Africa

‘US doesn’t see me as an American’: Thousands of adoptees live in limbo without citizenship

The United States has brought hundreds of thousands of children from abroad to be adopted by American families.

Mozambique’s ruling party candidate declared winner of presidential election as rigging claims swirl

Hama Amadou, Niger’s former prime minister and emblematic opposition figure, dies at 74

A melodic greeting between women in Burundi is at risk of being lost

Putin ends BRICS summit that sought to expand Russia’s global clout but was shadowed by Ukraine

AFRICA PULSE

A playwright in Africa hopes to break the cultural silence on rape

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MOUSTAPHA DIALLO

Cameroon’s separatist conflict forces hundreds of thousands of students out of education

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NGALA KILLIAN CHIMTOM

Years of war in Congo have created a dire mental health crisis. But little support is available

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SAM MEDNICK, RUTH ALONGA

They fled their homes to escape Boko Haram. Now Nigeria is resettling them back despite their fears

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CHINEDU ASADU

Congo’s president announces plans for a new constitution. Opposition worried about term limit change

Congo’s President announced a national commission will be set up next year to draft a new constitution for the central African country, raising concern among the opposition over possible altering of the presidential term limit.

Nigeria’s president reshuffles his cabinet during the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation

Nigeria’s president has fired five ministers and appointed seven new ones in a major cabinet reshuffle.

A gasoline truck overturns and explodes near Uganda’s capital, killing 11

Police in Uganda say least 11 people including children were killed when a fuel truck exploded next to a highway on Tuesday.

King Charles tells summit the past can’t be changed as leaders ask Britain to reckon with slavery

King Charles III has told a summit of Commonwealth countries in Samoa that the past could not be changed as he indirectly acknowledged calls from some of Britain’s former colonies for a reckoning over its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

Haitian gangs escalate violence and expand attacks outside the capital, top UN official says

The top U.N. official in Haiti says gangs have escalated their violence and expanded operations outside the capital, even attacking small boats and kidnapping personnel from cargo shipping companies.

Swiss tourist suffers ‘violent death’ visiting Algeria with tour group

A Swiss woman was killed earlier this month in Algeria, which has in recent years aimed to attract tourists and put a history of instability and terrorism in the Sahara in the past.

Rwandan genocide survivors describe the 1994 mass killings at a Paris trial

Rwandan genocide survivors have told their testimonies at a Paris court where a former doctor is on trial for his alleged role in the 1994 mass killings of more than 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus who tried to protect them.

Mystery of downed airplane in Sudan deepens as Kyrgyzstan insists aircraft had been de-registered

The mystery surrounding a crashed cargo plane in Sudan purportedly downed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has deepened as authorities insist the aircraft had been de-registered in Kyrgyzstan.

Tunisia’s president is inaugurated for a second term following a crackdown on his opponents

Tunisian President Kais Saied has been inaugurated for a second term, following a monthslong crackdown and string of arrests against his political opponents.

Taiwan rejects South African demand to move its representative office from capital

Taiwan has rejected South Africa’s demand that it move its representative office in the country from the capital, Pretoria, to the commercial center of Johannesburg.

President Paul Biya returns to Cameroon amid rumors his health is failing

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has returned to his home country after weeks abroad amid rumors that his health is failing.

Police in Mozambique fire tear gas at opposition politician as post-election tensions soar

Police in Mozambique have fired tear gas at the country’s leading opposition politician and supporters as he spoke with reporters.

Rwanda says no community transmission of Marburg virus, with zero new infections in recent days

Rwanda’s health minister said Sunday that an outbreak of the Marburg virus is not spreading in the country, citing the absence of new infections or deaths in the past six days.

Mozambique rocked by the killings of 2 prominent opposition figures soon after disputed election

Gunmen chased down the lawyer for Mozambique’s leading opposition politician and a senior opposition official and fatally shot them in their car in the capital, their party said Saturday.

Ivory Coast dissolves student unions after deaths and a police raid

The government of Ivory Coast has announced a ban on all student union associations following the death of two students and the arrest of 17 suspects.

South Africa asks Taiwan to move its unofficial embassy out of the capital

South Africa has asked Taiwan to move its unofficial embassy out of the administrative capital, Pretoria, in a move that’s seen as appeasing ally China.

Kenya’s president nominates interior minister as new deputy but high court orders halt to process

Kenya’s president has nominated the country’s interior minister as his new deputy. It came hours after Rigathi Gachagua was overwhelmingly voted out as deputy president in an impeachment motion in parliament over allegations of corruption and inciting ethnic division.

AP Week in Pictures: Global

Oct. 11-17, 2024

Effigies of the mythical demon king Ravana went up in flames to mark the end of Dussehra festivities in India, SpaceX’s mega rocket booster returned to the launch pad where it was captured during a test flight in Texas and victims of a tanker explosion received treatment inside an ambulance at the A

The world is at a dangerous moment as conflicts spread, UN rights chief says

The U.N. human rights chief is warning that the world is at an especially dangerous moment in history, with disregard and disrespect for international law “is reaching a deafening crescendo.”

UN envoy proposes partitioning Western Sahara

The U.N. envoy to Western Sahara is suggesting that dividing the territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front could be one way to settle the decades-long conflict.

7 killed in suicide bomber attack at a cafe in Somalia’s capital

Police said seven people died and six others were injured after a suicide bomber detonated an unidentified device at a café outside a police training school in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu.

Africa’s mpox deaths surpass 1,000 as health officials urge international support

Africa’s top public health agency says the number of mpox-related deaths in the continent has surpassed 1,000 and warned of the continuing threat of cross-border contamination and a lack of rapid test kits.

The head of Mali’s military junta appoints himself to the highest rank in the army

The head of the military junta that seized power in Mali in 2020 has promoted himself to the rank of army general with special title: Colonel Assimi Goita of the land army, the highest military distinction held only by two former heads of state in the country’s history.

Long-ruling party leads in Mozambique’s election as opposition candidate calls for strikes

Mozambique’s ruling party candidate holds a clear lead in early presidential election results as his main challenger said he would not accept them and called them fraudulent.

Zimbabwe to compensate white farmers who lost land in seizures 20 years ago

Zimbabwe says it will compensate local and foreign white farmers who lost land and property more than 20 years ago in farm seizures meant to redress some of the wrongs of colonialism.

One person dies and 2 are missing after a boat with 100 migrants sinks near Greece

The coast guard in Greece says at least one man has died and another two are missing after a wooden boat carrying 100 migrants sank south of the small southern Greek island of Gavdos.

Kenya’s deputy president pleads not guilty in impeachment process

Kenya’s deputy president faces impeachment and pleaded not guilty in a senate hearing Wednesday to all allegations including corruption and support for anti-government protests that saw demonstrators storm the country’s parliament.

Gas tanker explosion kills more than 140 people and injures dozens more in Nigeria

More than 140 people, including children, are dead in Nigeria after an overturned gasoline tanker truck exploded in flames while they tried to scoop up fuel.

Meta’s Oversight Board says viral video left on Facebook threatened LGBTQ+ people in Nigeria

Meta’s oversight board has expressed serious concern over the company’s failure to take down a viral graphic video showing two men bleeding after they were apparently beaten up for being allegedly gay.

Suspect in mass shootings in South Africa that left 18 dead abandons his bail application

A man charged with killing 18 people in mass shootings in two separate homes on the same night in South Africa has abandoned his bail application and remains in custody.

4 people die in a migrant boat accident off a Greek island

Greek authorities say four people, including two children, have died off the island of Kos in an accident involving a migrant smuggling boat crossing from nearby Turkey.

ICC prosecutor announces renewed probe into alleged crimes in conflict-torn eastern Congo

The International Criminal Court prosecutor is renewing an investigation in Congo and focusing on allegations of crimes committed in the conflict-torn North Kivu province in the central African nation’s east since early 2022.

Kenya moves 50 elephants to a larger park, says it’s a sign poaching is low

Kenya is moving 50 elephants from a national reserve to a larger park after overpopulation overwhelmed the ecosystem, in what has been hailed as a conservation success.

Poland’s leader defends his decision to suspend the right to asylum

Human and civil rights groups are expressing concern after Poland’s leader said he would suspend the right to asylum because of its alleged abuse by eastern neighbors Belarus and Russia.

Planned nuclear plant in a Kenyan top tourist hub and home to endangered species sparks protest

Dozens have rallied against a proposal to build Kenya’s first nuclear power plant in one of the country’s top coastal tourist hubs which also houses a forest on the tentative list of the UNESCO World Heritage site.