LA Post: Africa

Days before Israeli election, military conducts massive West Bank operation

The Israeli military has carried out a massive operation in the occupied West Bank, displacing hundreds of Palestinians

October 25, 2026

How reliant is Ukraine on US support – and could Kyiv carry on without it?

October 24, 2026

Africa|Economy|Election

Nigeria's Tinubu launches re-election campaign as economic pain tests support

President Bola Tinubu formally launched his campaign for a second term on Saturday in the northern city of Kaduna, where he sought to

October 24, 2026

Russia, Ukraine agree on ceasefire in embattled town, to hold peace talks next month

Ukraine and Russia said on Friday they had agreed on a ceasefire in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky, brokered through US first lady

October 23, 2026

Africa|Health

Kenya announces 2nd Ebola death, a close relative of the first patient

Kenya’s Health Ministry has announced the country's second Ebola death

October 23, 2026

Africa|Health|Science|World

Kenya reports second death from Ebola

Kenya has recorded a second Ebola death, the health ministry said late on Friday, adding that the 65-year-old woman had developed symptoms during quarantine and was a close

October 23, 2026

Detained migrants have no constitutional right to bond hearings, US court rules

A US appeals court ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration is not required under the US Constitution to give detained immigrants a chance to

October 23, 2026

Africa

UAE diplomat running for UN chief faces questions over her country's support for Sudan rebels

Lana Nusseibeh, a diplomat from the United Arab Emirates, is the newest contender for United Nations secretary-general

October 23, 2026

Africa|Political|World

Ethiopia's Tigray rebels urged to disarm as commander vows to fight on

An official in Tigray’s new federal-backed administration has urged rebel fighters to lay down their weapons

October 23, 2026

Africa|Health

Health officials race to trace source of Nigeria's Ebola infection

Health officials across Africa are racing to determine how Nigeria's first Ebola patient in more than a decade became

October 23, 2026

Africa|World

Fighting in Ethiopia border town kills nine, thousands flee to Kenya

Fighting in a southern Ethiopian border town has killed at least nine people over the past few days, an official at a local hospital said, while a Kenyan official said at

October 23, 2026

New famine risk haunts war-torn Sudan with El Niño-driven drought

Across Sudan, farmers who have struggled to harvest their crops since a civil war

October 23, 2026

Africa|Health|Science|World

First Ebola patients in Nigeria and Kenya might have crossed paths at Uganda airport

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the first Ebola patients confirmed in Kenya and Nigeria might have crossed paths at an airport in Uganda

October 22, 2026

Africa|Health

Nigeria says Ebola case remains isolated, urges calm

Nigeria's health minister said on Thursday authorities had no evidence that the country's recently confirmed Ebola case had spread into the wider community,

October 22, 2026

Federal judge orders Trump administration to halt noncitizen voting investigation in 9 states

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote

October 22, 2026

Egypt calls for Yemen talks as parliament weighs military support to Saudi Arabia

Egypt advocates exploring "every opportunity" to resolve the Yemen conflict diplomatically, its foreign minister said, ahead of a parliamentary vote next week on authorising the

October 22, 2026

Aurora firefighters rescue trapped driver after crash

October 22, 2026

Israeli fire kills four people in Gaza, medics say

Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least four people in the Gaza Strip in separate incidents on Thursday, health officials in the enclave said.

October 22, 2026

Africa|Health|World

Ebola patient in Nigeria believed to have contracted disease in Uganda, Switzerland says

The Ebola patient in Nigeria, the Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat based in Abuja, is believed to have

October 22, 2026

Africa|Health|World

Late detection in Nigeria raises alarm as Ebola spreads across Africa

Nigeria's first Ebola patient in over a decade was not tested for the disease until 13 days after falling ill,

October 22, 2026

Africa|Arts|Environment|Europe|World

An Austrian and a Swiss woman freed in Niger after a year and half in captivity

Two women from Austria and Switzerland have been freed in Niger after spending more than a year and half in captivity, officials and local media reported Thursday

October 22, 2026

Deportations climb under Trump but fall short of White House target, a new report finds

A new report shows President Donald Trump's administration has sharply increased deportations over the past year

October 22, 2026

Iran's IRGC Navy says seven vessels hit, warns US of wider response

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said on Thursday that four vessels involved in illegal oil transfers in the northern Persian Gulf were simultaneously hit and

October 22, 2026