Africa News

TAMBACOUNDA, Senegal (AP) — On a blazing afternoon in Senegal, 33-year-old farmer Filly Mangassa heaved peanut plants onto a horse-drawn…

PAPIRI, Nigeria (AP) — In a Christmas reunion, families and villagers in north-central Nigeria cried and hugged schoolchildren who were…

Authorities report that nine people have died and at least 10 others are injured after a shooting at a South…

CAIRO (AP) — More than 1,600 people have been killed in attacks on medical facilities and health care centers in…

DOUANKARA, Mauritania (AP) — Multiple women have told The Associated Press they survived or witnessed alleged rapes and other sexual…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Jihadist insurgents in northern Mozambique have launched new attacks in recent weeks, beheading civilians,…

PAPIRI, Nigeria (AP) — Several parents welcomed the return late Tuesday night of their children, who were abducted last month…

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — It had become a familiar scene in West Africa. A group of soldiers appeared on state…

Benin President Patrice Talon has condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the army in his first public comments…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — For 35 years, American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing specimens in…