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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir attends the swearing-in ceremony for Kenya's new president William Ruto, at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya on Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

What to know about South Sudan’s major offensive against opposition forces

South Sudan’s army has launched a major military operation against opposition forces after recent territorial losses.

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A supporter of Uganda opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known as Bobi Wine, holds onto a campaign poster in Kampala, Uganda, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

Days after a disputed election, Uganda’s army is on the hunt for opposition leader Bobi Wine

Yesterday

American YouTuber and online streamer Darren Jason Watkins Jr., known as IShowSpeed, meets fans at Independence Square in Accra, Ghana, during his Africa tour, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Tsraha Yaw)

IShowSpeed wraps up Africa tour highlighting the continent’s cultural diversity

Yesterday

Migrants from Eritrea, Libya and Sudan sail a wooden boat before being assisted by aid workers of the Spanish NGO Open Arms, in the Mediterranean sea, about 30 miles north of Libya, Saturday, June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra, File)

Dutch court jails Eritrean man for 20 years over ‘cruel’ people smuggling

Yesterday

Workers unload goods from boats on the shores of Lake Kivu in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, a year after M23 took control of the city. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Goma in eastern Congo is hanging by a thread a year after the city fell to Rwanda-backed rebels

Yesterday

AFRICA PULSE

Participants walk out of the ocean after a group aquatic therapy session in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Senegal’s aquagym classes offer hope and healing for people with reduced mobility

Yesterday

A 10-year-old girl reacts after receiving a free dose of the HPV vaccine at Budiriro Polyclinic in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Ufumeli)

Health officials team with a soccer tournament for cervical cancer vaccination for African girls

January 26

This image made from video shows the scene after flooding in Tete Province, Mozambique, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo)

Floods push crocodiles into Mozambican towns as health concerns rise

January 23

A health worker administers a cholera vaccine in Blantyre, southern Malawi, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi)

Malawi rolls out cholera vaccines as rains and floods raise the threat of deadly outbreaks

January 23

The Gates Foundation campus sign is seen on April 30, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Rwanda to test AI-powered technology in clinics under a new Gates Foundation project

January 22

Anne Bonareri, a widow, looks out the window of her home in Kisii, Kenya, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Kenyan women lost their husbands and then their land. But some are fighting back

January 11

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Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu gives a joint statement with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, at the Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Several Nigerian military officers will be tried on accusations they plotted a coup

Yesterday

Sudan’s military says it breaks the paramilitary RSF’s siege of a key town

January 26

Senegal supporters clash with security services after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late on during the Africa Cup of Nations final soccer match between Senegal and Morocco in Rabat, Morocco, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Youssef Loulidi)

Morocco and Senegal pledge to stay friends and boost trade after Africa Cup soccer tensions

January 26

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi meets with President Donald Trump during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Egypt to adopt restrictions on children’s social media use to fight ‘digital chaos’

January 26

Maryan Hashi poses with her snowboard at Vedbobacken in Vasteras, Sweden, Saturday Jan. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Steve Douglas)

Europe’s rising diversity is not reflected at the Winter Olympics. Culture plays a big role

January 26

CORRECTS CITY AND COUNTRY TO BAMAKO, MALI - In this photo released by INTERPOL, victims of human trafficking are detained at an office in Bamako, Mali, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. (INTERPOL via AP)

Interpol arrests more than 3,700 suspects in global trafficking crackdown

January 26

Jesus Munoz Gutierrez, a Mexican migrant deported months ago to South Sudan by the United States under an immigration crackdown, is repatriated to his home country at Juba Airport in South Sudan, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Deng Machol, File)

After accepting US deportees, South Sudan wanted sanctions relief for top official, documents show

January 24

Senegal's Sadio Mane holds the trophy aloft as he celebrates with teammates after winning the Africa Cup of Nations final soccer match between Senegal and Morocco in Rabat, Morocco, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Youssef Loulidi)

Morocco urges African fraternity after surge in hate speech linked to chaotic Africa Cup final

January 23

Flood waters cover the Chibuto-Chaimite road in Gaza province, Mozambique, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo)

What to know about the devastating floods in southern Africa

January 22

Relatives of school children, who died when the minibus they were riding in collided with a truck, weep at the scene of the crash in Vanderbijlpark, South of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo, File)

Death toll in South Africa school bus crash rises to 14 as the driver is charged with murder

January 22

The BYD Changzhou car carrier is docked at Terminal Zarate in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, where hybrid and electric vehicles shipped from China are parked next to the ship. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

As Trump talks tariffs, his ally Milei welcomes a first shipload of Chinese EVs

January 22

Gunmen kill 31 villagers in western Niger, student groups and a resident say

January 20

Cars are parked outside Hennepin County Medical Center on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Sarah Raza)

Doctors in Minnesota decry fear and chaos amid Trump administration’s immigration crackdown

January 21

President of Burkina Faso Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 23, 2022, at the U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

Togo says it has extradited Burkina Faso’s former junta leader

January 20

Nigerian police recognize church attacks that abducted 168 after initial denial

January 20

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir attends the swearing-in ceremony for Kenya's new president William Ruto, at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya on Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

South Sudan president fires interior minister in a move threatening peace agreement

January 20

This image made from video shows the scene after flooding in Tete Province, Mozambique, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo)

Floods in Mozambique displace more than 300,000 people in one province, governor says

January 19

Police inspects the scene of a collision between a truck and a minibus carrying school children in Vanderbijlpark, South of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo)

School bus crash in South Africa kills at least 13 children, police say

January 19

People walk through floodwaters in Nkomazi, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Alfonso Nqunjana)

South Africa declares a national disaster over flooding and severe weather

January 18

The Iranian navy ship Naghdi is seen docked at Simon's Town Harbour in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

South Africa investigates Iran’s participation in naval drills off its coast after US criticism

January 16

Children wade through floodwaters in a neighborhood in Maputo, Mozambique, on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Carlos Uqueio)

More than 100 dead in torrential rains and floods across southern Africa

January 17

Floods force evacuations from South Africa’s Kruger National Park and leave 19 dead in other regions

January 15

A person walks outside of the Gates Foundation campus Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Gates Foundation unveils $9 billion budget and plans to cut staff

January 14

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Trump administration says it is ending deportation protections for some Somali migrants

January 13

A drone buzzes over a statue in the Somaliland capital of Hargeisa, Feb. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Cara Anna)

Israel’s recognition of breakaway Somaliland brings uproar and threats to a volatile region

January 13

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni speaks during the 60th Independence Anniversary Celebrations, in Kololo, Uganda, Sunday Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda, file)

Uganda’s military deployed in national capital before presidential election

January 13

Worker shovels up freshly extracted sharp sand from a dredging transporter in Ibeshe, Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)

Africa’s megacity of Lagos reshapes its coast by dredging and puts environment at risk

January 12

Two Hollywood stars, Jonathan Majors, left, and Meagan Good, attend a private ceremony where they were awarded their Guinean citizenship in Conakry, Guinea, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/ Fode Toure)

Hollywood couple Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors gain Guinean citizenship

January 10

U.S. Department of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks before President Donald Trump arrives at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

As tensions flare in Minnesota, Treasury Secretary Bessent pushes a crackdown on fraud

January 9

The Chinese supply ship Taihu is moored in False Bay near Simon's Town, South Africa, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

China, Russia and Iran join South Africa for naval drills as tensions run high

January 9

People protest against Israel’s recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Hundreds in Somalia’s capital protest Israel’s recognition of breakaway territory of Somaliland

January 9

In this May 18, 2019 file photo, newly-arrived women who fled drought line up to receive food distributed by local volunteers at a camp for displaced persons in the Daynile neighborhood on the outskirts of the Somalian capital Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, file)

Somalia denies US allegation that it destroyed food aid warehouse

January 8

A man holds a placard featuring the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife during a demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alfonso Nqunjana)

Protesters in South Africa condemn US intervention in Venezuela, call for Maduro’s release

January 8

A Somali National Army (SNA) soldier stands in the back of a pickup truck as others stand nearby on a street in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodney Muhumuza)

Somalia’s fight against extremist militants shows signs of success on the streets of Mogadishu

January 8

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