Africa

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

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

Algeria Pope Africa
Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard his flight bound for Algiers’ Houari Boumédiène International Airport on Monday, April 13, 2026, at the start of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP)

Africa

A dispatch from inside the Vatican bubble during a remarkable exchange between pope and president

APRIL 24, 2026

APTOPIX Cameroon Africa Pope
Pope Leo XIV arrives in procession to celebrate Mass at the Japoma Stadium, in Douala, Cameroon, Friday, April 17, 2026, on the fifth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Africa

Photos of Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Africa

APRIL 20, 2026

Zambia Funeral Dispute
A portrait of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu, who died more than eight months ago in South Africa, is displayed on a wall in Lusaka, Zambia, Thursday, Feb.12, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodney Muhumuza)

Africa

A macabre dispute has kept the body of Zambia’s former president unburied for months

FEB. 27, 2026

Kenya Dyslexia Education
Pupils take part in an English lesson at Rare Gem Talent School, which supports students with dyslexia, in Kitengela, Kajiado County, Kenya, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

Africa

A Kenyan school like no other may be an African education blueprint

FEB. 19, 2026

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

Madagascar Protests
Soldiers are greeted by people gathering for a ceremony in tribute to demonstrators killed during recent anti-government protest in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mamyrael)

Africa

Madagascar coup leader breaks news through AP that he is “taking the position of president”

OCT. 24, 2025

Lesotho USAID Cuts
Hlaoli Monyamane, 32, who is HIV positive, poses for a portrait inside his home in Thaba-Tsoeu Ha Mafa, Lesotho, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Africa

Rich storytelling and compelling imagery show the impacts of US aid funding cuts in Lesotho

OCT. 24, 2025

APTOPIX Aging Africa Photo Essay
Deziranta Namisango, second from left, who has dementia, sits on a motorcycle taxi as Christine Nababi, 80, is helped onto the seat by NGO field officer, Elizabeth Nagawa, as they leave their biweekly fellowship gathering for seniors at a church in Mukono, Uganda, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Africa

In Uganda, AP explores the experience of aging on a continent where it’s unusual to be old

SEPT. 12, 2025

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