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Migrants deported by US to Sierra Leone risk return to countries where they fear persecutionAP News• Jun 19, 2026 03:22 pm
Africa CDC chief says the continent needs to invest its own funds in Ebola response, vaccineAP News• Jun 19, 2026 02:28 pm
Ghana conference urges slave-trade nations to issue apologies and reparationsAP News• Jun 19, 2026 01:15 pm
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Brazen attack on Niger’s airport shows jihadis are expanding to cities in Africa’s SahelAP News• Jun 19, 2026 08:23 am
South Africa builds another site to ease overcrowding and speed up deportation of Malawian nationalsAP News• Jun 18, 2026 10:56 am
Zimbabwe vote to extend president’s term underscores the staying power of Africa’s aging leadersAP News• Jun 18, 2026 09:39 am
Ebola cases increase almost 40% in a week as death toll passes 200AP News• Jun 18, 2026 08:37 amDAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda has claimed more than 200 lives in its first…
Gunmen attack Niger airport, killing 11 soldiers and 2 civilians, officials sayAP News• Jun 18, 2026 05:00 am
Equatorial Guinea government resigns after missing targets, vice president saysAP News• Jun 17, 2026 01:39 pm
Uganda court charges lawyer for jailed Ugandan opposition leader with concealing treasonAP News• Jun 17, 2026 08:33 am
15 countries in Kenya adopt the Mombasa Declaration to fight illegal fishingAP News• Jun 17, 2026 07:46 am
Migrants clash with police at a deportation site in South Africa where thousands have gatheredAP News• Jun 17, 2026 07:44 am
A 16-month-old and his mother recover from Ebola in rare good news from outbreak in CongoAP News• Jun 17, 2026 06:34 am
Africa’s Ebola outbreaks complicated by victims who prefer traditional healers over hospitalsAP News• Jun 17, 2026 05:13 amWhenever Ebola comes, some of those stricken choose the road to the nearest hospital. Others take the path to the…
Congo opposition condemns new bill seen as opening the way for a third term for President TshisekediAP News• Jun 16, 2026 11:38 am
African and Commonwealth nations in Kenya urge quick execution of a key treaty protecting oceansAP News• Jun 16, 2026 10:25 am
Authorities say at least 9 dead, 25 hurt after a train and bus collide in ZimbabweAP News• Jun 16, 2026 04:58 am
UN-backed court opens trial of former Central African Republic president BozizéAP News• Jun 16, 2026 04:56 am
South Africa marks 50 years since Soweto uprising by students, but challenges linger for its youthAP News• Jun 15, 2026 06:20 pm
Uganda opposition figure seized by soldiers as army chief vows ‘hurt and pain’AP News• Jun 15, 2026 01:40 pm
South African jazz icon Abdullah Ibrahim dies in Germany at age 91 after a brief illnessAP News• Jun 15, 2026 01:38 pm
Kenya to pay compensation to almost 2,000 victims of violent protestsAP News• Jun 15, 2026 09:38 amNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya will pay compensation to almost 2,000 victims of protest-related human rights abuses, President William Ruto…
Rwanda opposition leader Ingabire says she’s physically unfit for trialAP News• Jun 15, 2026 08:29 am
Drone strikes kill over 1,000 civilians in Sudan in the first 5 months of 2026, UN rights chief saysAP News• Jun 15, 2026 06:45 am
Congo reports large daily jump in Ebola cases a month after outbreak was declaredAP News• Jun 15, 2026 05:03 am
Ebola cases in eastern Congo climb to 782 and deaths reach 181, authorities sayAP News• Jun 14, 2026 02:18 pm
Mass shootings in South Africa’s poorest areas are a symptom of organized crime and police failuresAP News• Jun 13, 2026 09:18 am
AP exclusive: Doctors Without Borders report found cases of abuse and exploitation by staff in ChadAP News• Jun 13, 2026 04:34 amA confidential internal memo obtained by The Associated Press says that the international aid group Doctors Without Borders found a…
Clashes erupt in Congo’s capital as opposition rejects changes to presidential term limitsAP News• Jun 12, 2026 09:54 am
Niger military junta introduces new penal code criminalizing homosexuality with 5-10 years in prisonAP News• Jun 12, 2026 06:30 am
Kenya holds a memorial service for 16 victims of last month’s girls school fireAP News• Jun 12, 2026 05:11 am
Sudanese paramilitary drone strikes kill at least 15 people in central region, officials sayAP News• Jun 11, 2026 07:37 am
First group of Nigerians returns home after anti-immigration protests in South AfricaAP News• Jun 11, 2026 05:09 am
A minibus packed with schoolchildren catches fire in central Zimbabwe, killing 7AP News• Jun 10, 2026 10:45 am
Motorcycle taxi drivers in Congo rally for Ebola awareness as attacks hinder responseAP News• Jun 10, 2026 10:43 am
Rights groups denounce arrest of 2 Malian journalists, in latest crackdown on press freedomAP News• Jun 10, 2026 05:18 amBAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Rights groups on Wednesday denounced the arrest of two prominent journalists in Mali in the past…
Mass shooting leaves 12 dead and at least 9 hurt in an impoverished South Africa communityAP News• Jun 10, 2026 05:16 am
Nigeria’s conflict-hit Borno state battles cholera outbreak that has killed 74AP News• Jun 9, 2026 12:38 pm
First war crimes complaint against Sudan’s paramilitary forces filed in KenyaAP News• Jun 9, 2026 07:58 am
Highly effective prevention drug arrives in South Africa, which has world’s highest HIV burdenAP News• Jun 9, 2026 05:13 am
Congo’s Ebola outbreak rises to over 100 deaths out of 550 cases as conflict slows responseAP News• Jun 9, 2026 05:11 am
Survivors share experiences and lessons from Congo’s 2018 Ebola outbreakAP News• Jun 9, 2026 05:09 am
Armed group kidnaps 39 people during negotiations in northwestern NigeriaAP News• Jun 8, 2026 03:26 pmABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen abducted 39 people in northwestern Nigeria as they were meeting with the parents of a…
Kenya’s former Chief Justice David Maraga arrested at protest of national park constructionAP News• Jun 8, 2026 06:30 am
Health workers at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak labor with little pay or restAP News• Jun 7, 2026 04:34 am
Traders face big losses after Uganda closes Congo border over Ebola contagion fearsAP News• Jun 6, 2026 04:53 am
Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could reach 20,000 cases without strong public health measuresAP News• Jun 5, 2026 03:27 pm
More than half of Latin Americans deported from US to Congo are now back homeAP News• Jun 5, 2026 09:34 amDAKAR, Senegal (AP) — More than half of the 15 Latin Americans deported in April to Congo under the Trump…
Attack by Islamic militants kills 5 Nigerian soldiers in the northeast, army saysAP News• Jun 5, 2026 01:42 pm
Truck breakdown in Niger strands passengers and leaves at least 49 dead in the Sahara DesertAP News• Jun 5, 2026 06:30 am
As Ebola spreads in Congo, a radio station tries to stop health misinformationAP News• Jun 5, 2026 04:50 am
Mali junta bans motorcycles outside cities and creates military zones to reduce militant attacksAP News• Jun 4, 2026 06:33 am
Clashes erupt in Somalia’s capital ahead of a planned anti-government rallyAP News• Jun 4, 2026 05:04 am
Women are the first caregivers in this Ebola outbreak and the most at riskAP News• Jun 4, 2026 05:03 am
How Voodoo overcame suppression and became a democratic force in the West African nation of BeninAP News• Jun 4, 2026 05:01 amBenin recently inaugurated President Romuald Wadagni as its new leader in the latest transition in the West African nation. Benin…
‘We’re still behind’ in Congo’s Ebola outbreak even as testing improves, WHO chief saysAP News• Jun 3, 2026 09:36 am
Nigerian court sentences 4 men to death for killing worshippers in 2022 Catholic church attackAP News• Jun 3, 2026 09:34 am
9 students to be remanded for 21 days over Kenya school fire that killed 16AP News• Jun 3, 2026 09:33 am
Zimbabwe justice minister introduces bill to extend 83-year-old president’s termAP News• Jun 2, 2026 08:33 am
Senegal’s ousted PM Sonko boycotts new government, raising fears of political deadlockAP News• Jun 2, 2026 07:31 am
Africa is the deadliest place in the world to have a baby, while its population boomsAP News• Jun 2, 2026 04:47 amWomen are 40 times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth in Central African Republic than in the United…
US to drastically slash the number of embassies in Africa that can process visasAP News• Jun 1, 2026 12:17 pm
Protesters in Kenya call for national crisis declaration over gender-based violenceAP News• Jun 1, 2026 05:12 am
African EV firm Spiro raises $215 million for electric mobility expansionAP News• Jun 1, 2026 05:10 am
Ebola cases in Congo near 300 as more joyful stories from recovered medical workers emergeAP News• Jun 1, 2026 05:08 am
Hundreds of youths protest outside Kenya’s Ebola quarantine center for US citizensAP News• Jun 1, 2026 05:07 am
WHO chief reports 5 Ebola recoveries as a new treatment center opens in eastern CongoAP News• May 31, 2026 04:39 am
Ethiopia heads to the polls for an election expected to be dominated again by Abiy’s ruling partyAP News• May 31, 2026 04:37 am