Gunmen attack farming community, killing at least 15 in northwest Nigeria in latest deadly assaultAP News• Jun 27, 2026 11:22 amABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a farming community in a part of northwestern Nigeria that has been no stranger…
In Rwanda, a royal herd of cattle is treated to poetry and cultural reverenceAP News• Jun 27, 2026 04:56 am
Tanzania bans political rallies ahead of planned anti-government protestsAP News• Jun 26, 2026 01:36 pm
Congo files an ICJ case against Rwanda over decades of violence in eastern CongoAP News• Jun 26, 2026 09:28 am
A Moroccan court sentences 29 prominent people in major drug trafficking and corruption caseAP News• Jun 26, 2026 04:59 am
Hundreds arrested as Kenyans mark the anniversary of deadly protests in 2024AP News• Jun 25, 2026 05:05 am
Zimbabwe’s Senate approves bill to delay the presidential election and overhaul the voteAP News• Jun 24, 2026 12:26 pm
South African civil groups warn of dire impact as US phases out HIV program fundingAP News• Jun 24, 2026 12:24 pmJOHANNESBURG (AP) — Civil society organizations in South Africa said Wednesday that adolescent girls and women are among the first…
Nigeria’s Senate passes bill to allow creation of state police to tackle insecurityAP News• Jun 24, 2026 12:21 pm
Why immigrants are leaving South Africa and the country is on edge ahead of a June 30 ‘deadline’AP News• Jun 24, 2026 07:54 am
Kenyan authorities to charge students with murder in dorm fire that killed 16 girlsAP News• Jun 23, 2026 11:58 am
Kenya’s health minister orders suspension of construction on a US-backed Ebola facilityAP News• Jun 23, 2026 07:50 am
A former Zambian president’s family can finally choose where he’s buried after yearlong legal battleAP News• Jun 23, 2026 05:13 am
Armed group in Nigeria kills at least 20 people and exchanges gunfire with policeAP News• Jun 23, 2026 05:11 am
Kenya’s health minister found in contempt of court over US-backed Ebola facilityAP News• Jun 22, 2026 08:38 amNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s Health Minister Aden Duale was found in contempt of court on Monday for failing to…
South Sudan says it will hold first-ever election in December after repeated delaysAP News• Jun 22, 2026 12:37 pm
Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo outbreak top 1,000 with 254 deaths, authorities sayAP News• Jun 22, 2026 05:10 am
Ethiopia’s ruling party retains parliamentary majority in election marred by insecurityAP News• Jun 21, 2026 10:23 am
How a COVID lockdown helped make an award-winning winemaker in South AfricaAP News• Jun 21, 2026 04:35 am
Nigerian migrants returning from South Africa face the same economic issues they left behindAP News• Jun 20, 2026 04:33 am
Migrants deported by US to Sierra Leone risk return to countries where they fear persecutionAP News• Jun 19, 2026 03:22 pm
Africa CDC chief says the continent needs to invest its own funds in Ebola response, vaccineAP News• Jun 19, 2026 02:28 pm
Ghana conference urges slave-trade nations to issue apologies and reparationsAP News• Jun 19, 2026 01:15 pmACCRA, Ghana (AP) — African and Caribbean leaders in Ghana on Friday urged former slave-trading nations to issue apologies and…
Mourners bury a 6-month-old Ebola victim in the Congo outbreak’s third orphanage deathAP News• Jun 19, 2026 11:20 am
Brazen attack on Niger’s airport shows jihadis are expanding to cities in Africa’s SahelAP News• Jun 19, 2026 08:23 am
South Africa builds another site to ease overcrowding and speed up deportation of Malawian nationalsAP News• Jun 18, 2026 10:56 am
Zimbabwe vote to extend president’s term underscores the staying power of Africa’s aging leadersAP News• Jun 18, 2026 09:39 am
Gunmen attack Niger airport, killing 11 soldiers and 2 civilians, officials sayAP News• Jun 18, 2026 05:00 am
Equatorial Guinea government resigns after missing targets, vice president saysAP News• Jun 17, 2026 01:39 pmDAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The entire Cabinet in Equatorial Guinea has resigned after failing to achieve the vast majority of…
Uganda court charges lawyer for jailed Ugandan opposition leader with concealing treasonAP News• Jun 17, 2026 08:33 am
15 countries in Kenya adopt the Mombasa Declaration to fight illegal fishingAP News• Jun 17, 2026 07:46 am
Migrants clash with police at a deportation site in South Africa where thousands have gatheredAP News• Jun 17, 2026 07:44 am
A 16-month-old and his mother recover from Ebola in rare good news from outbreak in CongoAP News• Jun 17, 2026 06:34 am
Africa’s Ebola outbreaks complicated by victims who prefer traditional healers over hospitalsAP News• Jun 17, 2026 05:13 am
Congo opposition condemns new bill seen as opening the way for a third term for President TshisekediAP News• Jun 16, 2026 11:38 am
African and Commonwealth nations in Kenya urge quick execution of a key treaty protecting oceansAP News• Jun 16, 2026 10:25 am
UN-backed court opens trial of former Central African Republic president BozizéAP News• Jun 16, 2026 04:56 amBANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — A U.N.-backed court in Central African Republic on Tuesday opened the trial of former…
Authorities say at least 9 dead, 25 hurt after a train and bus collide in ZimbabweAP News• Jun 16, 2026 04:58 am
South Africa marks 50 years since Soweto uprising by students, but challenges linger for its youthAP News• Jun 15, 2026 06:20 pm
Uganda opposition figure seized by soldiers as army chief vows ‘hurt and pain’AP News• Jun 15, 2026 01:40 pm
South African jazz icon Abdullah Ibrahim dies in Germany at age 91 after a brief illnessAP News• Jun 15, 2026 01:38 pm
Rwanda opposition leader Ingabire says she’s physically unfit for trialAP News• Jun 15, 2026 08:29 am
Drone strikes kill over 1,000 civilians in Sudan in the first 5 months of 2026, UN rights chief saysAP News• Jun 15, 2026 06:45 amA senior United Nations official reports that drone strikes have killed more than 1,000 civilians in Sudan in the first…
Congo reports large daily jump in Ebola cases a month after outbreak was declaredAP News• Jun 15, 2026 05:03 am
Ebola cases in eastern Congo climb to 782 and deaths reach 181, authorities sayAP News• Jun 14, 2026 02:18 pm
Mass shootings in South Africa’s poorest areas are a symptom of organized crime and police failuresAP News• Jun 13, 2026 09:18 am
AP exclusive: Doctors Without Borders report found cases of abuse and exploitation by staff in ChadAP News• Jun 13, 2026 04:34 am
Clashes erupt in Congo’s capital as opposition rejects changes to presidential term limitsAP News• Jun 12, 2026 09:54 am
Niger military junta introduces new penal code criminalizing homosexuality with 5-10 years in prisonAP News• Jun 12, 2026 06:30 am
Kenya holds a memorial service for 16 victims of last month’s girls school fireAP News• Jun 12, 2026 05:11 amNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of mourners gathered on Friday in Kenya’s central town of Gilgil for a memorial service…
Sudanese paramilitary drone strikes kill at least 15 people in central region, officials sayAP News• Jun 11, 2026 07:37 am
First group of Nigerians returns home after anti-immigration protests in South AfricaAP News• Jun 11, 2026 05:09 am
A minibus packed with schoolchildren catches fire in central Zimbabwe, killing 7AP News• Jun 10, 2026 10:45 am
Motorcycle taxi drivers in Congo rally for Ebola awareness as attacks hinder responseAP News• Jun 10, 2026 10:43 am
Rights groups denounce arrest of 2 Malian journalists, in latest crackdown on press freedomAP News• Jun 10, 2026 05:18 am
Mass shooting leaves 12 dead and at least 9 hurt in an impoverished South Africa communityAP News• Jun 10, 2026 05:16 am
Nigeria’s conflict-hit Borno state battles cholera outbreak that has killed 74AP News• Jun 9, 2026 12:38 pmMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A cholera outbreak in northeastern Nigeria has killed 74 people and infected more than 7,000 others…
First war crimes complaint against Sudan’s paramilitary forces filed in KenyaAP News• Jun 9, 2026 07:58 am
Highly effective prevention drug arrives in South Africa, which has world’s highest HIV burdenAP News• Jun 9, 2026 05:13 am
Congo’s Ebola outbreak rises to over 100 deaths out of 550 cases as conflict slows responseAP News• Jun 9, 2026 05:11 am
Survivors share experiences and lessons from Congo’s 2018 Ebola outbreakAP News• Jun 9, 2026 05:09 am
Armed group kidnaps 39 people during negotiations in northwestern NigeriaAP News• Jun 8, 2026 03:26 pm
Kenya’s former Chief Justice David Maraga arrested at protest of national park constructionAP News• Jun 8, 2026 06:30 am
South Africa’s president acknowledges rising tensions over migrationAP News• Jun 7, 2026 12:18 pmCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s president promised Sunday to act on what he called concerns over illegal…
Health workers at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak labor with little pay or restAP News• Jun 7, 2026 04:34 am
Traders face big losses after Uganda closes Congo border over Ebola contagion fearsAP News• Jun 6, 2026 04:53 am
Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could reach 20,000 cases without strong public health measuresAP News• Jun 5, 2026 03:27 pm
Attack by Islamic militants kills 5 Nigerian soldiers in the northeast, army saysAP News• Jun 5, 2026 01:42 pm
More than half of Latin Americans deported from US to Congo are now back homeAP News• Jun 5, 2026 09:34 am
Truck breakdown in Niger strands passengers and leaves at least 49 dead in the Sahara DesertAP News• Jun 5, 2026 06:30 am