Africa

APTOPIX Trump
President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch with African leaders including Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Liberian President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco EmbalÛ, Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani and Gabonese President Brice Oligui Nguema in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Africa

AP team shows deep impact of Trump administration tariffs on factory workers in Lesotho

AUG. 8, 2025

Africa Russia’s Growing Footprint
FILE - This undated photograph handed out by the French military shows three Russian mercenaries, right, in northern Mali. (French Army via AP)

Africa

In an exclusive, an AP team of reporters details how Russia is delivering arms to conflict zones in sub-Saharan Africa

JUNE 20, 2025

Africa Russia’s Growing Footprint
This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a Russian-made Su-24 fighter-bomber on April 14, 2025, at an airbase in the Malian capital, Bamako. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Africa

Russia skirts Western sanctions to ramp up its military footprint in Africa

JUNE 11, 2025

Herders and farmers from left, Adama Sow, Oumar Ba and Daka Sow walk outside Niéti Yone, northern Senegal, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jack Thompson)
Herders and farmers from left, Adama Sow, Oumar Ba and Daka Sow walk outside Niéti Yone, northern Senegal, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jack Thompson)

Africa

‘I bought their dream’: How a US company’s huge land deal in Senegal went bust

APRIL 2, 2025

APTOPIX Israel Palestinians
Displaced Palestinians, carrying their belongings, move away from the areas where the Israeli army is operating after Israel's renewed offensive in the Gaza Strip, on the outskirts of Beit Lahia, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Africa

Source work, preparation and cooperation drive AP exclusive on U.S., Israel eyeing African countries to relocate Palestinians

MARCH 21, 2025

Climate South Sudan Coffee
A worker turns excelsa coffee beans to dry near Nzara, South Sudan on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Africa

AP produces exclusive, visuals-driven story on climate-resistant coffee in South Sudan

MARCH 14, 2025

A farmer harvests avocados at a plantation in Kayanza province, Burundi, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A farmer harvests avocados at a plantation in Kayanza province, Burundi, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Africa

How farmers in Burundi banded together to get fair prices for avocados

OCT. 9, 2024

Central African Republic Russia’s Influence
Vegetables are displayed at a market in Bangui, Central African Republic, on March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Africa

AP exposes competition between Russian and US security companies in Central African Republic

SEPT. 20, 2024

Zimbabwe Tree of Life
The sun sets behind a baobab tree, known as the tree of life, in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Ufumeli)

Africa

An ancient African tree is providing a new ‘superfood’ but local harvesters are barely surviving

SEPT. 18, 2024

South Africa Health Train
A patient eyes are tested for lenses to be made for a new pair of glasses outside the Phelophepa eye clinic carriage, in Tembisa, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Africa

How a traveling ‘health train’ has become an essential source of free care in South Africa

SEPT. 12, 2024

Central African Republic Russia’s Influence
Flowers are laid at the statue of Russian mercenaries as a tribute to the late Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in Bangui, Central African Republic, on March. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Africa

The US-Russia battle for influence in Africa plays out in Central African Republic

SEPT. 11, 2024

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Africa

Senegal’s president defends delaying elections in exclusive interview as protests erupt nationwide

FEB. 16, 2024

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