BBC News - Africa
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Thu, 18/04/2024 - 03:54
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is targeting the new malaria vaccines as African countries start their rollout.
Tue, 16/04/2024 - 01:38
Patients have been left without access to crucial services at state hospitals for a month.
Mon, 15/04/2024 - 11:48
Slam poet Emi Mahmoud wants the world not to forget Sudan, one year into its civil war.
Tue, 09/04/2024 - 15:26
The bus was travelling to Nairobi when it was swept off the road.
Sun, 07/04/2024 - 19:36
Russ Cook, nicknamed "Hardest Geezer", has finished his challenge of running the length of Africa.
Fri, 05/04/2024 - 18:24
The BBC's Victoria Uwonkunda speaks to survivors of the Rwanda genocide violence 30 years after she fled.
Wed, 03/04/2024 - 11:56
Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal's fifth president, has been sworn into office at a ceremony in the capital, Dakar.
Fri, 26/01/2024 - 01:24
A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.
Fri, 26/01/2024 - 01:03
The ICJ could order Israel to stop military action, in a high-profile case brought by South Africa.
Thu, 25/01/2024 - 19:42
Nelson Chamisa, who came second in elections last year, says his party has been "hijacked".
Thu, 25/01/2024 - 19:33
Captain Fredy says Angola are growing in confidence as the Palancas Negras write history at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Thu, 25/01/2024 - 17:45
At least 43 people were killed in ethnic and religious violence in Plateau state, residents tell the BBC.
Thu, 25/01/2024 - 16:23
Top footballer Senzo Meyiwa was killed on the orders of singer Kelly Khumalo, a South African court hears.
Thu, 25/01/2024 - 13:54
Some say the comments are insensitive after 2,200 died of starvation and related illnesses in 2022.
Thu, 25/01/2024 - 13:35
The presidency scotches rumours that there is a plan to relocate the capital from Abuja.
Thu, 25/01/2024 - 13:17
Months after South Africa's deadliest fire, families are living in shacks with no power or water.
Thu, 25/01/2024 - 10:10
The six have been sentenced to death by hanging for their involvement in a 2021 coup plot.
Thu, 25/01/2024 - 09:41
The government is assessing the value of the mineral reserves, which have been found in six counties.
Wed, 24/01/2024 - 23:01
Treasures taken 150 years ago will go back, the BBC can reveal, in a possible model for other disputes.
Wed, 24/01/2024 - 03:44
Reports of hundreds of children dying of starvation are trickling in from remote areas in Tigray.
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