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The Aluu Four: Ten years on from the mob killing that shocked Nigeria

Wed, 10/05/2022 - 20:14
The mob lynching of four students ten years ago shocked Nigeria.
Categories: Africa

Uganda's president sorry for son Muhoozi Kainerugaba's threat to invade Kenya

Wed, 10/05/2022 - 17:57
Uganda's leader embarks on a damage-control exercise after a series of bizarre tweets by his son.
Categories: Africa

East Africa drought: Why is it happening?

Wed, 10/05/2022 - 15:47
Ben Rich explains what is causing the repeated failed rainy seasons in the region and the impact of climate change.
Categories: Africa

Proscovia Peace: Netball has provided meaning to Uganda captain's life

Wed, 10/05/2022 - 10:58
Uganda captain Proscovia Peace on netball helping her through many struggles in life, including being poisoned.
Categories: Africa

Somalia drought: The fight for survival as famine looms

Tue, 10/04/2022 - 22:54
Children are dying in growing numbers amid the worst drought to hit Somalia in 40 years.
Categories: Africa

Nigerian child killed in 'bullet-proof' charm test

Tue, 10/04/2022 - 17:34
The 12-year-old was shot dead after a healer had given him a protective charm, police say.
Categories: Africa

Eliud Kipchoge: Kenyan world record holder can go faster 'in near future'

Tue, 10/04/2022 - 15:20
Kenyan marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge believes he can still go faster, despite setting a world record in Berlin last month.
Categories: Africa

Burkina Faso coup: Who is new leader Ibrahim Traoré?

Tue, 10/04/2022 - 12:27
Burkina Faso has a new leadership, after members of the army overthrew the government.
Categories: Africa

John Mikel Obi: Choosing Chelsea over United was 'best decision of my life'

Tue, 10/04/2022 - 10:45
Former Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi says moving to Stamford Bridge instead of Manchester United was the "best decision of my life".
Categories: Africa

Aluu 4: Ten years from the lynching that shocked Nigeria

Tue, 10/04/2022 - 01:29
Little has changed 10 years after the mob killing of four students that shocked Nigeria.
Categories: Africa

Olympic Games 2036: Bidders Egypt say 'it is time for Africa'

Mon, 10/03/2022 - 16:49
Egypt's Olympic authorities, who will bid for the 2036 Games, say it is "time for Africa" to stage the event for the first time.
Categories: Africa

Capt Ibrahim Traoré: Burkina Faso's new military ruler

Mon, 10/03/2022 - 16:24
Capt Ibrahim Traoré is the latest young officer to seize power in France's former colonies in Africa.
Categories: Africa

King Charles to host South African president for first state visit

Mon, 10/03/2022 - 13:58
President Cyril Ramaphosa's state visit next month will be the first of King Charles' reign.
Categories: Africa

One Kenyan woman's journey for the father she has never known

Mon, 10/03/2022 - 01:00
BBC Africa Eye goes on a journey with a woman in Kenya, searching for the father she has never known.
Categories: Africa

Burkina Faso's military leader agrees to step down after coup

Sun, 10/02/2022 - 21:11
Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba steps down after his successor allegedly pledges to restore civilian rule.
Categories: Africa

London Marathon 2022: Amos Kipruto and Yalemzerf Yehualaw win first titles in elite races

Sun, 10/02/2022 - 13:47
Kenya's Amos Kipruto and Ethiopia's Yalemzerf Yehualaw win their maiden London Marathon titles with breakaway victories in the elite men's and women's races.
Categories: Africa

Mayar Sherif: Winning historic Parma Open title "means a lot to Egypt"

Sun, 10/02/2022 - 11:41
Mayar Sherif says winning the Parma Open "means a lot" to her country after becoming the first Egyptian woman to win a WTA title.
Categories: Africa

Zimbabwe's treasure trove of lost radical art on display in Harare

Sun, 10/02/2022 - 01:00
Paintings by black Zimbabwean artists, recovered in storage in London, go in show at home after 70 years.
Categories: Africa

Equatorial Guinea seeks to block sale of confiscated Paris mansion

Sat, 10/01/2022 - 23:03
The luxury mansion was seized after Equatorial Guinea's vice-president was convicted of embezzling money.
Categories: Africa

2025 Africa Cup of Nations: Morocco 'to bid' as Guinea stripped of finals

Sat, 10/01/2022 - 16:50
Morocco is set to bid for the 2025 Nations Cup after Guinea was stripped of hosting the 24-team finals by African football body Caf.
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