Benin
African Cup qualifier canceled over disputed COVID-19 tests

By Gerald Imray Mar. 30, 2021 07:32 PM EDT
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Benin refused to play a decisive African Cup of Nations qualifying game in Sierra Leone on Tuesday after disputing that five of...

Nigeria declares emergency after rapes triple under lockdown

By Sam Olukoya Jun. 12, 2020 12:22 PM EDT
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Governors across Nigeria have declared a state of emergency over rape and other gender-based violence against women and children as...

People wearing face masks walk past closed street stalls and shops due to a government ban on the operation of non-essential businesses and markets to halt the spread of the new coronavirus, in Lagos, Nigeria Thursday, March 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
'Complete collapse of economies' ahead as Africa faces virus

By Rodney Muhumuza Apr. 05, 2020 04:55 AM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, file photo, vehicles are seen leaving the Gleneagles Hospital in Singapore where former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe had received medical treatment in the years before his death. The coronavirus pandemic could narrow one gaping inequality in Africa, where some heads of state and other elite jet off to Europe or Asia for health care unavailable in their nations but as global travel restrictions tighten, they might have to take their chances at home. (AP Photo/Danial Hakim, File)
African elite who once sought treatment abroad are grounded

By Cara Anna Apr. 04, 2020 02:59 AM EDT