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Nigeria charges 6 with treason over alleged coup plot

• Apr 21, 2026 04:25 am

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities have charged six people, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector,…

Chad will deploy 1,500 troops to Haiti to help combat gang violence

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• Apr 21, 2026 03:17 am

Pope’s visit to Equatorial Guinea is a diplomatic challenge as he closes his Africa trip

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• Apr 20, 2026 10:34 pm

Pope Leo XIV challenges Angola’s leaders while delivering a message of encouragement for its people

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• Apr 18, 2026 02:28 am

Pope Leo XIV’s visit to an African church linked to slavery reflects on his own complex heritage

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• Apr 17, 2026 07:30 pm

A son of ex-Zimbabwe President Mugabe enters a plea deal to avoid attempted murder charge

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• Apr 17, 2026 11:40 am

Men caught competing in the women’s category of a prestigious South African marathon

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• Apr 17, 2026 07:06 am

Gunmen in Nigeria attack a passenger bus and abduct students

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• Apr 17, 2026 04:43 am

Pope urges Africa’s youth to resist dual temptations of migration and corruption in Cameroon

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• Apr 16, 2026 11:39 pm

Pope Leo XIV is encouraging young people in Cameroon to resist the temptation to migrate and to stay at home…

Republic of Congo Presidential Inauguration

Denis Sassou N’Guesso sworn in for another term in Republic of Congo, extending 42-year rule

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• Apr 16, 2026 01:51 pm

Benin court confirms Finance Minister Romauld Wadagni’s election as next president

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• Apr 16, 2026 01:43 pm

Activist Kemi Seba arrested in South Africa, faces extradition to Benin

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• Apr 16, 2026 11:20 am

Minibus taxi catches fire in Zimbabwe, killing several people

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• Apr 16, 2026 11:15 am

Former Meta contractor Sama to lay off more than 1,000 workers in Kenya

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• Apr 16, 2026 09:30 am

A look at the South African politician sentenced to jail on gun charge who described Trump as Hitler

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• Apr 16, 2026 09:30 am

BP sued in Kenya over alleged toxic waste from 1980s oil exploration

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• Apr 16, 2026 09:30 am

What to know about Cameroon’s separatist violence that the pope seeks to end

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• Apr 16, 2026 06:39 am

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Pope Leo XIV arrived in Cameroon’s northwestern city of Bamenda on Thursday to lead a peace…

Ghana rescues 305 West African nationals, including 113 children, in anti-trafficking operation

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• Apr 16, 2026 05:41 am

Gabon’s former prime minister, a critic of the junta, has been arrested

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• Apr 16, 2026 05:33 am

South African politician Julius Malema sentenced to 5 years for firing rifle shots at rally

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• Apr 16, 2026 03:50 am

American man held in Zanzibar after partner’s death following a dispute

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• Apr 16, 2026 02:42 am

Pope blasts ‘tyrants’ ravaging the planet during his visit to Cameroon

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• Apr 16, 2026 02:37 am

Nigerian security forces on high alert for large-scale attack on airport and prison, memo says

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• Apr 15, 2026 01:42 pm

WHO says vaccinations save millions in Africa, but US aid cuts and Iran war threaten progress

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• Apr 15, 2026 09:08 am

Pope doubles down on peace and unity message as Trump’s criticism continues

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• Apr 15, 2026 09:03 am

Pope Leo XIV is again emphasizing the need for peace and dialogue despite criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump. Leo…

Cameroon hopes the pope’s visit brings healing after nearly a decade of conflict

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• Apr 14, 2026 09:56 pm

Separatists in Cameroon announce a 3-day pause in fighting for pope’s visit

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• Apr 14, 2026 09:09 am

Benin Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni elected president with vast majority of votes

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• Apr 14, 2026 03:08 am

Senegal has first conviction under law toughening punishment for homosexual acts

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• Apr 13, 2026 10:53 am

UN concerned as opposition retakes a strategic town in South Sudan

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• Apr 13, 2026 09:01 am

Ethiopian Orthodox Christians in Washington mark Easter with prayer, joyful family celebrations

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• Apr 13, 2026 06:06 am

A trial in a tent draws crowds as Uganda debuts mobile court for man accused of killing 4 kids

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• Apr 13, 2026 05:35 am

Pope starts Africa tour in Algeria and calls for peace against Iran war’s backdrop

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• Apr 12, 2026 09:34 pm

Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Algeria for a first-ever papal visit, calling for peace amid the U.S.-Israeli war with…

At least 100 dead in Nigeria after air force ‘misfire’ on market, sources say

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• Apr 12, 2026 09:26 am

South Africa’s second-biggest party elects new leader

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• Apr 12, 2026 06:08 am

Benin holds presidential election with finance minister favored to succeed Talon

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• Apr 12, 2026 12:05 am

Female rickshaw drivers in Sierra Leone rise above stigma to earn a living and empower women

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• Apr 11, 2026 12:37 am

Nigerian court convicts more than 300 in mass terrorism trial

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• Apr 10, 2026 03:13 pm

Iran war dampens Easter season for millions in Ethiopia as gas and food prices rise

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• Apr 10, 2026 01:44 pm

Court rules in favor of 4 men deported by the US to Africa and denied lawyer meetings for 9 months

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• Apr 10, 2026 06:23 am

Djibouti holds presidential election with longtime ruler favored for a sixth term

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• Apr 10, 2026 12:08 am

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Voters in the small Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti cast ballots to elect their president…

Drone strike hits wedding in Darfur town, killing at least 30 people

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• Apr 9, 2026 03:25 pm

Nigerian army general and several soldiers killed during an assault on a base in the northeast

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• Apr 9, 2026 09:59 am

Tanzanian leader orders smaller convoys and shared buses to cut fuel use as prices rise

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• Apr 9, 2026 05:37 am

Benin is holding an election for a new president as security worsens and critics denounce clampdown

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• Apr 8, 2026 11:05 pm

Hundreds march in Senegal’s capital over broken government promises and rising costs

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• Apr 8, 2026 04:27 pm

Attacks on 2 villages in northern Nigeria leave at least 20 people dead, residents say

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• Apr 8, 2026 06:19 am

Rwanda tries to protect farmland in Africa’s most densely populated nation

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• Apr 8, 2026 12:37 am

Detained aid worker Joseph Figueira Martin freed in Central African Republic

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• Apr 7, 2026 03:36 pm

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Detained aid worker Joseph Figueira Martin, who had been held in the Central African Republic for…

Nigerian military and officials say at least 26 killed in 3 weekend attacks on civilians and police

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• Apr 6, 2026 02:40 am

Cameroon lawmakers revive vice presidency, handing aging president sweeping control over the post

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• Apr 5, 2026 12:16 am

‘Wow!’ The eye surgery marathon that restored sight for some South Africans

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• Apr 4, 2026 02:16 am

Paramilitary forces in Sudan kill at least 10 people in hospital drone attack, medical group says

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• Apr 3, 2026 03:00 am

Islamic State-linked rebels kill at least 43 in attack in eastern Congo

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• Apr 2, 2026 11:12 am

Congo says its mpox outbreak is over after 2 years and more than 2,200 suspected deaths

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• Apr 2, 2026 09:54 am

Burkina Faso forces killed twice as many civilians as jihadists, rights group says

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• Apr 2, 2026 06:25 am

Machete-wielding man attacks Ugandan nursery school, killing 4 children

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• Apr 2, 2026 05:21 am

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A man killed four children in a machete attack inside a nursery school in the Ugandan…

A rare school in Kenya is empowering teenage mothers with education and child care

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• Apr 2, 2026 12:25 am

A fire and explosions at a military camp in Burundi kill 13 people and injure 57

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• Apr 1, 2026 03:05 am

South Africa hit by record diesel price hikes despite fuel levy cut

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• Mar 31, 2026 02:09 pm

A hearing on extending Zimbabwe president’s term erupts in chaos

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• Mar 31, 2026 10:47 am

Sexual violence is being used as a weapon in Sudan’s war, doctors group says

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• Mar 31, 2026 08:18 am

Senegal’s president signs harsher anti-gay penalties into law

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• Mar 31, 2026 08:11 am

A South African politician goes snorkeling in a giant pothole to highlight city management failures

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• Mar 31, 2026 08:04 am

A women-led music festival pushes for peace in Congo’s conflict-ridden eastern region

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• Mar 30, 2026 05:35 am

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese rapper Clem Cléopâtre took to the stage on the last day of a three-day music…

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Armed militants ambushed Nigerian security forces who were responding to a distress call in the northwestern…

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