BBC News - Africa
Updated: 3 days 8 hours ago
Sat, 05/17/2025 - 02:06
Ozwald Boateng's four decades of experience was on show at the fashion world's biggest event.
Fri, 05/16/2025 - 19:01
Sylvia Bongo and her son was freed from prison last week despite facing charges of embezzling public funds.
Fri, 05/16/2025 - 18:29
Masra's party the Transformers say their leader's detention took place "outside of any known judicial procedure".
Fri, 05/16/2025 - 17:24
Cameroon forward Bryan Mbeumo did not expect to be nominated for the Premier League player of the season award despite an impressive campaign with Brentford.
Fri, 05/16/2025 - 13:19
US President Donald Trump says a genocide is taking place in South Africa, a claim a judge dismissed as "imaginary".
Fri, 05/16/2025 - 13:14
South African teenager Khosi Dlomo wants to encourage others to take up her little-known equestrian sport of tent pegging.
Fri, 05/16/2025 - 11:39
The TPLF fought a two-year civil war against the federal government, which ended in 2022.
Fri, 05/16/2025 - 00:28
Charl Kleinhaus tells the BBC he had no choice but to leave his farm in South Africa after receiving death threats.
Thu, 05/15/2025 - 18:56
Nearly 80% of the 1.9 million students who sat the exams did not get high enough marks to get into university.
Thu, 05/15/2025 - 14:11
An investigative report says some state officials sold Jammeh's assets to themselves at low prices.
Thu, 05/15/2025 - 11:05
Former South Africa international Cornal Hendricks dies aged 37 after suffering a heart attack.
Thu, 05/15/2025 - 10:58
Experts tell the BBC the air strikes showcase the growth of advanced drone warfare in Africa.
Thu, 05/15/2025 - 03:43
Claims of a white genocide are widely discredited, so how do Afrikaners feel about Trump's claims – and offer of refugee status?
Thu, 05/15/2025 - 03:43
Claims of a white genocide are widely discredited, so how do Afrikaners feel about Trump's claims – and offer of refugee status?
Thu, 05/15/2025 - 01:59
Experts tell the BBC the air strikes showcase the growth of advanced drone warfare in Africa.
Wed, 05/14/2025 - 17:39
Makhosazana Dlomo is South Africa's only black participant in the traditional cavalry sport of tent pegging.
Wed, 05/14/2025 - 16:30
All political meetings have also been banned as the junta intensifies its grip on power.
Wed, 05/14/2025 - 11:37
South Africans are resilient and don't run away from their problems, President Ramaphosa says.
Wed, 05/14/2025 - 06:35
The research builds on the discovery that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate.
Wed, 05/14/2025 - 01:31
William Ruto has the uncanny ability to attract numerous alternative handles, most are unflattering.
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