This is a list of mass or spree killers in Africa. A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills 3 or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period, not including themself.^[1][2] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others.^[3][4][5]

This list does not include serial killers, members of democidal governments, or major political figures who orchestrated such actions.

The victims must have been largely the relatives of the perpetrator to be considered a familicide.

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Perpetrator	Date	Year	Location	Country	Killed	Injured	W	Additional Notes	Ref.
Berri Khan	Feb.	1914	Tripoli	Libya	10	0	MP	Committed suicide	[85]
Unknown man		2009	Aden	Yemen	10	0	A	Committed suicide	[86]
Mukobero Muchika, Jamin, 43*	April 29	2001	Shibuye	Kenya	9	6	M	Arrested Terminated a pregnancy	[87]
Sobhy Ibrahim Abdel-Alim, 42* (صبحى إبراهيم عبد العليم)	July 19	2007	Minya Governorate	Egypt	8	3	F	Sentenced to death	[88]
Kasoma, Christopher, 43*	April 27	2004	Nsangi	Uganda	8	0	M	Committed suicide Terminated two pregnancies	[89]
Njenga Fundi	Oct. 26/27	1968	Mariani	Kenya	7	3	F P	Arrested	[90]
Siboza, Elias, 60	Feb. 24	2000	Clau Clau	South Africa	7	2	F	Committed suicide	[91]
Nkoana, Clifford, 30*	Nov. 9	1996	Graaff-Reinet	South Africa	7	1	F A	Committed suicide	[92]
Lubbe, Pieter Albertus, 35	Jan. 10	1953	Fauresmith	South Africa	7	0	F	Committed suicide	[93]
Jooste, Johnny, 36*	Feb. 20	2000	Ceres	South Africa	7	0	F	Sentenced to 38 years	[94]
Byekwaso, Abdallah, 28*	Aug. 17	2007	Kiraba	Uganda	7	0	M	Committed suicide	[95]
Mohammad S.*	Jan. 31	2017	Faw Qibli	Egypt	7	0	F	Arrested	[96]
Kamili, Theophil, 52*	Sept. 28	2010	Barazani village	Tanzania	7	0	A	Arrested Killed a number of cattle, sheep and goats	[97]
Unknown, 16*	Oct.	1927	Zagazig	Egypt	6	1	P	Arrested	[98]
Feher, Lios, 33*	Dec. 28	1969	Benoni	South Africa	6	1	F	Committed suicide	[99]
Kapambe, Lemison, 22	June 3	2012	Pondani	Malawi	6	1	M	Killed by angry mob	[100]
J. M., 45*	Jan. 2	1976		Kenya	6	0	M	Arrested	[101]
M'Maroo, William, 17	May 26	1988	Linjoka	Kenya	6	0	M	Died while trying to escape	[102]
van Heerden, Jacobus Johannes, 55*	Feb. 20	2007	Vanderbijlpark	South Africa	6	0	F	Committed suicide	[103]
Thokamolemo, Orelesitse Modise 26*	Jan.	2008	Letlhakane	Botswana	6	0	M	Sentenced to death and executed	[104]
Mokhali, Tsepang Solomon, 21*	Dec. 28	2012	Inanda	South Africa	6	0	FM	Sentenced to six life terms Terminated a pregnancy	[105]
Unknown	June 17	2005	Kajiado	Kenya	6	?		Arrested	[106]

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W – A basic description of the weapons used in the murders

F – Firearms and other ranged weapons, especially rifles and handguns, but also bows and crossbows, grenade launchers, flamethrowers, or slingshots

M – Melee weapons, like knives, swords, spears, machetes, axes, clubs, rods, stones, or bare hands

O – Any other weapons, such as bombs, hand grenades, Molotov cocktails, poison and poisonous gas, as well as vehicle and arson attacks

A – indicates that an arson attack was the only other weapon used

V – indicates that a vehicle was the only other weapon used

E – indicates that explosives of any sort were the only other weapon used

P – indicates that an anaesthetising or deadly substance of any kind was the only other weapon used (includes poisonous gas)^{[citation needed]}