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Africa
First results announced from South Africa election
The first results have been announced from what is seen as South Africa's most closely...
Is Nigeria on the right track after a year of Tinubu?
Nigerians love their football but it is no longer the main topic of conversation...
South Africans still battling ‘economic apartheid’ 30 years...
Jameelah’s room was once a morgue; Faldilah’s was a bathroom; Bevil’s – the doctor’s...
Burkina Faso extends military rule by five years
Burkina Faso's military government has announced it will extend junta rule for another...
Cynthia voted for Nelson Mandela. Now she's abandoning...
They were shadow people, moving beyond the light of small fires on a winter dawn....
Pomp and drama as deposed Nigerian emir returns to throne
As he returned to the throne in a colourful ceremony, Nigeria's influential Emir...
Biden welcomes Kenya's leader as US under pressure in Africa
Kenyan President William Ruto is the first African leader in more than 15 years...
Zambia row over ex-President Lungu's house arrest claims
Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu has said that he was "practically under house...
Africa's week in pictures: 17 - 23 May 2024
A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:
Why Eritreans are at war with each other around the world
Police forces across the world are prepped for Eritrea’s independence day this Friday...
I couldn't bury my brother because of Sudan bombing
Fierce fighting in Sudan's besieged city of El Fasher has become so intense that...
Inside the secret government Rwanda training base
Plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda have already proved to be divisive. The Conservatives...
Generator fumes choke Nigeria students to death - reports
At least seven university students have died after apparently inhaling fumes from...
Kenya defends cost of jet for President Ruto's US trip
Kenya's government has defended the cost of President William Ruto's trip to the...
South Africans' desperate search for jobs overshadows election
Hundreds of South Africans have turned up at the job fair, CVs and school certificates...