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Benin’s president condemns a foiled coup bid and says mutineers are ‘fleeing’AP News• Dec 7, 2025 02:11 am
Mass shooting at a South African bar leaves 12 dead, including 3 childrenAP News• Dec 6, 2025 04:52 am
Sudanese paramilitary drone attack kills 50, including 33 children in Kordofan, doctor group saysAP News• Dec 6, 2025 12:01 am
World Food Program warns of catastrophic hunger in Cameroon without additional fundingAP News• Dec 5, 2025 11:06 am
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Burkina Faso plans to restore death penalty for treason, terrorism, espionageAP News• Dec 5, 2025 05:08 am
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US and Kenya sign first of what are expected to be dozens of ‘America First’ global health dealsAP News• Dec 4, 2025 08:05 amWASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has signed the first in what are expected to be dozens of “America First”…
How a sperm bank for cheetahs might one day save the fastest land animalAP News• Dec 3, 2025 08:52 pm
Algerian court upholds 7-year sentence for French journalist Christophe GleizesAP News• Dec 3, 2025 11:32 am
The US will restrict visas for Nigerians and their families involved in violence against ChristiansAP News• Dec 3, 2025 11:30 am
Tunisian police detain leading human rights defender as crackdown on critics widensAP News• Dec 2, 2025 02:23 pm
A gunman hijacks aid plane in South Sudan and is arrested after a refueling stopAP News• Dec 2, 2025 11:03 am
2 former South African apartheid police officers are convicted of killing an activist 38 years agoAP News• Dec 2, 2025 07:12 am
Nigeria’s president nominates ex-military chief for defense minister weeks after he was forced outAP News• Dec 2, 2025 07:11 amLAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday nominated the former military chief as defense minister just weeks…
Guinea-Bissau electoral commission unable to finalize results after armed men steal vote tallyAP News• Dec 2, 2025 06:25 am
Measles vaccinations begin in rebel-held Congo almost a year after deadly outbreakAP News• Dec 2, 2025 06:24 am
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A West African bloc delegation says talks with Guinea-Bissau coup leaders will continueAP News• Dec 1, 2025 06:03 am
At least 20 dead, several missing after boat capsizes in northwestern CongoAP News• Nov 29, 2025 06:04 am
African Union suspends Guinea-Bissau after coup and former president flees to Republic of CongoAP News• Nov 29, 2025 03:58 amDAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The African Union suspended Guinea-Bissau following a military coup, saying it won’t tolerate unconstitutional changes. In…
Parents of abducted children plead with the Nigerian government for news of rescueAP News• Nov 28, 2025 12:01 pm
Guinea-Bissau soldiers appoint ally of deposed president as prime ministerAP News• Nov 28, 2025 05:59 am
A visit to Somalia’s crumbling hospitals shows the toll of aid cuts and warAP News• Nov 27, 2025 07:55 pm
Nigeria’s president declares emergency and beefs up forces following abductionsAP News• Nov 27, 2025 09:03 am
Guinea-Bissau marks another coup in Africa. Here is a look at other military takeoversAP News• Nov 27, 2025 05:05 am
Trump says he’s barring South Africa from participating in next year’s G20 summit near MiamiAP News• Nov 26, 2025 12:57 pmWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is barring South Africa from participating in…
Nigerian parents say they are kept in the dark over abducted schoolchildrenAP News• Nov 26, 2025 08:07 am
24 schoolgirls abducted from Kebbi in Nigeria have been rescued, president saysAP News• Nov 25, 2025 11:13 am
UN food agency projects northern Nigeria to experience hunger at unprecedented level in 2026AP News• Nov 25, 2025 04:02 am
14 people killed near Congo’s capital as violence over land intensifiesAP News• Nov 24, 2025 06:07 am
Pope calls on kidnappers in Nigeria to free 265 students and teachers after some pupils escapeAP News• Nov 23, 2025 06:59 am
Developing nations push for climate action and debt relief at G20 summit in South AfricaAP News• Nov 23, 2025 05:55 am
More and more Ugandan men seek DNA paternity tests, often with heartbreaking resultsAP News• Nov 22, 2025 10:52 pmPaternity disputes in Uganda have become a significant issue as DNA testing becomes more accessible. Clan leader Moses Kutoi often…
Hundreds protest in Tunisia over president’s escalating crackdown on freedomsAP News• Nov 22, 2025 12:59 pm
Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack raised to more than 300AP News• Nov 22, 2025 01:59 am
South African women stage lie-down protest against gender-based violence ahead of G20 summitAP News• Nov 21, 2025 08:01 am
Islamic State-backed rebels killed 89 people in multiple attacks in eastern Congo, UN saysAP News• Nov 21, 2025 07:19 am
Nigeria separatists say they are committed to peaceful self-determination after leaders sentencedAP News• Nov 21, 2025 04:08 am
Gunmen abduct more than 200 schoolchildren and 12 teachers in attack on Nigerian Catholic schoolAP News• Nov 21, 2025 02:13 am
White House hits out at South African leader for ‘running his mouth’ over US boycott of G20AP News• Nov 20, 2025 08:13 amA White House official says a representative from the United States Embassy in South Africa will attend a formal handover…
Nigerian court sentences separatist Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison on terrorism chargesAP News• Nov 20, 2025 06:05 am
An anti-migrant group in South Africa is blocking foreigners from health clinicsAP News• Nov 19, 2025 05:09 pm
South Africa deploys 3,500 extra police officers and braces for protests around the G20 summitAP News• Nov 19, 2025 10:38 am
South Sudan resumes oil exports after drone attack in neighboring SudanAP News• Nov 19, 2025 10:00 am
Nigeria’s president postpones G20 trip, vowing to step up efforts to rescue abducted schoolgirlsAP News• Nov 19, 2025 04:06 am
Africa hosts its first G20 and urges the rich world to do more against climate disastersAP News• Nov 18, 2025 08:55 pmWorld leaders with the Group of 20 rich and developing nations will meet this weekend in Johannesburg for the bloc’s…
Rapper Nicki Minaj calls for protections for Christians in Nigeria at UN eventAP News• Nov 18, 2025 03:30 pm
Tanzania’s leader says election violence could hurt access to international fundingAP News• Nov 18, 2025 10:08 am
UN estimates over 2,000 Sudanese pregnant women have fled el-Fasher to escape conflictAP News• Nov 18, 2025 08:10 am
Eswatini is the first African country to get twice-yearly HIV prevention shotAP News• Nov 18, 2025 07:21 am
Student escapes as authorities search for 24 other girls abducted in NigeriaAP News• Nov 18, 2025 04:06 am
Photos show scenes from Nigeria, where widespread violence affects both Christians and MuslimsAP News• Nov 17, 2025 10:20 pm
Trump says Christians are being persecuted in Nigeria. The reality is more complicatedAP News• Nov 17, 2025 10:16 pmMuch of northern Nigeria has been battered by conflict in a longstanding security crisis, and U.S. President Donald Trump has…
Islamic State group militants claim capture and execution of a Nigerian brigadier generalAP News• Nov 17, 2025 01:15 pm
Why schoolchildren are often abducted in Nigeria and who the usual kidnappers areAP News• Nov 17, 2025 09:01 am
At least 32 killed in southeastern Congo after bridge at mine collapsed, authorities sayAP News• Nov 16, 2025 11:57 am
Benin’s parliament approves extending presidential terms and creating a senateAP News• Nov 16, 2025 09:08 am