BBC News - Africa
Updated: 39 min 18 sec ago
Sat, 06/13/2026 - 19:11
Australia open their T20 World Cup campaign with a 65-run victory over fellow contenders South Africa to lay down an early marker.
Sat, 06/13/2026 - 17:25
Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar's death highlights continuing security challenges facing parts of the country.
Sat, 06/13/2026 - 14:09
Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey is banned from entering Canada for their opening game of the World Cup.
Sat, 06/13/2026 - 14:09
Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey is banned from entering Canada for their opening game of the World Cup.
Fri, 06/12/2026 - 23:37
Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey will miss his nation's first World Cup game in Toronto against Panama, after being denied entry to Canada.
Fri, 06/12/2026 - 18:41
Sylvester Muigai Ndung'u was in Nanyuki to fetch a school uniform on Tuesday, his mother says.
Fri, 06/12/2026 - 16:35
Bola Tinubu was addressing the nation on Democracy Day, marking the return to civilian rule in 1999.
Fri, 06/12/2026 - 16:26
Former captain Dean Furman says South Africa were "miles off it" in their World Cup opener against Mexico, as many on the continent 'hate-watch' Bafana Bafana.
Fri, 06/12/2026 - 16:26
Former captain Dean Furman says South Africa were "miles off it" in their World Cup opener against Mexico, as many on the continent 'hate-watch' Bafana Bafana.
Fri, 06/12/2026 - 16:26
Former captain Dean Furman says South Africa were "miles off it" in their World Cup opener against Mexico, as many on the continent 'hate-watch' Bafana Bafana.
Fri, 06/12/2026 - 15:46
Former two-time world champion Gudaf Tsegay is banned for four months after admitting the presence of a prohibited substance in an out-of-competition test.
Fri, 06/12/2026 - 15:05
Southwark Council in south London takes possession of a property linked to Sierra Leone's Fatima Bio.
Fri, 06/12/2026 - 12:52
The taunting reflects anger from parts of the continent over reports of xenophobia in South Africa.
Fri, 06/12/2026 - 12:52
The taunting reflects anger from parts of the continent over reports of xenophobia in South Africa.
Thu, 06/11/2026 - 19:26
Morocco forward Abde Ezzalzouli and defender Nayef Aguerd withdraw from their squad because of injury, two days before their World Cup opener against Brazil.
Thu, 06/11/2026 - 17:57
Rights groups accuse the RSF paramilitary group of killing civilians in el-Obeid, a city on the civil war's front line.
Thu, 06/11/2026 - 17:57
Rights groups accuse the RSF paramilitary group of killing civilians in el-Obeid, a city on the civil war's front line.
Thu, 06/11/2026 - 16:24
Somali referee Omar Artan is appointed to take charge of the Uefa Super Cup match between Paris St-Germain and Aston Villa later this summer after being denied a spot at the World Cup.
Thu, 06/11/2026 - 16:24
Somali referee Omar Artan is appointed to take charge of the Uefa Super Cup match between Paris St-Germain and Aston Villa later this summer after being denied a spot at the World Cup.
Thu, 06/11/2026 - 16:24
Somali referee Omar Artan is appointed to take charge of the Uefa Super Cup match between Paris St-Germain and Aston Villa later this summer after being denied a spot at the World Cup.
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