BBC News - Africa
Updated: 58 min 13 sec ago
Fri, 05/17/2024 - 14:17
Kenenisa Bekele will face fellow all-time great Eliud Kipchoge at the Olympics, 21 years on from their first meeting in a final.
Fri, 05/17/2024 - 12:27
Israel's lawyers push back against South Africa, which is trying to get its Rafah offensive stopped.
Fri, 05/17/2024 - 11:17
Former boxing world champion Lovemore Ndou compares himself to Nelson Mandela before he runs for election in South Africa.
Fri, 05/17/2024 - 10:58
The ICJ ruling has come under intense scrutiny, centring on the word "plausible". What did the court mean?
Fri, 05/17/2024 - 05:09
Lebohang Kganye has won the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize for her exhibition Haufi nyana? I've come to take you home
Fri, 05/17/2024 - 04:28
Scientists say the ancient wonders are likely to have been built along a now-dried up branch of the River Nile.
Fri, 05/17/2024 - 02:14
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent.
Fri, 05/17/2024 - 02:14
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent.
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 01:56
A Kenyan mother's desperate attempts to save her son who is on death row in Saudi Arabia.
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 19:33
President Ramaphosa approves a law that seeks to provide universal health care for all - but not everyone is happy.
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 01:12
Illegal shipments of rosewood continue and some of the profit ends up with jihadists, research says.
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 16:15
The American music icon has long been an admirer of the west African country.
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 12:05
The world’s longest cruise has been forced to amend its route and is now calling at nine African ports.
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 12:05
The world’s longest cruise has been forced to amend its route and is now calling at nine African ports.
Sun, 05/12/2024 - 23:18
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex unveiled a partnership with Giants of Africa, an NGO which uses sport to empower young people.
Sun, 05/12/2024 - 14:50
At least 19 people are still unaccounted for and 33 construction workers are confirmed to have died - and more stories
Sun, 05/12/2024 - 08:57
The Duchess of Sussex describes the "eye opening" experience of learning about her Nigerian ancestry.
Sat, 05/11/2024 - 20:11
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been welcomed by a charity which helps service personnel in Nigeria.
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 14:01
The UN says that at least 32 people have died and more than 40,000 have been forced from their homes.
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 20:14
Officials say those aboard were returning home to Ethiopia from Yemen and some are still missing.
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