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Uganda’s longtime president will be sworn in for another term as his son emerges as de facto ruler

• May 11, 2026 06:19 pm

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Forty years. That’s how long Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been in power. The 81-year-old will…

Ramaphosa says he will not resign as South Africa opens an impeachment committee over cash scandal

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• May 11, 2026 09:18 am

Press freedom alarm as Niger suspends 9 French media outlets over ‘national security’

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• May 9, 2026 12:18 pm

Rwanda-backed rebels accuse the US of falling short as a peace mediator in Congo’s conflict

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• May 9, 2026 12:17 pm

‘Ghost of the forest’ returns to Kenya as conservationists reintroduce rare antelope into the wild

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• May 9, 2026 07:15 am

Court in Chad jails 8 opposition leaders for 8 years in insurrection case

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• May 8, 2026 12:27 pm

Botswana mourns death of Festus Mogae, the former president who prioritized HIV/AIDS fight

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• May 8, 2026 11:19 am

South Africa’s top court revives Ramaphosa cash scandal, paving way for possible impeachment

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• May 8, 2026 04:36 am

A government critic dies in custody in Rwanda, drawing calls for an independent probe

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• May 8, 2026 04:35 am

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Rwandan academic and government critic died in custody as he was set to be freed…

Islamic militants attack Congo villages near Uganda, killing 40 people, local group says

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• May 8, 2026 04:34 am

Deadly double attack hits 2 central Mali villages as violence spreads

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• May 7, 2026 02:22 pm

Nigerian army rescues 7 children and 2 women abducted from an orphanage last month

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• May 7, 2026 04:31 am

“Goonism” is on the rise in Kenya, where a Christian leader is accused of betraying his faith

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• May 7, 2026 04:31 am

Congo’s president warns next elections can’t take place unless the conflict in the east is resolved

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• May 6, 2026 03:21 pm

Central African Republic Passport Seizure

Central African Republic opposition leader denounces seizure of his passport

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• May 6, 2026 11:20 am

A 600-person search continues for missing US soldiers off Morocco’s coast

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• May 6, 2026 10:21 am

Foreign visitors return to Jewish pilgrimage in Tunisia under tight security

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• May 6, 2026 04:28 am

DJERBA, Tunisia (AP) — The annual Jewish pilgrimage to the 26-century-old El-Ghriba Synagogue in Tunisia drew a modest but notable…

Burkina Faso junta secretly detained journalist and others, advocacy group says

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• May 6, 2026 04:27 am

Boko Haram militants kill 23 soldiers in an attack on a military post, Chad says

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• May 5, 2026 08:25 am

Mauritania lawmakers sentenced to 4 years after insulting president over racial bias claims

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• May 4, 2026 03:24 pm

Mali’s junta leader takes over defense ministry after the minister was killed in militant attacks

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• May 4, 2026 10:23 am

130 Nigerians seek repatriation after latest anti-immigration protests in South Africa

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• May 4, 2026 09:20 am

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A sun-baked Senegal village erupts in color for one of Africa’s biggest dance festivals

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• May 4, 2026 06:30 am

Kenya’s rainy season turns deadly again, with 18 killed and 54,000 households hit over a week

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• May 3, 2026 02:08 pm

A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus on a cruise ship in the Atlantic kills 3 people

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• May 3, 2026 01:06 pm

The World Health Organization says that a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has killed…

Armed men abduct a former minister and junta critic in Mali, his family says

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• May 3, 2026 12:09 pm

Paramilitary forces drone strike kills 5 near Sudan capital, rights group says

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• May 3, 2026 04:12 am

Mali accuses military officers of working with jihadis to carry out attacks against government

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• May 1, 2026 04:41 pm

Ghana becomes the latest African country to reject a US health deal, citing data sharing concerns

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• May 1, 2026 04:36 pm

Judge sentences Ugandan man to death following speedy trial for killing 4 children

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• Apr 30, 2026 03:56 pm

Hundreds march in Johannesburg against illegal migration as shops shut over looting fears

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• Apr 30, 2026 08:32 am

A son of late Zimbabwe leader Mugabe is ordered deported from South Africa

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• Apr 30, 2026 08:28 am

A South Sudan community is denied aid as government and opposition blame each other

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• Apr 27, 2026 11:49 pm

CHUIL, South Sudan (AP) — Displaced people who took refuge from conflict in an isolated South Sudan village were denied…

Islamic State militants kill at least 29 in an attack on a village in northeastern Nigeria

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• Apr 27, 2026 05:36 pm

Plane crashes on the outskirts of South Sudan’s capital, killing 14 people

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• Apr 27, 2026 08:57 am

Congo creates a paramilitary mining guard backed by US and UAE funding

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• Apr 27, 2026 06:37 am

Gunmen attack orphanage in northern Nigeria and abduct 23 pupils

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• Apr 27, 2026 04:10 am

Clashes over water access kill at least 42 people in Chad

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• Apr 27, 2026 02:52 am

Suspected Somali pirates hijack oil vessel headed to the capital

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• Apr 25, 2026 02:39 am

Islamic militants and separatists claim sweeping attacks across Mali

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• Apr 25, 2026 02:36 am

Tunisia suspends one of Africa’s oldest rights groups as crackdown widens

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• Apr 25, 2026 02:32 am

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Authorities in Tunisia have ordered a one-month suspension of the Tunisian League for Human Rights, one…

Kenyan appeal court overturns ruling that affirmed the right to abortion

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• Apr 24, 2026 09:54 am

Congolese refugees return from Burundi to take advantage of improved security

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• Apr 24, 2026 03:44 am

Why a bitter political feud has left a former Zambian president unburied 10 months after his death

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• Apr 23, 2026 01:32 pm

South Africa’s police chief suspended over corruption allegations

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• Apr 23, 2026 10:08 am

New bridge helps cement Lesotho as water lifeline for South Africa’s economic hub

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• Apr 23, 2026 08:10 am

Highlights of Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Africa

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• Apr 23, 2026 08:04 am

‘Sovereignty’ bill seeking to deter foreign influence has drawn widespread concern in Uganda

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• Apr 23, 2026 05:50 am

A court orders Zambian government to return ex-president’s body to a funeral home in bizarre dispute

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• Apr 23, 2026 02:49 am

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A long-running dispute over the remains of Zambia’s former President Edgar Lungu took another turn late on…

Islamic militants kill 11 people and burn homes in late night attack in Nigeria, local officials say

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• Apr 22, 2026 03:58 pm

Alleged coup plotters in Nigeria plead not guilty to treason and terrorism

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• Apr 22, 2026 09:11 am

How 2 men claimed an absurd record by driving an old 3-wheel car the length of Africa

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• Apr 21, 2026 07:07 pm

Mauritania lawmakers are charged with insulting president over racial bias claims

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• Apr 21, 2026 10:54 am

Nigeria charges 6 with treason over alleged coup plot

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• Apr 21, 2026 04:25 am

Chad will deploy 1,500 troops to Haiti to help combat gang violence

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• Apr 21, 2026 03:17 am

Pope criticizes colonization of Africa’s minerals as he arrives in Equatorial Guinea

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• Apr 20, 2026 10:34 pm

Pope Leo XIV challenges Angola’s leaders while delivering a message of encouragement for its people

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• Apr 18, 2026 02:28 am

Pope Leo XIV has challenged Angola’s leaders to “break the cycles of interests” that have plundered and exploited Africa for…

Pope Leo XIV’s visit to an African church linked to slavery reflects on his own complex heritage

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• Apr 17, 2026 07:30 pm

A son of ex-Zimbabwe President Mugabe enters a plea deal to avoid attempted murder charge

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• Apr 17, 2026 11:40 am

Men caught competing in the women’s category of a prestigious South African marathon

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• Apr 17, 2026 07:06 am

Gunmen in Nigeria attack a passenger bus and abduct students

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• Apr 17, 2026 04:43 am

Pope urges Africa’s youth to resist dual temptations of migration and corruption in Cameroon

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• Apr 16, 2026 11:39 pm

Republic of Congo Presidential Inauguration

Denis Sassou N’Guesso sworn in for another term in Republic of Congo, extending 42-year rule

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• Apr 16, 2026 01:51 pm

Benin court confirms Finance Minister Romauld Wadagni’s election as next president

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• Apr 16, 2026 01:43 pm

A look at the South African politician sentenced to jail on gun charge who described Trump as Hitler

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• Apr 16, 2026 09:30 am

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A leftist South African politician who described U.S. President Donald Trump as a modern-day…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African opposition party leader Julius Malema was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday after he…

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