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Militants in northern Nigeria kill 10 security forces and 1 resident, officials sayAP News• Mar 25, 2026 11:00 am
More than 2 million people in Darfur left without proper care after drone strike on major hospitalAP News• Mar 25, 2026 08:09 am
South Africa’s top police officer faces charges in a widening corruption scandalAP News• Mar 25, 2026 03:24 am
Connor Esterhuizen blasts South Africa to a 33-run win in the 5th T20 against New ZealandAP News• Mar 25, 2026 12:39 am
Cambodian man deported by the US to Eswatini is being repatriated, his lawyer saysAP News• Mar 24, 2026 11:01 pm
Kenya floods worsen as 2 rivers burst banks, with death toll hitting 88AP News• Mar 24, 2026 06:26 am
Rebels in Congo used containers to hold journalists in brutal conditions, advocacy group saysAP News• Mar 24, 2026 02:12 am
Notorious apartheid police commander ‘Prime Evil’ testifies at South African hearing on killingsAP News• Mar 23, 2026 09:26 amJOHANNESBURG (AP) — One of South Africa’s most notorious apartheid police commanders testified on Monday at an inquiry into the…
An explosion in Nigeria’s Kwara state kills at least 1 person, police sayAP News• Mar 23, 2026 08:22 am
Zimbabwe releases on bail top opponent of changes extending the president’s ruleAP News• Mar 23, 2026 06:32 am
Spinners shine as South Africa beats New Zealand by 19 runs to level the T20 series at 2-2AP News• Mar 22, 2026 12:25 am
Uganda reintroduces rhinos into a protected area where they have been extinct since 1983AP News• Mar 20, 2026 08:39 am
Latham shines as New Zealand beats South Africa in 3rd T20 to lead series 2-1AP News• Mar 19, 2026 11:44 pm
How these secretive traditional circumcision rites are responsible for dozens of deathsAP News• Mar 19, 2026 07:01 pm
Madagascar’s president orders lie detector tests for candidates applying to be government ministersAP News• Mar 19, 2026 12:14 pmANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Anyone applying to become a minister in Madagascar’s new government will be subjected to lie detector…
Congo and Rwanda agree on steps to de-escalate tensions in eastern CongoAP News• Mar 19, 2026 04:29 am
As Zambia nears election season, some warn against the ‘sextortion’ of female candidatesAP News• Mar 18, 2026 12:34 pm
Nigerian soldiers repel an attack on a base and kill 80 Islamic militants, army saysAP News• Mar 18, 2026 12:27 pm
At least 17 dead in fighting on Sudan’s border with Chad, aid group saysAP News• Mar 18, 2026 05:08 am
Making menstrual leave official: 2 paid days off a month for period painAP News• Mar 17, 2026 11:41 pm
African soccer confederation strips Senegal of Africa Cup title and declares Morocco the championAP News• Mar 17, 2026 03:19 pm
Belgian court orders trial of ex-diplomat for Congo independence icon Patrice Lumumba’s killingAP News• Mar 17, 2026 11:33 amIn a rare judgment on Belgian involvement in a former colony, a Belgian court ordered on Tuesday that a 93-year-old…
Gunmen kill at least 15 in attacks on 2 villages in northwestern Nigeria, authorities sayAP News• Mar 17, 2026 11:15 am
2 men found with hundreds of ants are charged with illegally dealing in wildlife in KenyaAP News• Mar 17, 2026 10:33 am
23 killed, 108 wounded in suspected suicide bombings in northeast NigeriaAP News• Mar 17, 2026 12:21 am
Bombs explode in northeastern Nigeria, leaving scores killed and injured, authorities sayAP News• Mar 16, 2026 02:45 pm
Planned demolition of a building in Nairobi goes wrong and leaves at least 4 people deadAP News• Mar 16, 2026 12:26 pm
A look at South Africa’s extreme move to deploy the army to fight crime, by the numbersAP News• Mar 16, 2026 08:29 am
Denis Sassou N’Guesso reelected president of Congo with 94.8% of the vote, extending 42-year ruleAP News• Mar 15, 2026 02:47 amThe Republic of Congo is voting to elect a leader Sunday as incumbent President Denis Sassou N’Guesso runs for a…
Armed group killed security personnel in an ambush in north-central Nigeria, authorities sayAP News• Mar 15, 2026 05:13 am
Opposition leader Bobi Wine says he left Uganda after going into hiding after disputed electionAP News• Mar 14, 2026 06:26 am
Drone strikes and clashes in eastern Congo threaten region’s peace effortsAP News• Mar 13, 2026 12:34 pm
Ethiopia declares 3 days of mourning after landslides in the south kill 80 peopleAP News• Mar 13, 2026 10:48 am
South African soldiers dismantle illegal mining operations near Johannesburg as miners fleeAP News• Mar 13, 2026 02:02 am
Drone strike in Sudan near the border with Chad kills 4, injures many moreAP News• Mar 12, 2026 01:44 pm
Landslides in southern Ethiopia leave at least 50 people dead and 125 missingAP News• Mar 12, 2026 04:11 amAn official says at least 50 people have died and 125 others are missing after landslides hit three districts in…
Senegal becomes latest African country to toughen punishment for homosexual actsAP News• Mar 12, 2026 02:27 am
A drone strike hits school and medical center in southern Sudan, killing 17, mostly schoolgirlsAP News• Mar 11, 2026 08:13 am
Young people expect little change as the Republic of Congo heads to a presidential electionAP News• Mar 11, 2026 06:51 am
South Africa deploys soldiers to the streets to tackle organized and violent crimeAP News• Mar 11, 2026 04:32 am
Jihadis intensify attacks against Nigeria’s military, killing officers and carting away weaponsAP News• Mar 10, 2026 08:22 am
UN peacekeepers defy South Sudan military’s order to leave opposition-held townAP News• Mar 10, 2026 02:15 am
Guinea’s main opposition leader warns of a ‘party-state’ after 40 political parties dissolvedAP News• Mar 8, 2026 01:10 pmDAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Guinea’s main opposition figure on Sunday accused the country’s leader of trying to build a “party-state,”…
American Nathan Martin wins Los Angeles Marathon in final stride; 45-year-old Kenyan wins women’sAP News• Mar 8, 2026 10:42 am
Thousands of civilians in South Sudan flee opposition-held town after army’s evacuation orderAP News• Mar 8, 2026 10:10 am
Nigerian army kills 45 militants in clashes in northwest state of KatsinaAP News• Mar 7, 2026 10:00 am
At least 25 dead in Kenya after heavy rain brings flash floods and flight disruption to NairobiAP News• Mar 6, 2026 10:23 pm
Women in South Africa take up guns and martial arts for protection against gender violenceAP News• Mar 6, 2026 09:03 pm
The US imposes visa restrictions on Rwandan officials after sanctions targeting the militaryAP News• Mar 6, 2026 01:44 pm
Islamic militants abduct more than 300 people in northeastern Nigeria, officials sayAP News• Mar 6, 2026 07:30 am
UN report says Ugandan troops helped South Sudan with deadly airstrikesAP News• Mar 6, 2026 05:23 amNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Uganda helped South Sudan carry out airstrikes that killed and badly burned civilians a year ago,…
A Lagos rave rewrites the rules of nightlife, drawing young Nigerians priced out of club cultureAP News• Mar 5, 2026 09:47 pm
Conservative Anglican leaders restructure organization in break from traditionsAP News• Mar 5, 2026 10:11 am
Funding for Africa clean energy financing surges despite fewer project approvalsAP News• Mar 4, 2026 02:49 am
South Africa’s anti-apartheid veteran and ex-defense minister Mosiuoa ‘Terror’ Lekota dies at 77AP News• Mar 4, 2026 02:45 am
26 Doctors without Borders workers remain unaccounted for in South Sudan a month after attacksAP News• Mar 3, 2026 06:21 am
US sanctions Rwanda’s military and top officials over support for M23 rebels in CongoAP News• Mar 2, 2026 11:43 amKINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The U.S. imposed sanctions Monday on the Rwandan Defence Forces and four of its senior officials…
Death toll in South African building collapse rises to 9 as city plans demolitionAP News• Mar 3, 2026 05:09 am
South Africa probes sanitary products suppliers after study flags health risksAP News• Mar 2, 2026 10:29 am
169 people killed after insurgents raid a village in a remote area of South SudanAP News• Mar 2, 2026 05:18 am
Algerians struggle to afford Ramadan feasts as prices rise despite government pledgesAP News• Feb 28, 2026 10:09 pm
South Sudan faces turmoil as former officials arrested in wave of detentionsAP News• Feb 28, 2026 09:08 amJUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A former South Sudan finance minister is the latest former government official arrested in a…
Soldiers on the streets. What’s behind South Africa’s plan to deploy the army in high-crime areasAP News• Feb 27, 2026 08:18 pm
Abiy’s vision of Ethiopia includes a seaport in Eritrea. Some see a looming conflictAP News• Feb 27, 2026 08:14 pm
Guinea releases 16 soldiers and police officers from Sierra Leone after border disputeAP News• Feb 27, 2026 05:22 pm
South Africa starts mass cattle vaccination program to halt foot-and-mouth outbreakAP News• Feb 27, 2026 11:20 am
Residents of eastern Congo city fear disease after discovery of mass gravesAP News• Feb 27, 2026 08:59 am