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Samia wins Tanzania election with 98% of votes amid unrest

Sat, 11/01/2025 - 07:47
Demonstrations continued on Friday as young protesters denounced the election as unfair.

Egypt's Grand Museum opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time

Sat, 11/01/2025 - 02:19
The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.

Egypt's Grand Museum opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time

Sat, 11/01/2025 - 02:19
The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.
Categories: Africa, Afrique

'I was accused of spying and beaten' - a boy's escape from captured Sudan city

Sat, 11/01/2025 - 02:02
A 12-year-old tells the BBC that in the chaos he lost contact with his family and is now on his own at a camp.
Categories: Africa, Afrique

'I was accused of spying and beaten' - a boy's escape from captured Sudan city

Sat, 11/01/2025 - 02:02
A 12-year-old tells the BBC that in the chaos he lost contact with his family and is now on his own at a camp.
Categories: Africa, Swiss News

More than 60,000 flee Sudanese city after its capture by RSF militia - UN

Fri, 10/31/2025 - 19:01
El-Fasher is under the control of paramilitaries accused of mass executions and crimes against humanity.

South Africa hits back at US refugee plan to favour white Afrikaners

Fri, 10/31/2025 - 17:45
Pretoria rubbishes claims of a white genocide and quotes prominent Afrikaners who dub Trump's plans racist.

Election protesters defy army chief in third day of Tanzania unrest

Fri, 10/31/2025 - 14:11
Some deaths have been reported though accurate figures are hard to obtain due to the internet shutdown.

Apartheid police assault killed Nobel laureate Luthuli, South Africa court rules

Fri, 10/31/2025 - 08:24
The court sets aside the 1967 inquest that found that the anti-apartheid hero was hit by a goods train.
Categories: Africa

'We saw people murdered in front of us' - Sudan siege survivors speak to the BBC

Thu, 10/30/2025 - 23:01
Harrowing accounts from people who have escaped an RSF assault on the besieged city of el-Fasher.
Categories: Africa, Défense

'We saw people murdered in front of us' - Sudan siege survivors speak to the BBC

Thu, 10/30/2025 - 23:01
Harrowing accounts from people who have escaped an RSF assault on the besieged city of el-Fasher.
Categories: Africa, Central Europe

Trump caps refugee admissions at record low - with most to be white South Africans

Thu, 10/30/2025 - 19:54
The president sets the limit at 7,500 for the coming year, a dramatic cut from 125,000.
Categories: Africa, Europäische Union

Tanzania tells civil servants to work from home after protests mar election

Thu, 10/30/2025 - 11:59
Tensions remain with protests expected to continue, after demonstrations were reported in some towns overnight.
Categories: Africa, Swiss News

Reports of mass killings in Sudan have echoes of its dark past

Thu, 10/30/2025 - 11:27
Some are warning of a genocide unfolding in Darfur - violence that is linked to killings there 20 years ago.
Categories: Africa, Europäische Union

Reports of mass killings in Sudan have echoes of its dark past

Thu, 10/30/2025 - 11:27
Some are warning of a genocide unfolding in Darfur - violence that is linked to killings there 20 years ago.
Categories: Africa, Swiss News

Sudan RSF chief promises investigation as anger mounts over el-Fasher killings

Thu, 10/30/2025 - 10:52
The announcement comes after growing reports of mass killings, including of patients at a hospital.
Categories: Africa, Union européenne

Sudanese RSF militia killed many civilians at el-Fasher hospital, WHO chief and doctors say

Wed, 10/29/2025 - 21:22
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was "appalled" by reports that 460 civilians had been killed in el-Fasher.

South Africa thrash woeful England to reach World Cup final

Wed, 10/29/2025 - 18:09
England suffer a 125-run defeat by South Africa in the World Cup semi-final after Laura Wolvaardt's majestic 169 and Marizanne Kapp's five-wicket haul.
Categories: Africa, Union européenne

New videos show executions after RSF militia takes key Sudan city

Wed, 10/29/2025 - 16:10
RSF troops executed a number of unarmed people after seizing el-Fasher, videos reviewed by BBC Verify show.
Categories: Africa, Union européenne

New videos show executions after RSF militia takes key Sudan city

Wed, 10/29/2025 - 16:10
RSF troops executed a number of unarmed people after seizing el-Fasher, videos reviewed by BBC Verify show.

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