Africa

An estimated 13 million people are waking up severely hungry every day in the Horn of Africa, as the region grapples with a major drought caused by the driest conditions since 1981, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday.

The UN Secretary-General on Saturday said that Africa was “a source of hope” for the world, highlighting the examples of the African Continental Free Trade Area and the Decade of Financial and Economic Inclusion for African Women. 

For the last three years, a retired cook in northern Burkina Faso has been providing shelter for people displaced by armed attacks in the country, where the security situation continues to deteriorate.

UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, and partners are rushing life-saving aid to more than 20,000 refugees after they fled clashes in Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz region, bordering Sudan and South Sudan.  

Insecurity in Burkina Faso, particularly in the region bordering Côte d’Ivoire, is pushing more people to seek safety both within and outside the country, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, reported on Friday. 

The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday said he was “delighted” to learn that “a demonstrable effort to make peace” in Ethiopia is finally underway, according to information relayed to him by the African Union High Representative for the Horn of Africa. 

Authorities in Sudan must immediately halt unnecessary and disproportionate use of force against protesters, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, calling for those responsible for abuses to be brought to justice. 

Nearly 20 years after the UN Security Council referred the Darfur situation in Sudan to the International Criminal Court (ICC), victims and survivors of atrocities are still seeking justice and accountability, Prosecutor Karim Khan told ambassadors on Tuesday. 

More than $138 million is needed to assist rural communities affected by extended drought in the Horn of Africa, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday, launching a comprehensive response plan for the region. 

Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang misses Gabon's Africa Cup of Nations draw with Ghana after scans reveal 'heart lesions' following a bout of Covid.

Gabon score a controversial late equaliser against Ghana to draw their Africa Cup of Nations Group C game 1-1.

Gabadinho Mhango scores twice as Malawi come back to beat Zimbabwe 2-1 and boost their hopes of reaching the last 16 at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Morocco advance to the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 2-0 victory over debutants Comoros in Group C.

Aid and food distribution operations in northern Ethiopia are about “to grind to a halt” amid ongoing fighting, bloodshed and a lack of funding that is making humanitarian access impossible, the UN World Food Programme, WFP, said on Friday.

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) called on Friday for concerted international action to end armed conflict in Africa’s central Sahel region, which has forced more than 2.5 million people to flee their homes in the last decade.

Senegal and Guinea both move closer to reaching the last 16 at the Africa Cup of Nations following a 0-0 draw in their Group B game.

Roberto 'Pico' Lopes insists Cape Verde will not be overawed by taking on hosts Cameroon in their final Group A game at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Disrupted preparations are a factor in a low-scoring start to the Africa Cup of Nations, according to former manager Claude Le Roy.

A selection of the best photos from across the African continent this week.

The BBC has obtained extraordinary recordings believed to be of phone calls made by Tunisian ex president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali as he flew out of the country in 2011.