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Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants as it faces its own role in the…
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When Nadege Anelka first came to the West African country of Benin from her home island of…
Parents in Africa struggle with unpredictable school fees that force children to…
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The day Shalom Mirembe was sent home from school last month over unpaid tuition, her father…
Migrants who survived Madagascar boat tragedy arrive back in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Nearly 50 survivors of a migrant boat tragedy last month that left 25 people dead in the…
Sierra Leone begins nationwide rollout of Ebola vaccine a decade after deadly…
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Authorities in Sierra Leone on Thursday started a nationwide rollout of the…
Namibia will have its first female leader after VP wins presidential election for…
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia elected its first female leader as Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was…
Liberia’s warlord-turned-senator Prince Johnson dies at 72
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Prince Johnson, the Liberian former warlord and senator whose brutal tactics shocked the…
Madagascar officials say the death toll is now 25 after boats carrying Somali…
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — The death toll rose Monday to 25 after two motorboats carrying migrants from…
Africa’s junta-led nations use music to push their latest anti-imperialism drive
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Thousands from the junta-led countries in Africa’s Sahel region gathered this week in the…
The mausoleum holding Congo independence hero Lumumba’s gold-capped tooth is…
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government says the mausoleum of assassinated independence leader Patrice Lumumba in…
