Central Africa

UN food agency says 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves in West and Central Africa

December 20, 2024

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — More than 40 million people are now struggling to feed themselves across West and Central Africa with that number set to rise to 52 million by the middle of next…

Cameroon’s separatist conflict forces hundreds of thousands of students out of education

October 20, 2024

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Jane Ndamei’s dream of becoming a medical doctor almost cost her life five years ago. The 20-year-old student from Cameroon’s restive southwestern region was…

'Water is flooding everywhere' as torrential rains sweep through West and Central Africa

September 20, 2024

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Houses swept away to the very last brick. Inmates frantically fleeing the city's main prison as its walls got washed away by water rising from an overflowing dam.…