Gerald Imray

CAPSAT military unit commander Col. Michael Randrianirina during an interview with The Associated Press in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/ Brian Inganga)

An army colonel who led a lightning-fast coup takes over as Madagascar’s president

October 17, 2025 at 8:19 a.m.

An army colonel who seized power in a military coup was sworn in as Madagascar’s new leader Friday in a lightning-fast power grab that ousted the president and sent him...

Leader of Madagascar’s military rebellion tells AP he is ‘taking the position of president’

October 15, 2025 at 8:24 a.m.

The leader of Madagascar’s military rebellion said Wednesday that he is “taking the position of president” in an interview with The Associated Press, adding that armed forces would be in...

FILE – President Andry Rajoelina addresses a state ceremony, Sept. 2, 2025, in Antananarivo, Madagascar. (AP Photo/Alexander Joe, file)

Madagascar’s president, hiding in an unknown location, dissolves parliament to deepen crisis

October 14, 2025 at 8:50 a.m.

Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina dissolved the lower house of parliament on Tuesday, deepening the political crisis in the Indian Ocean island nation after a military rebellion led him to flee...

Soldiers are greeted by people gathering for a ceremony in tribute to demonstrators killed during recent anti-government protest in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mamyrael)

Madagascar president has left the country after soldiers turned against him, lawmaker says

October 13, 2025 at 12:29 p.m.

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has left the country after an elite military unit turned against the government in an apparent coup, an opposition lawmaker in the Indian Ocean country said Monday.

US deports immigrants from Jamaica, Cuba and other countries to the African kingdom of Eswatini

July 16, 2025 at 3:09 p.m.

The United States sent five men it describes as “barbaric” criminals to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s largely secretive third-country deportation program,...

President Donald Trump greets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white farmers

May 21, 2025 at 3:54 p.m.

President Donald Trump used a White House meeting to forcefully confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing the country of failing to address Trump’s baseless claim of the systematic killing...

FILE – The Harry S. Truman Building, headquarters for the State Department, is seen in Washington, March 9, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

First group of 49 white South Africans leaves for the US after Donald Trump offered them refugee status

May 11, 2025 at 5:39 p.m.

A group of 49 white South Africans departed their homeland Sunday for the United States on a private charter plane having been offered refugee status by the Trump administration under...

FILE – White South Africans demonstrate in support of U.S. President Donald Trump in front of the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Donald Trump is bringing white South Africans to the US as refugees, but what persecution are they facing?

May 10, 2025 at 1:39 p.m.

The Trump administration is bringing a small number of white South Africans to the United States as refugees next week in what it says is the start of a larger...

FILE – A Cape vulture is seen in its enclosure at the Vulture Programme at Boekenhoutkloof near Hartbeespoort Dam, South Africa on Sept. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)

Vultures are among the least loved animals. African conservationists are trying to change that

April 12, 2025 at 3:32 p.m.

Conservationists in Africa have launched an effort to save endangered vultures by trying to put a dollar figure on their incredible value.

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry smiles after receiving her gold medal for winning the 200-meter backstroke at the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Aug. 16, 2008, in Beijing. (Mark Baker/AP)

Who is Kirsty Coventry, the next president of the International Olympic Committee?

March 20, 2025 at 2:59 p.m.

Kirsty Coventry, 41, was elected to one of the most powerful jobs in sports on Thursday, becoming the first woman and first African to be named president of the International...

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