BBC News - Africa
Updated: 1 day 12 hours ago
Sun, 09/17/2023 - 22:10
Watch the moment Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay breaks the women's 5,000m world record by nearly five seconds, running 14.00.21 to beat Faith Kipyegon's 14.05.20 and win the Diamond League title.
Sun, 09/17/2023 - 19:15
Morocco's earthquake destroyed lives but survivors are picking themselves up, James Copnall finds.
Sun, 09/17/2023 - 17:52
There have been a series of clashes between Eritrean regime supporters and opposition supporters abroad.
Sun, 09/17/2023 - 17:32
Dark smoke rises from the cone-shaped tower as several government buildings come under attack.
Sun, 09/17/2023 - 15:36
The Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company Tower had been engulfed in flames in the Sudan's capital.
Sun, 09/17/2023 - 01:05
Zeinab Mohamed Salih writes about how dangerous it was to bury her grandmother in war-hit Sudan.
Sat, 09/16/2023 - 22:07
The BBC's Anna Foster describes the devastation in the Libyan city of Derna after floods a week ago.
Sat, 09/16/2023 - 20:36
With lives in Libya washed away, anger mounts as people ask why they were told to stay at home.
Sat, 09/16/2023 - 16:42
The BBC's Anna Foster is in Libya, a week on from devastating floods in the region.
Sat, 09/16/2023 - 10:55
Video footage from the city of Derna shows wide-scale destruction following Libya's deadliest storm in decades.
Sat, 09/16/2023 - 10:07
Mangosuthu Buthelezi has been granted a state funeral but the debate over his legacy reopens wounds.
Fri, 09/15/2023 - 22:40
An official tells the BBC people in Derna were told to flee but some did not take the threat seriously.
Fri, 09/15/2023 - 21:02
In the Libyan city of Derna, Anna Foster describes the flood devastation and lack of international aid.
Fri, 09/15/2023 - 19:57
The ex-Daily Show host's ordeal played out live on air as he ran late for an interview in Johannesburg.
Fri, 09/15/2023 - 18:38
A teacher tells the BBC all 32 of her pupils died after tremors struck a mountain village.
Fri, 09/15/2023 - 15:55
Large parts of the city of Derna were destroyed after two dams burst, with thousands killed.
Fri, 09/15/2023 - 15:20
The man in charge of African rugby, Herbert Mensah, says the sport should be taught in every school across the continent because its "virtues are better than football".
Fri, 09/15/2023 - 02:16
A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.
Fri, 09/15/2023 - 01:29
The Egyptian village of al-Sharif has lost at least 70 young men in the Libyan floods.
Thu, 09/14/2023 - 18:43
Captain Omar Colley cannot celebrate The Gambia's qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations after experiencing the trauma of Friday's earthquake in Morocco.
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