Sierra Leone stricken by fuel shortage
A fuel shortage has hit Sierra Leone, causing rationing and long lines at gas stations and hampering the movement of vehicles and goods in the West ...
Gambian lawyer sees local AP reporter in detention
A Gambian journalist who contributes to The Associated Press is in good condition although he has been held in detention by Gambia's internal security ...
Italy: 4 sailors kidnapped off Nigeria freed
Italy's foreign minister says three Italian shipmen and one Ukrainian kidnapped Dec. 23 off Nigeria's coast have been freed. Minister Giulio Terzi ...

Massive fire rips through slum in Nigeria megacity
A massive fire tore through a waterfront slum in Nigeria's megacity of Lagos on Tuesday, burning down dozens of shack workshops and homes.
Senegalese man dies after setting himself on fire
Authorities in Senegal say a man has died after setting himself on fire outside the presidential palace. Radio station RFM reported that the man had ...
Gambia detains local AP reporter for second time
A Gambian journalist who contributes to The Associated Press was held by security officials Monday night, according to the Gambian Press Union.
Official: Mali Islamists closer to gov't areas
Islamist extremists who seized Mali's north have moved even closer toward areas under government control Monday, a military official and witness said, ...

Rebels, Central African Republic to hold talks
Talks between Central African Republic's government and the rebels who now control much of the country's north are set to get under way no later than ...

Ghana inaugurates John Mahama as president
John Dramani Mahama became president of Ghana on Monday, sworn in as the opposition continues to dispute election results in one of West African's ...
Cameroon judge frees 2 men jailed for looking gay
A court has overturned the conviction of two men who were sentenced for five years in prison for "looking gay" and ordering Bailey's Irish Cream.
Ivory Coast report: Many factors caused stampede
Officials say that the New Year's stampede in Ivory Coast which killed 64 people was caused by a combination of several factors including unofficial ...
7 killed, 7 wounded in northwest Nigeria attacks
A government official says suspected armed robbers terrorizing northwest Nigeria raided three villages there, killing at least seven people and ...

S. Africa sends troops to Central African Republic
The South African presidency announced Sunday that is sending 400 army troops to Central African Republic to help the country's army as it faces a ...

Rebels in C. African Republic seize another town
Rebels in Central African Republic seized control of another town on Saturday, just days before they are to begin negotiations with the government in ...
Mali's Islamists withdraw cease-fire pledge
An Islamist group in northern Mali says it's suspending its pledge to halt hostilities less than a month after it agreed to do so. The group Ansar ...

Different challenges in Central African Rep., Mali
Two land-locked, desperately poor African countries are gripped by rebellions in the north that have left huge chunks of both nations outside of ...
Nigeria police: Hyundai paid $187K to free workers
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. paid about $187,000 to free four abducted South Korean workers and their local colleague, a lucrative ransom showing the ...

Ivory Coast New Year's death toll rises to 64
Ivory Coast's health minister says the death toll in the New Year's stampede has risen to 64. Health Minister Raymonde Goudou, speaking to the press, ...

C. African Republic leader fires son from post
Facing an insurgency by a new rebel coalition, the president of Central African Republic consolidated military power under his control Thursday after ...

Nigeria airline in June crash resumes flights
The Nigerian airline involved in a June crash that killed at least 163 people resumed domestic flights Thursday, even though officials acknowledge ...
Algerian forces kill 2 Islamist insurgents
Algerian security forces killed two radical Islamist insurgents on Wednesday in the same locality east of the capital where seven were killed a day ...

Stampede after fireworks kills 61 in Ivory Coast
A crowd stampeded after leaving a New Year's fireworks show early Tuesday in Ivory Coast's main city, killing 61 people — many of them children and ...
Detained Nigerian newspaper journalists released
An official says two Nigerian journalists have been freed after being detained without charges for more than a week by the nation's secret police ...

AP IMPACT: Al-Qaida carves out own country in Mali
Deep inside caves, in remote desert bases, in the escarpments and cliff faces of northern Mali, Islamic fighters are burrowing into the earth, ...