Zimbabwe justice minister introduces bill to extend 83-year-old president’s termAP News• Jun 2, 2026 08:33 amHARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s justice minister on Tuesday introduced a constitutional amendment bill in Parliament that would extend the…
Senegal’s ousted PM Sonko boycotts new government, raising fears of political deadlockAP News• Jun 2, 2026 07:31 am
Africa is the deadliest place in the world to have a baby, while its population boomsAP News• Jun 2, 2026 04:47 am
US to drastically slash the number of embassies in Africa that can process visasAP News• Jun 1, 2026 12:17 pm
Protesters in Kenya call for national crisis declaration over gender-based violenceAP News• Jun 1, 2026 05:12 am
African EV firm Spiro raises $215 million for electric mobility expansionAP News• Jun 1, 2026 05:10 am
Ebola cases in Congo near 300 as more joyful stories from recovered medical workers emergeAP News• Jun 1, 2026 05:08 amBUNIA, Congo (AP) — At least 282 cases of Ebola disease have been confirmed in Congo’s growing outbreak, the central…
Hundreds of youths protest outside Kenya’s Ebola quarantine center for US citizensAP News• Jun 1, 2026 05:07 am
WHO chief reports 5 Ebola recoveries as a new treatment center opens in eastern CongoAP News• May 31, 2026 04:39 am
Ethiopia heads to the polls for an election expected to be dominated again by Abiy’s ruling partyAP News• May 31, 2026 04:37 am
WHO chief visits epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo as cases outpace responseAP News• May 30, 2026 04:42 am
Ghana’s parliament passes a bill criminalizing the promotion of LGBTQ activitiesAP News• May 29, 2026 02:30 pm
South Africa court weighs feud over the body of Zambia’s former President LunguAP News• May 29, 2026 08:30 am
Sudanese medical group accuses paramilitary force of killing 27 in attack targeting civiliansAP News• May 29, 2026 04:58 amCAIRO (AP) — A humanitarian organization on Friday accused forces affiliated with a Sudanese paramilitary group of targeting civilians in…
Eight students are suspected of arson after a deadly fire at a girls school in KenyaAP News• May 29, 2026 04:55 am
Kenya court suspends US plan for Ebola quarantine facility for AmericansAP News• May 29, 2026 04:52 am
Aid supplies reach heart of Congo’s Ebola outbreak as WHO head travels to KinshasaAP News• May 28, 2026 06:32 am
Fire rips through a dormitory at a girls’ school in Kenya, killing at least 16 studentsAP News• May 28, 2026 04:59 am
A collision between a bus and a truck crash kills 10 people in ZimbabweAP News• May 27, 2026 11:34 am
Ghana begins repatriating citizens from South Africa due to anti-immigration tensionsAP News• May 27, 2026 07:33 am
Uganda closes its border with Congo, where suspected cases of a rare Ebola type are surgingAP News• May 27, 2026 07:32 amUganda has ordered the closure of its border with Congo, where suspected Ebola cases are surging. A local Ugandan task…
A bitter Eid al-Adha in Mali’s capital as al-Qaida-linked blockade sends sheep prices soaringAP News• May 27, 2026 05:05 am
In Congo displacement camp, fighting Ebola with sand, oatmeal and one thermometer but no waterAP News• May 26, 2026 08:20 pm
Why a scandal involving money in a couch has South Africa’s president facing possible impeachmentAP News• May 26, 2026 07:14 am
3 killed after passenger van hits an elephant in a Ugandan national parkAP News• May 26, 2026 04:53 am
Senegalese president names a new prime minister after sacking his predecessorAP News• May 25, 2026 03:22 pm
Attacks from suspicious residents complicate the fight against a rare type of EbolaAP News• May 25, 2026 10:20 am
Ugandan health officials report new Ebola virus infections, bringing cases to 7AP News• May 25, 2026 04:58 amKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan health authorities on Monday reported two new Ebola cases, bringing the number of infections to…
In Sudan’s war economy, gold keeps flowing as miners risk mercury and collapseAP News• May 25, 2026 04:14 am
Young men storm a Congo hospital treating Ebola patients to demand bodies of their kinAP News• May 24, 2026 04:12 pm
Nigeria’s military says troops rescued 92 people abducted by jihadi militantsAP News• May 24, 2026 08:16 am
How Congo is battling an Ebola outbreak complicated by aid cuts, armed rebels and angerAP News• May 24, 2026 07:16 am
Moroccan king pardons Senegalese fans jailed over chaotic Africa Cup finalAP News• May 23, 2026 01:19 pm
A second Ebola treatment center is set ablaze in eastern Congo, with 18 suspected cases fleeingAP News• May 23, 2026 08:18 am
Ugandans rue link to Bundibugyo, the Ebola virus type named after a district of cocoa farmersAP News• May 22, 2026 08:11 pmBundibugyo is the somewhat easy-to-mispronounce name of a species of Ebola. But firstly it’s a mountainous district in western Uganda…
Congo curtails funeral wakes in Ebola outbreak as WHO upgrades risk assessmentAP News• May 22, 2026 06:35 am
Sudan’s war has left thousands missing. Many are buried in unmarked gravesAP News• May 22, 2026 04:59 am
9 deportees from US arrive in Sierra Leone under third-country agreementAP News• May 20, 2026 10:33 am
Sorry, Arsenal fans, but a public holiday for you in Botswana is fake newsAP News• May 20, 2026 09:28 am
Ebola fears surge on the ground in Congo over rapid spread of a rare typeAP News• May 20, 2026 04:53 amHealthcare workers in eastern Congo say they are underprotected and undertrained as a rare Ebola virus spreads rapidly in one…
WHO says risk of global spread of Ebola outbreak is low, but high at national, regional levelsAP News• May 20, 2026 04:52 am
28 killed in a drone strike on a market in Sudan’s West Kordofan, rights group saysAP News• May 19, 2026 12:52 pm
Nigeria says joint strikes with the US have killed 175 Islamic State group fightersAP News• May 19, 2026 10:33 am
Animal welfare groups say 3 South African zoo elephants are depressed and sue to move themAP News• May 19, 2026 06:47 am
A fuel strike in Kenya is suspended after 2 days of protests that left 4 people deadAP News• May 19, 2026 04:53 am
WHO chief concerned over ‘scale and speed’ of Ebola outbreak as Congo reports 134 deadAP News• May 19, 2026 04:52 am
Kenya’s professional mourners help grieving families and keep tradition aliveAP News• May 19, 2026 04:50 am
The Ebola outbreak in Congo went unnoticed for weeks. This is what we knowAP News• May 18, 2026 01:31 pmJOHANNESBURG (AP) — Health officials believe the Ebola outbreak in Congo started weeks ago and say they haven’t identified the…
Ebola and hantavirus have Africa talking ‘health sovereignty’ as donor support fadesAP News• May 18, 2026 07:27 am
Nigeria and U.S. forces kill over 20 Islamic State group militants in new offensiveAP News• May 18, 2026 04:49 am
Congo opens more centers to treat rare type of Ebola that has killed nearly 120AP News• May 18, 2026 04:46 am
Latest militant attacks on schools in Nigeria leave more than 80 children missing, officials sayAP News• May 17, 2026 11:15 am
WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo and UgandaAP News• May 17, 2026 04:58 am
Nigeria police detain 3 suspects in a rare school attack in the south of the countryAP News• May 16, 2026 07:13 am
What to know about joint US-Nigeria operation that killed a senior militant leaderAP News• May 16, 2026 06:20 amPresident Donald Trump says a joint U.S. and Nigerian operation has killed a top Islamic State leader in Nigeria. The…
Congolese report constant burials as deaths in new Ebola outbreak reach 87AP News• May 16, 2026 04:40 am
In Senegal’s wrestling arenas, rituals share the spotlight with the fight, in photosAP News• May 16, 2026 04:39 am
Students missing following attack by armed groups on school in northeastern Nigeria, police sayAP News• May 15, 2026 12:24 pm
A look at major Ebola outbreaks and when the disease was first identifiedAP News• May 15, 2026 09:22 am
Takeaways from AP’s interview with Colombian woman deported to Congo by USAP News• May 15, 2026 06:39 am
A new Ebola outbreak is confirmed in a remote Congo province, with 65 deaths recordedAP News• May 15, 2026 04:52 am
Zimbabwe’s vivid English first names carry family histories, from Privilege to ShameAP News• May 14, 2026 07:31 pmHARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Have-A-Look. Handsome. Thanks. Trust. Privilege. Doubt. Problem. Shame. In Zimbabwe, these aren’t just random words. They…
A surge in violence followed Trump’s cuts to USAID programs in Africa, a study findsAP News• May 14, 2026 11:25 am
Somalia is in a deadly drought again. Most humanitarian aid isn’t there this timeAP News• May 13, 2026 09:28 pm
Two weeks of clashes in a southern Sudan region kill dozens, a local medical group saysAP News• May 13, 2026 03:19 pm
A rare sanctuary in Congo looks after baby bonobos away from poaching threatAP News• May 13, 2026 04:35 am
Nigerian military airstrike kills 100 civilians at a market, rights group claimsAP News• May 12, 2026 08:22 am