Africa News

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s ruling party has maintained an overwhelming majority in parliament following the June 1 election,…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa started building a second temporary deportation center on Thursday to process the repatriation of Malawians…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Police fired rubber bullets and used stun grenades against migrants protesting Wednesday near a community hall in…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Globally celebrated South African jazz icon Abdullah Ibrahim, who performed at Nelson Mandela ’s 1994 presidential inauguration,…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A mass shooting in South Africa this week was the latest in a trend of killings in…

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Dozens of motorcycle taxi drivers spread messages about Ebola in an awareness caravan Tuesday in eastern…

At least 100 people have died from Ebola less than a month after authorities declared an outbreak of the disease…

Ugandan authorities have tightened border controls with Congo to prevent Ebola’s spread. Traders are frustrated as their goods, including plantain…

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s opposition supporters and security forces clashed in the capital, Mogadishu, on Thursday for a second…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Nine students accused of planning and executing an arson attack that killed 16 girls at a…