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Africa
'Our future is over': Forced to flee by a year of war
On the side of a dirt road in Adré, a key crossing on the Sudan-Chad border, 38-year-old...
'No preaching' and other tactics as China woos African...
With pomp and splendour, China has welcomed more than 50 Africans leaders to Beijing...
Beauty queen to seek therapy over xenophobic abuse
A beauty queen who received xenophobic abuse in South Africa and became the subject...
Ten Nigerian protesters charged with treason
Ten people who took part in last month’s protests across Nigeria have been charged...
British man baffled by Nigeria declaring him a top fugitive
A British national has said he is at a loss as to why the Nigerian police have accused...
Why Nigeria’s ‘Mr Flag Man’ has waited a year to be buried
The family of the man who designed Nigeria’s national flag have told the BBC they...
Beauty queen at center of South Africa xenophobia spat...
Chidimma Adetshina, a beauty pageant contestant who faced a wave of hostility in...
Collapse after collapse - why Lagos buildings keep crashing...
A building has collapsed in Nigeria’s megacity, Lagos, once every two weeks on average...
Why Ethiopia is so alarmed by an Egypt-Somalia alliance
A military alliance between Somalia and Egypt is ruffling feathers in the fragile...
Namibia blocks ship over Israel war-crime concerns
A vessel suspected by the Namibian authorities to be carrying military cargo intended...
SA billionaire overtakes Dangote as Africa’s richest man
South African billionaire Johann Rupert has overtaken Nigerian industrialist Aliko...
World's police in technological arms race with Nigerian...
Police units around the world have joined forces in a series of covert operations...
Who benefits from Lesotho’s ‘white gold’?
Here in Lesotho it is known as white gold – the water which plays such an important...
South Africa's 'favourite teacher' dies aged 85
South Africans are paying tributes to their “favourite teacher", William Smith,...
South Africa's last zoo elephant freed after 40 years
South Africa’s last zoo elephant has been released back into the wild after 40 years...