Africa

Kenya Widows Inheritance Rights
Widows Rebecca Anyango, 70 years old, right, and Marie Owino, 87 years old, a former teacher, left, walk outside Marie's compound home in Siaya, Kenya, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Africa

All-formats package shines light on Kenyan women’s fight for inheritance rights

JAN. 16, 2026

Anthony-Joshua-Nigeria Boxing
In this photo provided by the Federal Road Safety Corps, people gather at the accident scene of British boxer Anthony Joshua in Lagos, Nigeria, on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Federal Road Safety Corps via AP)

Africa

Anthony Joshua’s driver charged after deadly crash in Nigeria

JAN. 2, 2026

US-Trump-Nigeria-Millitary-Strikes
Police Anti-Bomb squad inspect the site of a U.S. airstrike in Northwest, Jabo, Nigeria, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/ Tunde Omolehin)

Africa

AP leans into global footprint to report on Nigerian village targeted in US airstrikes

JAN. 2, 2026

Nigeria School Abduction
Onyeka Chieme, a student of St. Mary's Catholic School, abducted by gunmen and later released, poses for a photograph at his house in Papiri, Nigeria, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Afolabi Sotunde)

Africa

Dramatic storytelling gives a child’s eye-level view of Nigeria school abduction

DEC. 19, 2025

Mali Russia Africa Corps Sexual Assault
Malian refugees fleeing violence in Mali, sit in a makeshift camp where they found refuge in Douankara, Hodh El Chargui Region, Mauritania, Nov. 9 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly)

Africa

Girls and women fleeing Mali describe sexual violence by Russian forces

DEC. 19, 2025

Mali Russia Africa Corps
A mother holds the clenched hand of her daughter, who has not unclenched it in the eight months since fleeing mercenaries in Mali and finding refuge in Douankara, Mauritania, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly)

Africa

The AP delivers exclusive accounts from survivors of abuse by Russia’s new Africa Corps military unit in Mali

DEC. 12, 2025

Migration Ivory Coast Herders
Tanane Ibrahim, who fled his village in Burkina Faso, tends to cattle at a makeshift grazing area in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Africa

As conflict grips Sahel, herders are pivoting to an unusual city life

DEC. 3, 2025

Tanzania Solar Mamas
A "Solar Mama" technician wires up a solar charge controller at the campus of Barefoot College International in Kinyasini, Unguja, Zanzibar, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jack Denton)

Africa

Zanzibar’s ‘solar mamas’ are trained as technicians to help light up communities

NOV. 13, 2025

Mali Arts Festival
Dancers perform as giant marionettes parade through the streets during an art festival in Bamako, Mali, on Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Moustapha Diallo)

Africa

Marionette festival in Mali defies threats from jihadi militants to celebrate culture

NOV. 11, 2025

APTOPIX Egypt Antiquities
People hold mobile devices in front of the golden burial mask of King Tutankhamun during the first day for visitors after the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Africa

The $1 billion Grand Egyptian Museum opens to the public

NOV. 4, 2025

Egypt Antiquities
Tourists visit the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Africa

The Grand Egyptian Museum showcasing 50,000 artifacts is finally opening

OCT. 30, 2025

Ivory Coast Election
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara casts his vote at a polling station during the presidential elections in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Africa

Photos from Ivory Coast’s presidential election as 83-year-old incumbent seeks fourth term

OCT. 25, 2025

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