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Africa
Sudan: Waiting and praying for news of victory after two...
From the crowded northwestern market spilling over with returnees, vendors and soldiers,...
Why Uganda's iconic crested crane faces extinction
With its distinctive golden crown, red throat pouch and slender black legs, the...
DR Congo M23 rebels enter city of Bukavu
M23 rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have entered Bukavu,...
Shell in court over claims of oil pollution in Nigeria
Shell is in court today facing allegations it is responsible for oil pollution in...
Oil clean-up 'scam' warnings ignored by Shell, whistleblower...
A BBC investigation has uncovered allegations that energy giant Shell has ignored...
South Africa mourns pioneering female nuclear scientist
South Africa's first black female nuclear scientist, Senamile Masango, a trailblazer...
More than 150 female inmates raped and burned to death...
More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak...
Ghana wants more for its cashews, but it's a tough nut...
The Accra street vendor looks at me, bemused. I'm trying to establish how the rather...
Five sentenced to death in Nigeria over 'witchcraft' murder
Five men have been sentenced to death by hanging in Nigeria's Kano state for the...
At least 700 killed in DR Congo fighting since Sunday -...
The UN says at least 700 people have been killed in intense fighting in Goma, the...
Your phone, a rare metal and the war in DR Congo
There is a good chance that inside your mobile phone is a miniscule amount of a...
Zuma's daughter faces terrorism charges over South Africa...
The daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla,...
20 killed in South Sudan plane crash, officials say
A small aircraft carrying oil workers in South Sudan’s Unity State crashed on Wednesday,...
Bodies in streets as battle escalates in DR Congo city
The UN says hundreds of people are wounded and that bodies are lying in the streets...
DR Congo says Rwanda army in Goma
Congolese government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya said Kinshasa wanted to prevent...