Somalia’s top court rules president’s term extension is unlawful, deepening power struggleAP News• Nov 6, 2026 07:02 amMOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s power struggle has deepened after the Supreme Court ruled that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s term…
IS-linked militants kill at least 33 in eastern Congo village attack, civil society saysAP News• Nov 6, 2026 06:58 am
Prominent government critics across Africa are facing treason charges. It’s often to silence themAP News• Nov 6, 2026 06:55 am
Tanzania opposition leader Lissu sentenced to 4 years for incitement, acquitted of treasonAP News• Nov 6, 2026 06:52 am
Nigerian court nullifies presidential contender’s candidacy 2 months before electionAP News• Nov 5, 2026 12:53 pm
UN’s peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara enters liquidation phase after mandate expiresAP News• Nov 5, 2026 06:41 am
Mugabe’s son faces assault charges in Zimbabwe linked to luxury car smuggling caseAP News• Nov 5, 2026 06:37 am
Death toll rises to 8 in Nairobi collapsed building tragedy after more bodies foundAP News• Nov 5, 2026 06:34 amNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Six bodies were retrieved from the debris of a building in Kenya’s capital on Thursday, two…
Ethiopia expels 6 Sudanese consular staff and orders consulate closed, officials sayAP News• Nov 4, 2026 11:07 am
South Africa’s local elections could continue the decline of the once-mighty ANCAP News• Nov 3, 2026 10:28 pm
Kenya releases 5 Ebola patients after negative tests as 2 remain hospitalizedAP News• Nov 3, 2026 11:29 am
Uganda arrests a former military chief accused of engaging in subversive activitiesAP News• Nov 3, 2026 06:56 am
Peacekeepers plan to take over bases near Somalia’s capital as Ugandan troops withdrawAP News• Nov 3, 2026 06:52 am
South African police arrest 5 after farmer is shot, ears cut off in violent robberyAP News• Nov 2, 2026 10:40 am
Ethiopia attacks kill civilians as health system nears collapse, WHO chief saysAP News• Nov 2, 2026 06:14 am
Rights group accuses Zambia of violent post-election crackdown on oppositionAP News• Nov 2, 2026 06:10 amJOHANNESBURG (AP) — Zambia ’s government carried out a violent crackdown on opposition parties after August’s election, in which President…
Uganda begins withdrawing peacekeeping troops that helped repel militants in SomaliaAP News• Nov 2, 2026 06:07 am
South Africans to vote in key local elections seen as a tough test for ruling ANCAP News• Nov 1, 2026 06:29 pm
Harmer shines as South Africa wins 3rd cricket test against Australia to claim series 2-1AP News• Oct 31, 2026 06:46 am
South African court allows anti-illegal immigration marches under strict conditionsAP News• Oct 30, 2026 10:59 am
Rickelton and Mulder centuries lead South Africa fightback and set Australia 288 chaseAP News• Oct 30, 2026 07:27 am
Sporadic gunfire sends Ethiopians fleeing into Kenya as trucks remain stuck at borderAP News• Oct 30, 2026 06:18 am
First body retrieved from Kenyan collapsed building after weeklong searchAP News• Oct 30, 2026 06:15 amNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The first body was recovered on Friday from the rubble of a multistory building that collapsed…
Lyon bowls Bavuma late and Australia tightens grip against South Africa in cricket series deciderAP News• Oct 29, 2026 07:52 am
UN political mission ends in Somalia with no agreed replacement to handle election disputeAP News• Oct 29, 2026 06:46 am
A village chief in Congo works to overcome Ebola prejudice even as the disease kills his relativesAP News• Oct 28, 2026 10:34 pm
US imposes sanctions on Rwandan defense ministry over involvement in eastern Congo conflictAP News• Oct 28, 2026 11:23 am
Strike on Darfur market killed civilians selling food to fighters, witnesses sayAP News• Oct 28, 2026 08:53 am
Mali drone strike kills 13 civilians, activists say; army says it targeted militantsAP News• Oct 28, 2026 08:37 am
Inglis leads way as Australia takes control of deciding test vs South AfricaAP News• Oct 28, 2026 06:35 amCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Josh Inglis hit 85 not out on Wednesday to help Australia finish Day 2…
Islamic militants kill at least 20 Somali soldiers in ambush, officer saysAP News• Oct 28, 2026 05:58 am
Panel finds that 37 suspected illegal miners suffocated in overcrowded cell in NigeriaAP News• Oct 27, 2026 12:12 pm
Tanzania’s jailed opposition leader ends hunger strike after meeting with his brotherAP News• Oct 27, 2026 09:28 am
Number of people fleeing Ethiopia into Kenya rises to 36,000 as local leaders appeal for supportAP News• Oct 27, 2026 09:25 am
South Africa’s Ramaphosa orders 510 soldiers to KwaZulu-Natal after asylum ruling violenceAP News• Oct 27, 2026 09:22 am
Starc’s 6-72 sparks Australia recovery as South Africa slides from 203-1 to 329 all outAP News• Oct 27, 2026 07:06 am
Attacks kill at least 60 Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia, church saysAP News• Oct 27, 2026 05:58 amNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two attacks in Ethiopia’s Oromia region killed at least 60 Orthodox Christians, the country’s Orthodox Church…
At least 62 people killed in attack on a community in northeastern NigeriaAP News• Oct 27, 2026 05:55 am
Congo’s Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 cases as authorities race to slow the spread in African countriesAP News• Oct 27, 2026 05:49 am
Attackers kill nurse, severely injure health worker responding to Ebola case in eastern CongoAP News• Oct 25, 2026 06:37 pm
Algeria to send troops to Niger in first foreign deployment in over 50 yearsAP News• Oct 25, 2026 06:34 pm
4 rescued on third day after Kenya building collapse as families lose hopeAP News• Oct 25, 2026 11:27 am
Uganda tightens Ebola border controls and requires returnees from Congo to pay for quarantineAP News• Oct 25, 2026 11:24 am
Nigerian president launches reelection bid during a cost-of-living crisis and a fractured oppositionAP News• Oct 24, 2026 01:11 pmABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Bola Tinubu launched his reelection bid Saturday, campaigning at a rally for a second…
1 person rescued from collapsed building in Kenya as others remain missingAP News• Oct 24, 2026 09:24 am
Tanzania’s jailed opposition leader Lissu plans hunger strike over denied legal accessAP News• Oct 24, 2026 05:52 am
South African runners don cheeky attire for annual race to spotlight prostate cancerAP News• Oct 23, 2026 10:34 am
Gunfire and chaotic scenes in Kenyan border town as hundreds flee EthiopiaAP News• Oct 22, 2026 01:10 pm
South Africa storms back to beat Australia by an innings and level the test cricket series 1-1AP News• Oct 22, 2026 10:01 amGQEBERHA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa set up a series decider with a comeback innings victory over Australia on…
First Ebola patients in Nigeria and Kenya might have crossed paths at Uganda airportAP News• Oct 22, 2026 09:38 am
Foreign citizen beaten to death during march in South Africa as anti-immigrant tensions flareAP News• Oct 22, 2026 08:38 am
Over 500 in South Africa sickened in outbreak linked to poor water qualityAP News• Oct 21, 2026 10:41 am
Australia trails by 170 runs at stumps on Day 4 after South Africa enforces follow-onAP News• Oct 21, 2026 07:21 am
Burkina Faso’s parliament unanimously votes to reinstate the death penaltyAP News• Oct 21, 2026 06:39 am
Africa CDC calls an Ebola crisis summit as Nigeria records its first caseAP News• Oct 21, 2026 06:36 am
What to know about the Ebola outbreak that has spread from Congo to 4 other countriesAP News• Oct 21, 2026 06:32 am
As Ebola spreads in Congo, grieving families face a growing mental health tollAP News• Oct 21, 2026 06:29 amThe Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is taking a psychological toll on families dealing with loss, fear and stigma. Experts…
Funds from sale of former Gambian ruler’s US property to be used to compensate victimsAP News• Oct 20, 2026 03:24 pm
Nigeria confirms Ebola case in Abuja as woman who arrived from Uganda tests positiveAP News• Oct 20, 2026 12:20 pm
Kenya confirms new Ebola case, bringing total infections to 9, health ministry saysAP News• Oct 20, 2026 09:28 am
Drone strike on a market in disputed African region of Abyei kills at least 153AP News• Oct 20, 2026 09:25 am
Attack by Islamic State-affiliated group in Mali kills 48 people, official saysAP News• Oct 20, 2026 09:21 am
Shark kills woman swimming off South Africa’s Eastern Cape, beaches closedAP News• Oct 20, 2026 09:17 am
Skipper Bavuma’s 179 puts South Africa in control in 2nd test vs AustraliaAP News• Oct 20, 2026 07:21 am
A former South Africa deputy police chief facing sexual offense charges is denied bailAP News• Oct 20, 2026 06:29 amJOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African court denied bail on Tuesday to a former deputy police chief facing sexual offense…
What to know about Kenya’s starvation cult after its leader is sentenced to 200 years in prisonAP News• Oct 19, 2026 02:44 pm
Leader of Kenyan doomsday cult that left more than 400 followers dead convicted of 191 murdersAP News• Oct 19, 2026 02:41 pm
Boland leading Australia attack as South Africa down to 97-5 after second rain-affected dayAP News• Oct 19, 2026 11:48 am
Africa CDC wants aid groups to account better for millions disbursed to fight Ebola outbreakAP News• Oct 19, 2026 11:07 am
Former South African president denies impeding investigation and prosecution of apartheid-era casesAP News• Oct 19, 2026 08:15 am
South Africa and Mozambique honor Samora Machel, 40 years after his death in a plane crashAP News• Oct 18, 2026 09:18 pm