakers to revise the hate-crime statute in Maryland.

Experts say wrongful fire convictions are disturbingly common because investigators often lack up-to-date education and advanced training.

Maryland’s Talbot and Prince George’s counties show the disparate vaccine realities playing out across the country.

Lizandro and Diego Claros Saravia, brothers from Gaithersburg who came to this country illegally in 2009, were sent to El Salvador on Wednesday.

Bishop James M. Flowers Jr., who died of complications of covid-19, headed Shining Star Freewill Baptist Church in Seat Pleasant, Md.

The contentious redistricting process has intensified divides between Democrats in this deep-blue county.

For years, Prince George’s County has vigorously defended its police department against a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by officers of color. Calls to settle are growing.

But critics say the Biden administration is making a mistake by giving Chad a pass over violence and repression at home.

Eastern Stewart was the second Prince George’s County school employee to die from the virus.