Africa

APTOPIX Kenya Mental Health
A barber shave a patients hair during a grooming session at the largest mental health referral hospital, Mathari in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

Africa

Restoring dignity one haircut at a time in Kenya’s largest mental health hospital

JUNE 30, 2026

Sudan Scars Of War
Omer al-Toum, 33, who lost his leg and arm by the explosion of unexploded ordnance, sits in his bedroom in Bahri, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Africa

The scars of war among survivors in Sudan

JUNE 29, 2026

Kenya School Fire
A relative grieves while standing between caskets carrying the remains of girls who died in the Utumishi Academy school fire during a memorial service at Gilgil Stadium, Nakuru County, Kenya, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Africa

AP offers detailed accounts of Kenya’s school fire, from breaking news to the funeral

JUNE 19, 2026

Chad Sexual Exploitation
FILE - Refugees run for food in the Tine transit camp in Chad's Wadi Fara province on May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly, File)

Africa

In an exclusive, AP reveals results of an aid group’s investigation into sexual exploitation of refugees

JUNE 19, 2026

Sudan Women Soccer
Sudan's U-17 women's national team, in red, plays a soccer match against Comoros, during qualifiers for the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, in Casablanca, Morocco, Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo)

Africa

Far from the World Cup, a girls team tries to revive soccer dreams for war-ravaged Sudan

JUNE 17, 2026

Sudan Scars Of War
A woman who said she was abducted and sexually assaulted by the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, before paying a ransom, poses for a portrait after an interview with The Associated Press in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Africa

AP delivers exclusive and tough reporting on Sudanese women facing sexual assault in the country’s war

JUNE 12, 2026

APTOPIX WCup Ref Denied Entry Soccer
Referee Omar Artan, who was denied entry to the United States, is welcomed by supporters upon his arrival in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Africa

Somali soccer referee denied entry to US for World Cup is welcomed home as a hero

JUNE 10, 2026

Congo Ebola Wedding
A newly married couple walks down the aisle at their wedding amid an Ebola outbreak in Ituri Province in Bunia, Congo, Saturday, June 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Africa

How the Ebola outbreak is changing weddings in Congo

JUNE 8, 2026

Migration Equatorial Guinea US Deportees
A street scene in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Africa

AP delivers exclusive and rare account from inside an African hotel where asylum seekers deported by the U.S. are imprisoned

JUNE 5, 2026

APTOPIX Congo Ebola
A woman cries as Red Cross workers carry the coffin of a person who died of Ebola from a health center in Rwampara, Congo, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Africa

AP’s Goma team delivers haunting all-formats coverage of Ebola outbreak in one of the world’s most remote and vulnerable places

MAY 29, 2026

Congo Ebola
Red Cross workers carry the body of a person who died of Ebola into a coffin at a health center in Rwampara, Congo, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Africa

Photos from Congo and Uganda during Ebola outbreak

MAY 25, 2026

Kenya Professional Mourners
A family member grieves at the burial of a relative on the outskirts of Kisumu, Kenya, Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Asa Wallin)

Africa

Kenya’s professional mourners help grieving families and keep tradition alive

MAY 19, 2026

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