Markram and Linde guide South Africa to win over West Indies in T20 series opener
PAARL, South Africa (AP) — South Africa captain Aiden Markram scored an unbeaten 86 off 47 balls as…
IShowSpeed wraps up Africa tour highlighting the continent’s cultural diversity
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — American streamer and YouTuber IShowSpeed is on the final leg of a 28-day tour…
Europa League contender Viktoria Plzen signs Nigeria forward Salim Fago Lawal
PRAGUE (AP) — Viktoria Plzen signed Nigeria international Salim Fago Lawal from Croatia’s NK Istra on Tuesday. The…
Days after a disputed election, Uganda’s army is on the hunt for opposition leader Bobi Wine
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Where is Bobi Wine? In a recent video shared from hiding, the Ugandan opposition…
Ethiopia ends Marburg virus outbreak with no new cases
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia on Monday declared the end of its first outbreak of Marburg virus after…
Nigerian military says officers will be tried after a probe found they carried out a coup plot
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A group of Nigerian military officers will stand trial for allegedly plotting to overthrow…
A girls’ soccer tournament drives HPV vaccine awareness in Zimbabwe
NORTON, Zimbabwe (AP) — Lesotho’s Lishoeshoe soccer club was losing by four goals at halftime against South Africa’s…
Over a million in northeastern Nigeria face loss of emergency food aid
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. World Food Program said Thursday that more than a million people in…
Nigeria church attackers demand motorcycles as ransom for over 150 hostages
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen who abducted more than 150 church worshippers in Nigeria’s conflict-hit northwest are demanding…
What to know about the devastating floods in southern Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Torrential rains and severe flooding across parts of southern Africa have killed…
Wife of Uganda’s opposition leader recounts harrowing attack
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The armed men who forced their way into Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine’s house…
South African school bus crash claims two more teenagers’ lives
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Two teenage girls died Thursday of their injuries in this week’s school bus crash in…