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Tanzania’s President Hassan wins disputed election with more than 97% of voteAP News• Oct 31, 2025 10:54 pm
Trump opens the door for sanctions on Nigeria over persecution of ChristiansAP News• Oct 31, 2025 02:58 pm
South African government criticizes Trump’s refugee policy prioritizing white Afrikaner minorityAP News• Oct 31, 2025 10:09 am
New inquest rules South African Nobel laureate Albert Luthuli was beaten to death in 1967AP News• Oct 31, 2025 07:12 am
What to know about a disputed election in Tanzania, where single-party rule is being challengedAP News• Oct 31, 2025 04:58 am
Security forces and protesters clash following disputed election in Tanzania; UN says 10 deadAP News• Oct 31, 2025 02:08 amDAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators faced off with police in Tanzania’s commercial capital Friday to demand…
Protests in Tanzania spread after a disputed election, with the military on the streetsAP News• Oct 30, 2025 04:00 am
Budapest boxing club says board member, family among 11 killed in Kenya plane crashAP News• Oct 29, 2025 11:18 am
Tanzania deploys the military and imposes a curfew on election day after protests eruptAP News• Oct 28, 2025 10:03 pm
Opposition leaders in Cameroon contest official election results as protests continueAP News• Oct 28, 2025 04:08 pm
Tanzanians head to polls amid human rights concerns and weakened oppositionAP News• Oct 28, 2025 12:08 pm
Tunisian court suspends prominent human rights groups as crackdown progressesAP News• Oct 28, 2025 11:02 am
US embassy urges Americans to leave Mali due to a fuel crisis linked to a militant groupAP News• Oct 28, 2025 11:01 amBAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Mali told American citizens Tuesday to leave the country by plane because…
Plane crashes while flying tourists to Kenya’s Maasai Mara, killing 11 peopleAP News• Oct 28, 2025 02:02 am
Zanzibar is seeing a seaweed boom. Can the women collecting it cash in?AP News• Oct 27, 2025 10:11 pm
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara reelected to fourth term, early results showAP News• Oct 27, 2025 11:03 am
A former Mali prime minister goes to prison for expressing solidarity with critics of military juntaAP News• Oct 27, 2025 08:03 am
Former Madagascar president Andry Rajoelina stripped of citizenship after military takeoverAP News• Oct 27, 2025 02:08 am
Sermons urge youth to take part in public affairs in Morocco after wave of protestsAP News• Oct 27, 2025 12:09 am
World’s oldest president, Paul Biya, wins Cameroon election at 92AP News• Oct 26, 2025 07:00 pmCameroon’s top court has declared incumbent Paul Biya, the world’s oldest president, the winner of the latest election. Clashes with…
Cameroon opposition leaders arrested as protests erupt over election resultsAP News• Oct 25, 2025 05:53 am
Ivory Coast counts votes in key election with incumbent Ouattara predicted to win fourth termAP News• Oct 24, 2025 10:58 pm
Nigeria’s president replaces top security officials as he struggles to restore stabilityAP News• Oct 24, 2025 10:01 am
Tanzania’s first female president has defied early hopes that she would ease repressionAP News• Oct 24, 2025 03:58 am
Conservation group rescues sea turtles caught in nets at Nigerian coastal city and rewards fishermenAP News• Oct 23, 2025 11:57 pm
‘Our reality, our values’: Graffiti finds growing acceptance in West AfricaAP News• Oct 23, 2025 10:02 pm
Ivory Coast presidential candidates hold final rallies ahead of Saturday’s electionAP News• Oct 23, 2025 01:16 pmABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Candidates in Ivory Coast’s presidential election held their final rallies Thursday as the campaign officially…
A fashion show in Mali’s ancient city of Timbuktu promotes peace and local talentAP News• Oct 23, 2025 11:03 am
Nigerian army kills over 50 Boko Haram militants as it fights off drone attacksAP News• Oct 23, 2025 09:06 am
Ghana police rescue 57 Nigerians in crackdown on human trafficking and cybercrimeAP News• Oct 23, 2025 08:00 am
Youth who led Madagascar protests hope coup leader will continue to hear them as presidentAP News• Oct 22, 2025 06:56 pm
Judge orders former South African President Zuma to repay $1.6 million in legal feesAP News• Oct 22, 2025 10:10 amJOHANNESBURG (AP) — A Pretoria High Court on Wednesday ordered former South African President Jacob Zuma to pay back the…
Youth anger in Ivory Coast as the 83-year-old president seeks a fourth termAP News• Oct 21, 2025 09:57 pm
Fuel truck explodes in Nigeria and kills at least 31 people, police sayAP News• Oct 21, 2025 02:09 pm
14 killed in train collision in a remote part of Ethiopia, official saysAP News• Oct 21, 2025 01:01 pm
Cameroon arrests at least 20 protesters as tensions escalate after presidential electionAP News• Oct 21, 2025 12:06 pm
Zimbabwean family seeks justice for brother’s death linked to abuse at Christian campAP News• Oct 21, 2025 08:08 am
Nigeria police fire tear gas and arrest dozens as protesters demand release of separatist leaderAP News• Oct 20, 2025 12:25 pm
Kenya ex-Prime Minister Raila Odinga buried as the country faces political uncertaintyAP News• Oct 19, 2025 02:02 amNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga was buried Sunday at his rural home as the country, which…
Congo’s last Ebola patient has been discharged, raising hopes that outbreak might be overAP News• Oct 20, 2025 06:06 am
A mushroom farm in Kenya and fungi-based panels give hope for sustainable buildingAP News• Oct 18, 2025 09:55 pm
Zimbabwe’s ruling party moves to extend President Mnangagwa’s term until 2030AP News• Oct 18, 2025 09:53 am
Gen Z protests against corruption and inequality are shaking Morocco. Here’s what to knowAP News• Oct 17, 2025 11:50 pm
Heavy security after deadly violence in Kenya, as thousands mourn former Prime Minister Raila OdingaAP News• Oct 17, 2025 11:50 pm
Ivory Coast court sentences 26 opposition protesters to 36 months in prisonAP News• Oct 17, 2025 02:56 pm
What to know about the Madagascar army colonel who was ‘in the shadows’ before launching a coupAP News• Oct 17, 2025 05:00 amA little-known army colonel became Madagascar’s president Friday after a rapid power grab that saw him sworn in as his…
Stampede at the funeral of Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga kills 2AP News• Oct 17, 2025 03:57 am
An army colonel who led a lightning-fast coup takes over as Madagascar’s presidentAP News• Oct 16, 2025 11:52 pm
A US senator claims ‘Christian mass murder’ is occurring in Nigeria. The data disagreesAP News• Oct 16, 2025 09:55 pm
UN condemns military takeover in Madagascar as coup leader to be quickly sworn in as presidentAP News• Oct 16, 2025 02:04 pm
Cameroon governing party says one of its offices was set on fire as election tensions riseAP News• Oct 16, 2025 02:04 pm
South Africa welcomes $115M US bridge plan to sustain its HIV programs for 6 monthsAP News• Oct 16, 2025 06:59 am
Violence erupts during anti-pollution protest as anger boils in Tunisia’s phosphate beltAP News• Oct 16, 2025 05:58 amGABES, Tunisia (AP) — Police rained tear gas on crowds and several demonstrators and riot police were injured in the…
Fear and worry in Lesotho: Photos show those affected as US aid cuts hit care for HIV patientsAP News• Oct 16, 2025 01:58 am
Kenya police fire at mourners and 2 die as violence erupts at viewing of body of ex-Premier OdingaAP News• Oct 16, 2025 01:58 am
US aid cuts deal a massive blow for the small African nation of Lesotho: Takeaways from AP’s reportAP News• Oct 16, 2025 01:57 am
Former Congo leader Kabila appears at Kenya political meeting despite absentia death sentenceAP News• Oct 15, 2025 11:54 pm
‘You’ve been calling a lot!’: How 2 AP reporters landed an interview with Madagascar’s coup leaderAP News• Oct 15, 2025 03:00 pm
Madagascar’s president rose to power off youth discontent and was taken down by itAP News• Oct 15, 2025 12:01 pm
Leader of Madagascar’s military coup tells AP he is ‘taking the position of president’AP News• Oct 15, 2025 04:56 amThe leader of Madagascar’s military coup says he is “taking the position of president” and that the armed forces will…
Former Kenyan premier Raila Odinga, a key figure in African democracy efforts, dies at 80AP News• Oct 15, 2025 02:02 am
An ancient tradition is helping girls in Zimbabwe fight child marriagesAP News• Oct 14, 2025 09:55 pm
Ghana rights group files lawsuit against government’s acceptance of US deporteesAP News• Oct 14, 2025 02:57 pm
Kenyan family urges extradition of British national in death of woman after night out with soldiersAP News• Oct 14, 2025 12:02 pm
South Africa’s health minister hails new HIV prevention jab but warns of limited supplyAP News• Oct 14, 2025 09:00 am
Congo and M23 rebels agree to create body to oversee potential ceasefireAP News• Oct 14, 2025 07:01 am
Suspect in the fatal stabbing of a Kenyan presidential guard will be assessedAP News• Oct 14, 2025 05:53 am