Category:Africa

This is the category for the Africa news region. Our news regions often approximate, but do not always precisely follow, the traditional boundaries of the continents. Africa, as a continent, is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent. Latest stories Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 1 July 2024: India wins T20 men's cricket world cup against South Africa 16 April 2024: Holyday of wandering mzungu, presentation of the book by Russian adventurer took place in the Crimean capital 25 March 2024: Russian travel writer Viktor Pinchuk presents book Third African trip in Bakhchysarai, Crimea 17 May 2023: Sudan warring forces sign agreement to protect civilians, aid workers 7 May 2023: UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths urges guarantees of safe passage for aid amid Sudan conflict 3 March 2023: Electoral commission declares Bola Tinubu victor in Nigerian presidential election 23 February 2023: African Union summit closes; bloc reaffirms member suspensions, support for trade deal 23 February 2023: Reports: 'streamlined' UK asylum process to replace interview with questionnaire for five nationalities 10 January 2023: Troops freed by Mali return to Ivory Coast 8 September 2022: Kenya's supreme court upholds election result action=do&label=see older articles&verb:button-local-field-verb&page:button-local-field-page&offset:button-local-field-offset&‍cols=&rows=&viewxcols=&rows=&Category:AfricaxCategory:Africacols=&rows=&10x All articles You can also browse through all articles in this category alphabetically. Contents: Top – 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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• African Union‎ (65 articles; 1 subcategory)
• Algeria‎ (42 articles; 2 subcategories)
• Angola‎ (24 articles)
• Arab Spring‎ (65 articles; 7 subcategories)

• Benin‎ (9 articles)
• Botswana‎ (8 articles)
• Burkina Faso‎ (11 articles)
• Burundi‎ (20 articles; 1 subcategory)

• Cameroon‎ (20 articles; 1 subcategory)
• Canary Islands‎ (9 articles)
• Cape Verde‎ (10 articles)
• Central African Republic‎ (3 articles)
• Chad‎ (28 articles)
• Comoros‎ (5 articles)
• Côte d'Ivoire‎ (36 articles; 3 subcategories)

• Democratic Republic of the Congo‎ (56 articles; 2 subcategories)
• Djibouti‎ (8 articles)

• Economic Community of West African States‎ (12 articles)
• Egypt‎ (172 articles; 18 subcategories)
• Equatorial Guinea‎ (6 articles)
• Eritrea‎ (18 articles; 1 subcategory)
• Eswatini‎ (8 articles; 1 subcategory)
• Ethiopia‎ (58 articles; 4 subcategories)

• Gabon‎ (9 articles; 1 subcategory)
• Gambia‎ (14 articles; 1 subcategory)
• Ghana‎ (40 articles; 3 subcategories)
• Guinea‎ (19 articles)
• Guinea-Bissau‎ (6 articles)

• Indian Ocean‎ (12 articles; 10 subcategories)

• Kenya‎ (110 articles; 6 subcategories)

• Lesotho‎ (4 articles)
• Liberia‎ (30 articles; 2 subcategories)
• Libya‎ (91 articles; 10 subcategories)

• Madagascar‎ (14 articles)
• Malawi‎ (16 articles)
• Mali‎ (22 articles; 1 subcategory)
• Mauritania‎ (15 articles)
• Mauritius‎ (5 articles)
• Mediterranean Sea‎ (55 articles; 5 subcategories)
• Morocco‎ (38 articles; 2 subcategories)
• Mozambique‎ (19 articles)

• Namibia‎ (12 articles)
• Niger‎ (13 articles; 1 subcategory)
• Nigeria‎ (127 articles; 7 subcategories)

• Red Sea‎ (8 articles)
• Republic of the Congo‎ (9 articles)
• Rwanda‎ (35 articles; 2 subcategories)
• Réunion‎ (4 articles)

• São Tomé and Príncipe‎ (2 articles)
• Senegal‎ (16 articles)
• Seychelles‎ (6 articles)
• Sierra Leone‎ (20 articles; 2 subcategories)
• Somalia‎ (134 articles; 4 subcategories)
• South Africa‎ (232 articles; 15 subcategories)
• South Sudan‎ (24 articles; 3 subcategories)
• Sudan‎ (118 articles; 3 subcategories)

• Tanzania‎ (25 articles)
• Togo‎ (21 articles; 1 subcategory)
• Tunisia‎ (33 articles; 2 subcategories)

• Uganda‎ (36 articles; 1 subcategory)

• West Africa‎ (2 articles)
• Western Sahara‎ (4 articles)

• Zambia‎ (19 articles)
• Zimbabwe‎ (119 articles; 4 subcategories)

The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 1,285 total.

• 'Davos man' versus 'Camp Igloo'; 42nd World Economic Forum convenes in Swiss alps
• 'Enough, enough, enough, enough': 1700 women march against mass rape in DR Congo
• 'Imminent threat' as Foreign Office urges Britons to leave Benghazi
• 'Very dangerous' killer escapes South African hospital

• 1,000+ of Saudi Arabia's guest workers feared drowned
• 10 arrested over Ugandan school fire as death toll reaches 20
• 100 tons of ivory burned in Africa; estimated at $250 million on black market
• 12 soldiers killed in raid on peacekeeping base in Darfur
• 13 dead as cargo plane crashes in Congo
• 13 missing from ship off coast of Madagascar; two rescued
• 163 dead after lead poisoning in Nigeria
• 186,000 cases of chikungunya in Réunion
• 19 Kenyans arrested for 'witch' killings
• 190 dead in Ethiopia floods

• 20 confirmed dead after Kintampo freak tree accident
• 2005 Mediterranean Games close in Almeria
• 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup: Ghana beat Peru in Quarter finals
• 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup: Ghana vs. Germany
• 2007 ICC World Twenty20: Australia vs Sri Lanka
• 2007 ICC World Twenty20: South Africa vs India
• 2007 Rugby World Cup: Argentina and France qualify for quarter finals
• 2007 Rugby World Cup: Fiji, Tonga and France win
• 2007 Rugby World Cup: Georgia claim first World Cup victory
• 2007 Rugby World Cup: South Africa 37 - 13 Argentina
• 2007 Rugby World Cup: South Africa 37 - 20 Fiji
• 2007 Rugby World Cup: South Africa, Australia and New Zealand qualify
• 2008 Dakar Rally cancelled over terrorist threat
• 2008 G8 summit launched in Hokkaido, Japan
• 2010 FIFA World Cup: arrivederci Italia!
• 2010 FIFA World Cup: Spain beats Chile; both go to second round
• 2012 makes five Paralympic Games for Côte d'Ivoire
• 2012 Paralympic Village occupied by competitors as nations ready for the Games
• 2012 Report on Gender Equality and Development credits Icelandic parental policy with 'hopeful' changes
• 2012 Report on Gender Equality and Development looks at women's issues in India
• 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships preparations underway
• 23 killed, 36 injured by stampede at Sudanese stadium
• 29 killed in Algerian floods

• 30 travelers from Rwanda die in Ugandan bus crash
• 3000 homeless after fire breaks out in Chad refugee camp

• 44 worshippers shot dead at Nigerian mosque

• 50 arrested ahead of Swaziland democracy protests
• 51 suspects named by UN for war crimes in Darfur
• 54 killed, 20 injured in Tanzanian bus crash
• 55 people die in Casablanca mattress factory fire

• 60 people still missing after Kenyan house collapse
• 60 reported dead in Congo train crash

• 70 killed after tanker explosion in Nigeria
• 750,000 could be affected by flooding in Kenya, UN says

• 96 dead of Ebola-like Marburg virus in Angola

• Activists in Tunisia thrashed by police
• Activists remember Burundi's Gatumba massacre
• AFCON 2013: Hosts South Africa draw 0-0 with Cape Verde Islands
• Africa faces food crisis, UN Security Council told
• Template:Africa new page
• Africa-Europe summit concludes with mixed results
• African burial ground in New York City dedicated as National Monument
• African HIV prevalence may also be physiological
• African leaders start drive to eradicate malaria
• African nations gather to support a ban on cluster bombs
• African Olympians and Paralympians prepare for their London odyssey
• African refugees allege forced labour by Turkish police
• African troops invade rebel-held island of Anjouan
• African Union considers proposal to resettle Haitians
• African Union hostages freed by Darfur rebels
• African Union peacekeepers come under attack in Mogadishu
• African Union refuses to arrest Sudan's President for war crimes
• African Union rejects calls for action on Zimbabwe
• African Union summit closes; bloc reaffirms member suspensions, support for trade deal
• African Union Summit ends in Accra
• African Union summit: Sudan says no to UN troops
• Africans keep the leading position at 2008 Mumbai Marathon
• Africans win the 2007 ING Taipei International Marathon
• After signing peace declarations, Eritrea reopens embassy in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa
• Aid group 'denied access' to Rwandan refugee camp in Burundi
• Aid payments to be withdrawn by UK following violence in Ethiopia
• Aid ship sailing to Somalia hijacked; aid supply threatened
• Air Independence and Libyan Airlines place orders for Bombardier aircraft valued at $190 million
• Air Mauritania Boeing 737 hijacked
• Air Zimbabwe pilots 'face dismissal' over pay strike
• Airline bombing suspect spent months in Yemen
• Airliner crashes in Nigeria
• Airplane crashes in Nigeria
• Airplane crashes into flats in South Africa
• Airplane in Nigeria crashes during mock rescue exercise
• Airport named after late Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua
• Al Jazeera cameraman killed in eastern Libya
• Al Jazeera English news channel to go live today
• Al-Qaeda commander Abou Zeid killed in Mali by French forces
• Al-Qaida demands hostage exchange; threatens to kill if demands not met
• Al-Shabaab and AU peacekeepers clash in Somalia
• Alassane Ouattara 'wins' Ivory Coast presidential election
• Algeria blocks internet across nation to prevent cheating in diploma exams
• Algerian driver released by hostage takers in Niger
• Algerian forces kill at least eight al-Qaeda rebels
• Algerian rebel group claims kidnapping of two Austrians in Tunisia
• Algerian teen falls to death in Mecca; rape, murder suspected
• Algiers protest takes place despite ban
• Ali Bongo sworn in as president of Gabon
• All confirmed dead on Kata Air An-32, Moldova asks for Russian investigatory help
• All plane occupants die in Namibia crash
• AMC Airlines charter plane makes emergency landing on belly in Istanbul
• American captain freed from Somali pirates
• Amnesty International calls for police justice in Mozambique
• Amnesty Report 2006: disadvantaged pay price of war on terror
• Amnesty: "looming human rights crisis" in Darfur
• ANC leads in South Africa vote
• Ancient Egyptians collected wild ibis birds for sacrifice, says study
• Anglican bishop abducted in Nigeria
• Angola: Marburg virus still spreading, 180 dead
• Angolan Marburg virus still threat
• Angolan police arrest two after attack on Togo football team
• Angolan Supreme Court summons President dos Santos over nepotism claims
• Anti-Mubarak protesters in Cairo beaten by the police
• Anti-poverty charity Oxfam criticises UK media portrayal of Africa
• Antiglobalization protestors march near site of G8 summit
• Arab League calls for Libyan no-fly zone
• Arab summit comes to an end
• Archaeologist finds earliest tools used by non-human apes
• Armed gunmen attack cruise ship off Somali coast
• Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts
• Arrest made over murder of UK gemstone expert in Kenya
• Astronomers reveal discovery of the hottest gas giant exoplanet known yet
• At least 18 killed by bomb attacks in Nigeria
• At least 24 dead in clashes in central Kenya
• At least 25 dead after train crash in Egypt
• At least 30 dead after bus crashes off cliff and into river in South Africa
• At least 30 killed by earthquakes in Rwanda and Congo
• At least 45 killed in new wave of violence in Kenya
• At least 50 killed in clashes in Guinea
• At least fifteen dead after stampede at Mali mosque
• At least fifteen killed after suicide bombing in Somali hotel
• At least fourteen dead after eating toxic fish in Madagascar
• At least fourteen dead after rebel clashes in Somalia
• At least nine dead after cholera outbreak in Kenyan slum
• At least one dead, eighteen injured after grenade attacks in Rwanda
• At least seventeen dead after clashes in Somalia
• At least ten dead after clashes in Nigeria
• At least thirty-three more dead in Ethiopia election clashes
• At least twelve die in Mogadishu attacks
• At least twelve killed after building collapses in Alexandria, Egypt
• At least twenty dead after landslides in Tanzania
• Athletics concludes at London Paralympics with the marathon
• Atlantic storm Danielle strengthens to hurricane force
• AU peacekeepers killed in Somalia, Islamists vow more attacks
• Australia and South Africa men's national wheelchair basketball teams play in their 2012 Paralympics opener
• Australia dethroned, South Africa ranks first in world cricket
• Australia grants temporary asylum to 12 Commonwealth Games athletes
• Australia makes changes to Boxing Day cricket test team
• Australia names squad for remaining 2010 football World Cup qualifiers
• Australia thrash South Africa in Tri Nations rugby match
• Australian cricket tour of Zimbabwe cancelled
• Avian Flu is confirmed in Egypt

• Ban Ki-moon calls for Zimbabwe elections to be postponed
• Bandit ringleader arrested in Nigeria
• BBC Ethiopian famine aid 'siphoned off' to buy weapons according to rebels, report
• BBC global poll finds majority feel the US led Iraq invasion increased likelihood of terrorist attacks
• Belgian ship hijacked off Horn of Africa by Somali pirates
• Belgium indicts former Chad dictator accused of humanitarian crimes
• Benin, Nigeria join African Union continental free trade bloc
• Bird Flu found in Africa
• Boat accident in Democratic Republic of the Congo kills at least 73
• Boat in DR Congo capsizes, 80 feared dead
• Body of Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan found in Moroccan lake
• Boko Haram attack in Nigerian city kills at least fifteen
• Bomb blasts in Somalia kill at least 30
• Bomb blasts in Uganda kill dozens
• Bomb explosion in Somaliland kills four cops
• Bomb kills at least 50 in Gao, Mali
• Bomb threat on UK–Egypt plane; diverted to Greece
• Bombing in Kenya's capital city Nairobi
• Boni Yayi confirmed as winner of 2011 Benin presidental election
• Bonobo chimp threatened in Congo
• Both sides of Kenya's constitution dispute are negotiating
• Botswana holds parliamentary elections
• Boxing: Joshua Clottey of Ghana wins IBF welterweight title
• Brazil wins FIFA Confederations Cup final, defeats USA 3–2
• Brazilian surfer wins world championship in Pichilemu, Chile
• Brazzaville picks up the pieces after ammo depot explosion
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• Britain thinks Africans are barbaric, claims South African President
• Britain touts private security contractors for Libya
• British counterterrorism agents say many of Manchester arena suicide bomber's confederates in custody
• British foreign secretary: 'President Mugabe persists in his ambition to steal the election'
• British gemstone expert killed by mob in Voi, Kenya
• British man involved in deal to drill for oil in Darfur
• British MP condemns deportation of man to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• British Prime Minister David Cameron makes unannounced visit to Libya
• British teacher convicted of insulting Islam in Sudan
• British teacher faces 40 lashes over teddy bear's name
• Bulls clinch position in Super 14 rugby semi-finals
• Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza dies aged 55
• Burundi radio station ban lifted as media council chair resigns
• Burundian Hutu extremists have killed 300 civilians in the last two months
• Bus explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia kills many civilians

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