Senegal wins Africa Cup of Nations after chaotic final against host MoroccoAP News• Jan 18, 2026 10:15 amRABAT, Morocco (AP) — Senegal has won the Africa Cup of Nations in dramatic fashion. Pape Gueye scored in extra…
South Africa declares a national disaster over flooding and severe weatherAP News• Jan 18, 2026 06:57 am
Guinea’s Doumbouya is sworn in as president, cementing transition from junta chief to elected leaderAP News• Jan 17, 2026 12:12 pm
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni secures 7th term as opposition rejects resultsAP News• Jan 17, 2026 02:04 am
More than 100 dead in torrential rains and floods across southern AfricaAP News• Jan 16, 2026 05:11 am
Uganda’s president leads in tense election marred by internet shutdown and voting interferenceAP News• Jan 16, 2026 12:20 am
Trial opens in Gambia of leader of notorious death squad during Jammeh eraAP News• Jan 15, 2026 12:25 pm
Delays plague voting in Uganda’s presidential electionAP News• Jan 14, 2026 10:09 pmKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s presidential election was plagued by widespread delays Thursday in addition to a days-long internet shutdown…
Floods force evacuations from South Africa’s Kruger National Park and leave 19 dead in other regionsAP News• Jan 15, 2026 07:34 am
Community leader says armed men kill 15 people in northwestern CameroonAP News• Jan 14, 2026 07:13 am
Ugandan voters face soldiers in the street and an internet shutdown before presidential electionAP News• Jan 14, 2026 12:28 am
Uganda’s military deployed in national capital before presidential electionAP News• Jan 13, 2026 05:06 am
Africa’s megacity of Lagos reshapes its coast by dredging and puts environment at riskAP News• Jan 12, 2026 12:20 amSand dredging is reshaping the coastline of Africa’s largest city, Lagos, and driving away fish and livelihoods for some of…
Monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis and AI is complicating efforts to capture themAP News• Jan 12, 2026 10:33 am
Off the ballot, Ugandan president’s son waits in the wings this electionAP News• Jan 11, 2026 07:59 pm
Kenyan women lost their husbands and then their land. But some are fighting backAP News• Jan 10, 2026 07:53 pm
UN rights office cites ‘widespread repression’ in Uganda before next week’s presidential electionAP News• Jan 9, 2026 05:19 am
M23 rebel group holds a symbolic funeral for victims of drone strike in eastern CongoAP News• Jan 8, 2026 11:31 am
Protesters in South Africa condemn US intervention in Venezuela, call for Maduro’s releaseAP News• Jan 8, 2026 07:15 am
Somalia’s fight against extremist militants shows signs of success on the streets of MogadishuAP News• Jan 7, 2026 07:11 pm
Ahead of election, Uganda’s security forces are accused of using violence against the oppositionAP News• Jan 6, 2026 08:00 pmWAKISO, Uganda (AP) — The Ugandan presidential candidate known as Bobi Wine wears a flak jacket and helmet while campaigning…
Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadéra reelected, provisional results showAP News• Jan 5, 2026 06:11 pm
US expands list of countries whose citizens must pay up to $15,000 bonds to apply for visasAP News• Jan 5, 2026 09:05 am
Brahim DÃaz fires Morocco into the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals where Cameroon awaitsAP News• Jan 4, 2026 11:02 am
Gunmen kill at least 30 villagers and abduct others during raid in northern NigeriaAP News• Jan 4, 2026 03:56 am
Conservationists in Kenya pay tribute to beloved ‘super tusker’ elephant Craig, who died at age 54AP News• Jan 3, 2026 06:04 amKenyans are mourning the death of a beloved “super tusker” elephant named Craig. He lived in Amboseli National Park and…
Dozens missing after boat carrying more than 200 migrants capsized off the coast of GambiaAP News• Jan 3, 2026 02:05 am
A tall building under construction collapses in Nairobi, with 4 believed to be trappedAP News• Jan 2, 2026 03:55 am
A Kenyan barber who wields a sharpened shovel thrives on Africa’s social media crazeAP News• Dec 31, 2025 08:55 pm
Comeback wins for Ivory Coast, Cameroon at Africa Cup. Sudan advances despite defeat and war at homeAP News• Dec 31, 2025 11:15 am
Senegal and Congo get big wins at Africa Cup while Tanzania and Tunisia squeeze into knockout stageAP News• Dec 30, 2025 11:08 am
41 young men die in South Africa from circumcision procedures during initiation ceremoniesAP News• Dec 30, 2025 10:16 amJOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least 41 young men have died as a result of circumcision procedures as part of traditional…
Young Africans find hope in farming as urban life becomes too expensiveAP News• Dec 29, 2025 02:11 am
A building collapse in South Africa kills three people, including a 1-year-oldAP News• Dec 28, 2025 03:58 am
Nigerian villagers are rattled by US airstrikes that made their homes shake and the sky glow redAP News• Dec 26, 2025 07:55 am
What to know about the militants targeted by US airstrikes in northwest NigeriaAP News• Dec 25, 2025 10:06 pm
A helicopter on a rescue mission crashes on Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, killing all 5 on boardAP News• Dec 25, 2025 12:12 am
Blast at mosque in Nigeria kills 5 and injures more than 30 in apparent suicide attackAP News• Dec 24, 2025 09:01 pm
South African police continue arrests after mass shooting at a pubAP News• Dec 24, 2025 09:59 amJohannesburg (AP) — Police in South Africa on Wednesday said they had arrested 11 people, including many suspected of being…
Tears of joy as Nigerian families reunite with kidnapped schoolchildrenAP News• Dec 24, 2025 06:03 am
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger call for joint ‘large-scale operations’ against extremistsAP News• Dec 23, 2025 12:02 pm
Senegal starts Africa Cup campaign with 3-0 win over Botswana, Nigeria plods past Tanzania 2-1AP News• Dec 23, 2025 10:04 am
Nigerians welcome 130 schoolchildren and teachers released after mass abductionAP News• Dec 22, 2025 02:25 pm
US signs new health deals with 9 African countries that mirror Trump’s prioritiesAP News• Dec 22, 2025 02:22 pm
South African police arrest suspect in mass shooting that killed 12, including 3 childrenAP News• Dec 22, 2025 09:28 am
Scientists and data explain why Kenya’s lakes are rising as thousands face an uncertain futureAP News• Dec 21, 2025 07:57 pmNAIVASHA, Kenya (AP) — When Dickson Ngome first leased his farm at Lake Naivasha in Kenya’s Rift Valley in 2008,…
Multiple gunmen open fire at a South African pub, killing 9 and wounding 10AP News• Dec 21, 2025 02:14 am
UN urges Rwanda to leave eastern Congo and extends peacekeeping mission for a yearAP News• Dec 20, 2025 02:04 am
