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Africa
US and British citizens among 37 sentenced to death in...
Thirty-seven people - including three Americans, a Briton, a Belgian and a Canadian...
Olympic runner doused in petrol and set on fire by ex-partner...
Rebecca Cheptegei was killed just three weeks after her final race at Paris 2024...
Three men appear in court accused of killing two women...
Three men have appeared in court in South Africa accused of killing two women and...
Passengers stranded by strike at main Kenya airport
Hundreds of passengers have been stranded at Kenya's main airport as workers strike...
Ex-boyfriend who set fire to Ugandan athlete dies
The former boyfriend of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after...
At least 17 pupils killed in Kenya school fire, police...
Neighbours rushed to school to help put out blaze
'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...