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

Hours after Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin rebelled against his country’s top military leaders, his private army’s biggest client in Africa panicked and turned for help to his foe in the West.

Critics say a South African education bill on language in schools threatens new unity government

Workers call off protest that grounded flights at Kenya’s main airport

Takeaways from AP’s report on Russian and U.S. influence in Central African Republic

Opposition candidates file court appeal questioning Algerian presidential election outcome

AFRICA PULSE

The first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Congo. But it’s a fraction of what is needed

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JEAN-YVES KAMALE

Drought forces Kenya’s Maasai and other cattle herders to consider fish and camels

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ZELIPHA KIROBI, DESMOND TIRO, EVELYNE MUSAMBI

In South Africa’s richest area, mother-to-baby HIV transmission is a concern despite free prevention

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MOGOMOTSI MAGOME

In Senegal’s thriving hip-hop scene, this beatmaker insists women have a seat at the table

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ANNIE RISEMBERG

Dam collapse in Nigeria sweeps deadly reptiles into flooded communities

Officials in northeastern Borneo say that a dam collapse has unleashed severe flooding that has prompted evacuations and has swept deadly reptiles from a zoo into communities in the area.

New president of UN General Assembly calls for unity to tackle borderless issues

Cameroon’s former prime minister has taken over the presidency of the U.N. General Assembly and called for nations to unite and to address global challenges from climate change and poverty to conflicts and armed violence.

First doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrive in Congo

Authorities in Congo say 50,000 doses of the mpox vaccine from the United States have arrived in the country.

Man accused of setting on fire a Ugandan Olympic athlete dies of burns

A Kenyan hospital says a man accused of dousing gasoline on an Ugandan Olympic athlete, causing her death days later, has succumbed to burns sustained in the attack.

South African farmers are accused of killing 2 women and feeding them to pigs

Three men in South Africa are accused of killing two women and feeding their bodies to pigs on their farm in a case that has outraged the public.

Captain of migrant boat tragedy in Senegal turns himself in as death toll rises to 26

Local authorities say the captain of a migrant boat that capsized off Senegal over the weekend has been arrested as the death toll rises to 26.

Police in Guinea-Bissau seize nearly 3 tons of cocaine on plane from Venezuela

Police in Guinea-Bissau have seized 2.6 tons of cocaine from a plane that arrived from Venezuela in the West African country’s capital, Bissau, over the weekend.

47 inmates escape from a prison in Liberia

Authorities in Liberia say that dozens of inmates have escaped from a maximum security prison outside the country’s capital over the weekend.

At least 4 migrants have died and others remain missing after a boat capsized off Senegal

Senegalese authorities say a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Senegal over the weekend, leaving at least four people dead and several others missing.

A Tanzanian opposition official is found dead with signs of beating and acid attack

Tanzania’s most prominent opposition party says an official who went missing last week has been found dead with signs of beatings and acid poured on his face.

Fuel tanker collision in Nigeria caused an explosion that killed at least 48 people

Nigeria’s emergency response agency says a fuel tanker has collided head-on with another truck causing an explosion that killed at least 48 people.

UN official says Sudan’s war has killed at least 20,000 people

A senior United Nations official says more than 16 months of war in Sudan has killed more than 20,000 people, a grim figure amid a devastating conflict that wrecked the northeastern African country.

Tanker truck crashes into bus in Ivory Coast killing 13 and injuring 44

The Transportation Ministry and local media are reporting that a tanker truck crashed into a bus in northern Ivory Coast, killing 13 people and injuring 44.

Algeria’s 78-year-old president is expected to breeze to a second term in Saturday’s election

Polls have closed in Algeria, where voters are deciding whether to grant army-backed President Abdelmadjid Tebboune another term — five years after pro-democracy protests prompted the military to oust the previous president after two decades in power.

21 children are now known to have died in Kenya school fire

Officials say the number of children who were burned to death in a school dormitory in central Kenya has risen to 21.

Algeria’s 78-year-old president is expected to breeze to a second term in election

Algerians have voted in an election to decide whether army-backed President Abdelmadjid Tebboune gets another term in office — five years after pro-democracy protests prompted the military to oust the previous president after two decades in power.

UN-backed rights experts seek wider arms embargo and ‘impartial force’ deployed to war-torn Sudan

U.N.-backed human rights investigators are urging the creation of an “independent and impartial force” to protect civilians in Sudan’s war.

AP Week in Pictures: Global

Aug. 30 - Sept. 5, 2024

Cadets sing the national anthem, an woman dances, a health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child and boys row on the Sava river in Serbia.

A dormitory fire in Kenya kills 18 students and injures 27. Dozens are unaccounted for

Kenya’s deputy president says a fire in a school dormitory has killed 18 students and injured 27 others. Officials say 70 children are unaccounted for.

The first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Congo. But it’s a fraction of what is needed

Authorities in Congo say the first batch of mpox vaccine has arrived in Congo’s capital, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency.

Xi offers African leaders more aid as China challenges US-led global order

Dozens of African leaders have gathered in Beijing for a summit that signals China’s influence in a continent that it hopes will be a key ally in pushing back against a U.S.

Questions swirl around attempted jailbreak in Congo as families of victims demand accountability

Families of those killed in what officials called an attempted jailbreak in Congo’s biggest prison are demanding answers as activists denounce what they say are inhumane conditions in the nation’s overcrowded penitentiaries.

Boko Haram militants on motorcycles attacked a Nigerian village, killing over 100, residents say

Residents in northeastern Nigeria say at least 100 villagers were killed when suspected Boko Haram Islamic extremists opened fire on a market, on worshippers and in people’s homes.

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine is shot and wounded in a confrontation with police

Uganda’s leading opposition figure Bobi Wine has been shot in the leg and “seriously injured” in a confrontation with police outside the capital, Kampala.

Fake engineer: A top South African railway official is sentenced to prison for forged qualifications

A former top official at South Africa’s state-owned passenger railway company has received a 15-year concurrent prison sentence for faking his engineering qualifications and other cases of fraud.

A boat carrying Europe-bound migrants capsizes off Libyan coast, leaving 1 dead and 22 missing

Libyan authorities say a boat carrying Europe-bound migrants has capsized off the Libyan coast, leaving one person dead and 22 missing.

A Ugandan Olympic athlete was set on fire by her boyfriend

A Ugandan athlete has been attacked and set on fire by her boyfriend and is being treated for burns on 75% of her body.

Attempted jailbreak at a Congo prison kills 129 people as chaos erupts with a stampede and gunshots

Congolese authorities say that an attempted jailbreak in the country’s main prison has left 129 people dead, including some who were shot and others who died in a stampede at the overcrowded facility.

Tunisia’s electoral authority approves just 2 candidates to challenge Saied. 1 has been detained

Tunisia’s electoral authority has approved just two candidates to challenge President Kais Saied in upcoming elections in the struggling North African country.

African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP per year with climate change, a new report says

A new report says African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP every year as they bear a heavier burden than the rest of the world from climate change.

Protesters in Nigeria face possible death penalty as accusation of treason brings outrage

At least 10 protesters in Nigeria are facing a possible death penalty after being charged with treason over their participation in recent demonstrations against the country’s worst-in-a-generation economic crisis.

An attempted jailbreak in Congo’s main prison in Kinshasa leaves 2 inmates dead

Authorities in Congo say two inmates were killed when detainees tried to break out of the main prison in capital Kinshasa.

A Libyan human trafficker sanctioned by the UN has been killed in Tripoli, officials say

Libyan officials say one of the country’s most wanted human trafficker was killed Sunday in the capital, Tripoli.

Floods in Nigeria have killed scores and washed away farmland, raising food security concerns

Authorities in Nigeria say weeks of flooding have killed nearly 200 people across the country. The Nigerian disaster management agency said in an update on Friday that the floods have also destroyed 107,000 hectares of farmland, further threatening food supplies especially in the hard-hit northern r

UN releases $100 million for humanitarian emergencies in 10 countries around the world

The United Nations has released $100 million for humanitarian emergencies in 10 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Caribbean.