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Zimbabwe President Term Extension

Zimbabwe’s Senate approves bill to delay the presidential election and overhaul the vote

• Jun 24, 2026 12:26 pm

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe ’s Senate on Wednesday approved constitutional amendments that would remove direct presidential elections, delay the…

South Africa US Aid Cuts

South African civil groups warn of dire impact as US phases out HIV program funding

• Jun 24, 2026 12:24 pm

Nigeria Insecurity

Nigeria’s Senate passes bill to allow creation of state police to tackle insecurity

• Jun 24, 2026 12:21 pm

APTOPIX Nigeria South Africa Repatriation

Why immigrants are leaving South Africa and the country is on edge ahead of a June 30 ‘deadline’

• Jun 24, 2026 07:54 am

South Africa Prison Art Gallery

South African prisons open art galleries to showcase inmates’ work

• Jun 24, 2026 05:21 am

Kenya School Fire

Kenyan authorities to charge students with murder in dorm fire that killed 16 girls

• Jun 23, 2026 11:58 am

Kenya’s health minister orders suspension of construction on a US-backed Ebola facility

• Jun 23, 2026 07:50 am

Zambia Lungu Burial

A former Zambian president’s family can finally choose where he’s buried after yearlong legal battle

• Jun 23, 2026 05:13 am

Nigeria Attack

Armed group in Nigeria kills at least 20 people and exchanges gunfire with police

• Jun 23, 2026 05:11 am

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — An armed group killed at least 20 people in a community located in the north-central region…

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South Sudan says it will hold first-ever election in December after repeated delays

• Jun 22, 2026 12:37 pm

APTOPIX Kenya Ebola

Kenya’s health minister found in contempt of court over US-backed Ebola facility

• Jun 22, 2026 08:38 am

Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo outbreak top 1,000 with 254 deaths, authorities say

• Jun 22, 2026 05:10 am

Ethiopia Election

Ethiopia’s ruling party retains parliamentary majority in election marred by insecurity

• Jun 21, 2026 10:23 am

South Africa Home Vineyard

How a COVID lockdown helped make an award-winning winemaker in South Africa

• Jun 21, 2026 04:35 am

APTOPIX Nigeria South Africa Repatriation

Nigerian migrants returning from South Africa face the same economic issues they left behind

• Jun 20, 2026 04:33 am

Sierra Leone Deportations

Migrants deported by US to Sierra Leone risk return to countries where they fear persecution

• Jun 19, 2026 03:22 pm

APTOPIX Congo Ebola

Africa CDC chief says the continent needs to invest its own funds in Ebola response, vaccine

• Jun 19, 2026 02:28 pm

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African officials must step up financing to respond and develop vaccines for the Ebola outbreak…

Ghana Slavery Reparations

Ghana conference urges slave-trade nations to issue apologies and reparations

• Jun 19, 2026 01:15 pm

Mourners bury a 6-month-old Ebola victim in the Congo outbreak’s third orphanage death

• Jun 19, 2026 11:20 am

Brazen attack on Niger’s airport shows jihadis are expanding to cities in Africa’s Sahel

• Jun 19, 2026 08:23 am

APTOPIX South Africa Migrants

South Africa builds another site to ease overcrowding and speed up deportation of Malawian nationals

• Jun 18, 2026 10:56 am

Zimbabwe President Term Extension

Zimbabwe vote to extend president’s term underscores the staying power of Africa’s aging leaders

• Jun 18, 2026 09:39 am

APTOPIX Congo Ebola

Ebola cases increase almost 40% in a week as death toll passes 200

• Jun 18, 2026 08:37 am

Gunmen attack Niger airport, killing 11 soldiers and 2 civilians, officials say

• Jun 18, 2026 05:00 am

Congo Dying Mothers Male Heirs

The pressure to have baby boys can harm African mothers’ health

• Jun 18, 2026 04:58 am

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — When Prosper Mbumba married, he expected to have only two children. But one had to be…

Equatorial Guinea Politics

Equatorial Guinea government resigns after missing targets, vice president says

• Jun 17, 2026 01:39 pm

Uganda Opposition Figure Detained

Uganda court charges lawyer for jailed Ugandan opposition leader with concealing treason

• Jun 17, 2026 08:33 am

Kenya Oceans Conference

15 countries in Kenya adopt the Mombasa Declaration to fight illegal fishing

• Jun 17, 2026 07:46 am

South Africa Migrants Clashes

Migrants clash with police at a deportation site in South Africa where thousands have gathered

• Jun 17, 2026 07:44 am

Congo Ebola Survivors

A 16-month-old and his mother recover from Ebola in rare good news from outbreak in Congo

• Jun 17, 2026 06:34 am

Ebola Spirituality

Africa’s Ebola outbreaks complicated by victims who prefer traditional healers over hospitals

• Jun 17, 2026 05:13 am

Congo opposition condemns new bill seen as opening the way for a third term for President Tshisekedi

• Jun 16, 2026 11:38 am

Kenya Oceans Conference

African and Commonwealth nations in Kenya urge quick execution of a key treaty protecting oceans

• Jun 16, 2026 10:25 am

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — African and Commonwealth nations called Tuesday for a swift implementation of a landmark treaty protecting the…

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Authorities say at least 9 dead, 25 hurt after a train and bus collide in Zimbabwe

• Jun 16, 2026 04:58 am

Central African Republic Trial

UN-backed court opens trial of former Central African Republic president Bozizé

• Jun 16, 2026 04:56 am

South Africa June 16 Anniversary

South Africa marks 50 years since Soweto uprising by students, but challenges linger for its youth

• Jun 15, 2026 06:20 pm

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Uganda opposition figure seized by soldiers as army chief vows ‘hurt and pain’

• Jun 15, 2026 01:40 pm

South Africa Musician Obit

South African jazz icon Abdullah Ibrahim dies in Germany at age 91 after a brief illness

• Jun 15, 2026 01:38 pm

Kenya to pay compensation to almost 2,000 victims of violent protests

• Jun 15, 2026 09:38 am

Rwanda Jailed Opposition Leader

Rwanda opposition leader Ingabire says she’s physically unfit for trial

• Jun 15, 2026 08:29 am

Switzerland WCup-Human Rights

Drone strikes kill over 1,000 civilians in Sudan in the first 5 months of 2026, UN rights chief says

• Jun 15, 2026 06:45 am

A senior United Nations official reports that drone strikes have killed more than 1,000 civilians in Sudan in the first…

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At least 31 dead after bus crashes in Ethiopia

• Jun 15, 2026 06:47 am

Congo reports large daily jump in Ebola cases a month after outbreak was declared

• Jun 15, 2026 05:03 am

Ebola cases in eastern Congo climb to 782 and deaths reach 181, authorities say

• Jun 14, 2026 02:18 pm

South Africa Shootings Explainer

Mass shootings in South Africa’s poorest areas are a symptom of organized crime and police failures

• Jun 13, 2026 09:18 am

Nigeria Insecurity

At least 17 people killed by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria

• Jun 13, 2026 08:14 am

Chad Sexual Exploitation

AP exclusive: Doctors Without Borders report found cases of abuse and exploitation by staff in Chad

• Jun 13, 2026 04:34 am

Clashes erupt in Congo’s capital as opposition rejects changes to presidential term limits

• Jun 12, 2026 09:54 am

Niger Homosexuality

Niger military junta introduces new penal code criminalizing homosexuality with 5-10 years in prison

• Jun 12, 2026 06:30 am

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s military junta announced a new penal code that criminalizes homosexuality, an adviser to the justice…

Kenya School Fire

Kenya holds a memorial service for 16 victims of last month’s girls school fire

• Jun 12, 2026 05:11 am

Sudan War Photo Essay

Sudanese paramilitary drone strikes kill at least 15 people in central region, officials say

• Jun 11, 2026 07:37 am

Nigeria South Africa Repatriation

First group of Nigerians returns home after anti-immigration protests in South Africa

• Jun 11, 2026 05:09 am

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A minibus packed with schoolchildren catches fire in central Zimbabwe, killing 7

• Jun 10, 2026 10:45 am

Motorcycle taxi drivers in Congo rally for Ebola awareness as attacks hinder response

• Jun 10, 2026 10:43 am

Mali Journalists Arrested

Rights groups denounce arrest of 2 Malian journalists, in latest crackdown on press freedom

• Jun 10, 2026 05:18 am

South-Africa-Shooting

Mass shooting leaves 12 dead and at least 9 hurt in an impoverished South Africa community

• Jun 10, 2026 05:16 am

Zimbabwe Funeral Associations

Some burial societies in Africa now focus on helping the living, too

• Jun 10, 2026 05:14 am

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Melisa Kasu said her mother died when the family was least prepared. Funerals in Zimbabwe demand…

Nigeria Cholera

Nigeria’s conflict-hit Borno state battles cholera outbreak that has killed 74

• Jun 9, 2026 12:38 pm

Kenya Sudan RSF

First war crimes complaint against Sudan’s paramilitary forces filed in Kenya

• Jun 9, 2026 07:58 am

South Africa HIV Prevention

Highly effective prevention drug arrives in South Africa, which has world’s highest HIV burden

• Jun 9, 2026 05:13 am

Congo’s Ebola outbreak rises to over 100 deaths out of 550 cases as conflict slows response

• Jun 9, 2026 05:11 am

Congo Ebola Lessons

Survivors share experiences and lessons from Congo’s 2018 Ebola outbreak

• Jun 9, 2026 05:09 am

Nigeria Navy Anniversary

Armed group kidnaps 39 people during negotiations in northwestern Nigeria

• Jun 8, 2026 03:26 pm

Kenya’s former Chief Justice David Maraga arrested at protest of national park construction

• Jun 8, 2026 06:30 am

Congo Ebola Wedding

How the Ebola outbreak is changing weddings in Congo

• Jun 8, 2026 04:48 am

Authorities have raced to slow the Ebola disease outbreak in Congo with strict measures, including by limiting public gatherings and…

South Africa Ramaphosa

South Africa’s president acknowledges rising tensions over migration

• Jun 7, 2026 12:18 pm

Nigeria Protest

The Nigerian army frees 360 abducted people in northeastern Borno state

• Jun 7, 2026 04:35 am

Health workers at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak labor with little pay or rest

• Jun 7, 2026 04:34 am

Traders face big losses after Uganda closes Congo border over Ebola contagion fears

• Jun 6, 2026 04:53 am

Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could reach 20,000 cases without strong public health measures

• Jun 5, 2026 03:27 pm

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Attack by Islamic militants kills 5 Nigerian soldiers in the northeast, army says

• Jun 5, 2026 01:42 pm

US Congo Deportations

More than half of Latin Americans deported from US to Congo are now back home

• Jun 5, 2026 09:34 am

Niger Desert

Truck breakdown in Niger strands passengers and leaves at least 49 dead in the Sahara Desert

• Jun 5, 2026 06:30 am

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — At least 49 people died of thirst after a truck broke down and they were stranded…

As Ebola spreads in Congo, a radio station tries to stop health misinformation

• Jun 5, 2026 04:50 am

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Mali junta bans motorcycles outside cities and creates military zones to reduce militant attacks

• Jun 4, 2026 06:33 am

Nigeria Protest

Gunmen kidnap 7 students from school in northwestern Nigeria

• Jun 4, 2026 05:06 am

Somalia Fighting

Clashes erupt in Somalia’s capital ahead of a planned anti-government rally

• Jun 4, 2026 05:04 am

Women are the first caregivers in this Ebola outbreak and the most at risk

• Jun 4, 2026 05:03 am

Benin Voodoo Politics

How Voodoo overcame suppression and became a democratic force in the West African nation of Benin

• Jun 4, 2026 05:01 am

‘We’re still behind’ in Congo’s Ebola outbreak even as testing improves, WHO chief says

• Jun 3, 2026 09:36 am

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