Africa News

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Violent clashes erupted Friday in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, during a rally against a proposed constitutional change…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An armed gang opened fire in a poor neighborhood in South Africa’s biggest city, killing 12 people…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s former Chief Justice David Maraga said he was arrested Monday alongside other activists protesting planned…

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — More than half of the 15 Latin Americans deported in April to Congo under the Trump…

The World Health Organization chief says Congo’s Ebola outbreak had a head start but that testing is improving, even as…

The State Department plans to slash the number of U.S. embassies and consulates in Africa that can process visas for…

For many in Congo and elsewhere in Central and West Africa, there is no shame in craving wild meat, a…

A fire has devastated a girls’ boarding school in central Kenya, killing at least 16 students and injuring many more.…

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal ‘s president on Monday appointed a former banking executive as the new prime minister after…

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Attacks on Ebola treatment centers in eastern Congo underscore the serious challenges authorities face — including…