News from .africa domains
2,380 news articles published under .africa domains. Unlike country, the domain zone is observed rather than inferred.
The busiest publisher in this slice is capitalfm.africa with 2,011 articles, 84.5% of the total, followed by fr.sputniknews.africa, tech.africa. By language it splits into English (2,075), French (278). Daily volume averages about 28 articles over the last 8 days, peaking at 43 on 2026-08-31.
Fetch it
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?tld=africa&date=today&sort=date&size=20"No API key, no signup, no quota. The response carries the headline, description,
publisher, publication time and the original URL for every article, and the full body text
if you ask for it with full_text=true.
Count it
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/stats?tld=africa&top=20"Returns exactly the breakdown shown on this page: which publishers, which languages, and how the volume splits across the last 90 days. About 200 tokens, which makes it the cheapest way for an agent to decide whether this slice is worth reading.
Latest from this slice
The newest articles matching this filter at the time this page was generated. Headlines link to the publisher — we index and search, we do not host.
| Published | Headline | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
2026-09-07T11:04 | Sing’oei says Ruto’s remarks on foreign traders were ‘taken out of context’ | capitalfm.africa |
2026-09-07T10:42 | Police arrest suspected robbery suspect after targeted Garissa operation | capitalfm.africa |
2026-09-07T10:31 | UN: Climate, clean-air action could return $15 for every $1 invested | capitalfm.africa |
2026-09-07T10:30 | Gachagua: Let Maa Community Decide Who Takes Over Magadi | capitalfm.africa |
2026-09-07T09:54 | Ruto sends condolences to Samia after husband’s death | capitalfm.africa |
2026-09-07T08:51 | Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s husband dies | capitalfm.africa |
2026-09-07T08:48 | Muigua Claims NCBA Railway Invitation Title in Second KAGC Win | capitalfm.africa |
2026-09-07T08:25 | Can Gor Mahia nick impossible win over Pyramids in Champions League return leg? | capitalfm.africa |
Who publishes it
The 6 most active publishers inside this slice right now. Not a curated list — this is simply who appeared most often.
| Publisher | Articles | Share | API |
|---|---|---|---|
capitalfm.africa | 2,011 | 84.5% | query |
fr.sputniknews.africa | 266 | 11.2% | query |
tech.africa | 59 | 2.5% | query |
www.athletics.africa | 27 | 1.1% | query |
lejournal.africa | 12 | 0.5% | query |
www.bizcommunity.africa | 5 | 0.2% | query |
Countries behind .africa
The zone is a fact; the country is inferred from it and from other signals. Where they disagree, this table shows it.
| Code | Name | Articles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | United States | 1,723 | 72.4% |
| KE | Kenya | 288 | 12.1% |
| FR | France | 266 | 11.2% |
| ZA | South Africa | 64 | 2.7% |
| NG | Nigeria | 1 | 0.0% |
Languages under .africa
Volume by day
How much this slice produces daily. Useful for sizing a job before you run it, and for spotting whether a spike is real or an artefact of one publisher.
| Day | Articles | |
|---|---|---|
2026-09-07 | 22 | |
2026-09-06 | 15 | |
2026-09-05 | 23 | |
2026-09-04 | 36 | |
2026-09-03 | 29 | |
2026-09-02 | 15 | |
2026-09-01 | 41 | |
2026-08-31 | 43 | |
2026-08-30 | 23 | |
2026-08-29 | 29 | |
2026-08-28 | 43 | |
2026-08-27 | 46 | |
2026-08-26 | 41 | |
2026-08-25 | 32 |
Combine with other filters
# AFRICA, published today, full article bodies
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?tld=africa&date=today&full_text=true&size=10"
# AFRICA, search phrase, ranked by relevance
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?tld=africa&q=economy&sort=relevance&size=20"
# AFRICA, newly ingested in the last 15 minutes
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?tld=africa&sort=crawled&from=now-15m&size=50"