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Riffs, rage and racers: Africa's top shots

Fri, 05/02/2025 - 09:19
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.
Categories: Africa

Tracking a smuggler behind deadly Atlantic migrant crossing

Fri, 05/02/2025 - 01:16
BBC Verify tracks a man accused of selling places on a migrant boat which left dozens dead after getting lost at sea.
Categories: Africa

Tracking a smuggler behind deadly Atlantic migrant crossing

Fri, 05/02/2025 - 01:16
BBC Verify tracks a man accused of selling places on a migrant boat which left dozens dead after getting lost at sea.
Categories: Africa

Tracking a smuggler behind deadly Atlantic migrant crossing

Fri, 05/02/2025 - 01:16
BBC Verify tracks a man accused of selling places on a migrant boat which left dozens dead after getting lost at sea.
Categories: Africa

Tanzanian priest - and government critic - brutally attacked

Thu, 05/01/2025 - 15:33
The attack on a Catholic priest comes amid rising political tensions ahead of October's elections.
Categories: Africa

DR Congo seeks to remove ex-President Kabila's immunity

Thu, 05/01/2025 - 14:25
He is accused of backing M23 rebels in the east but he has previously denied links to the group.
Categories: Africa

Kenyan MP shot dead in 'targeted' attack in Nairobi

Thu, 05/01/2025 - 08:26
The opposition legislator had just left parliament when he was attacked by gunmen on a motorcycle, police say.
Categories: Africa

Why the trees behind shea butter beauty cream are under threat

Thu, 05/01/2025 - 08:19
One man's struggle to save Uganda's once-profitable trees that produce shea butter.
Categories: Africa

Why the trees behind shea butter beauty cream are under threat

Thu, 05/01/2025 - 08:19
One man's struggle to save Uganda's once-profitable trees that produce shea butter.
Categories: Africa

Why the trees behind 'women's gold' beauty creams are under threat

Thu, 05/01/2025 - 08:19
One man's struggle to save Uganda's once-profitable trees that produce shea butter.
Categories: Africa

South Africa sets up inquiry into apartheid prosecutions

Wed, 04/30/2025 - 18:46
Several apartheid-era atrocities, like murder, have been uncovered but few have made it to court.
Categories: Africa

Visit Rwanda signs new deal as Arsenal protests continue

Wed, 04/30/2025 - 17:30
Visit Rwanda signs a sponsorship deal with Atletico Madrid as Arsenal fans continue to call for their club to end its agreement with the tourism board.
Categories: Africa

Visit Rwanda signs new deal as Arsenal protests continue

Wed, 04/30/2025 - 17:30
Visit Rwanda signs a sponsorship deal with Atletico Madrid as Arsenal fans continue to call for their club to end its agreement with the tourism board.
Categories: Africa

Mali coup leader wins backing to be president for next five years

Wed, 04/30/2025 - 15:59
Gen Assimi Goïta, who has seized power twice, had previously promised to hold elections.
Categories: Africa

Missing South African police officers found dead in river after six days

Wed, 04/30/2025 - 13:10
It is unclear how they died - the police had referred to a possible kidnapping but now suggest an accident.
Categories: Africa

Taiwan condemns Somalia travel ban

Wed, 04/30/2025 - 12:33
Taiwanese are warned against traveling to Somalia or Somaliland for their own safety before the ban is lifted.
Categories: Africa

Pressure mounts to probe Kenya police and army after BBC exposé

Tue, 04/29/2025 - 17:24
A BBC investigation identifies members of the security forces who shot dead protesters last June.
Categories: Africa

Husband of late Nigerian gospel singer sentenced to death

Tue, 04/29/2025 - 16:22
The family of Osinachi Nwachukwu accused her husband of abusing the popular gospel singer before her death.
Categories: Africa

How African popes changed Christianity - and gave us Valentine's Day

Tue, 04/29/2025 - 01:42
Historians say there were three popes of North African descent, the last one more than 1,500 years ago.
Categories: Africa

How African popes changed Christianity - and gave us Valentine's Day

Tue, 04/29/2025 - 01:42
Historians say there were three popes of North African descent, the last one more than 1,500 years ago.
Categories: Africa

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