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51a7d10da0313a7b8d42fc9cddbbfeca | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13408877 | Sudan: SPLM rejects South Kordofan win for Ahmed Haroun | Sudan: SPLM rejects South Kordofan win for Ahmed Haroun
Sudan's former rebels have rejected the election victory of Ahmed Haroun, indicted for alleged war crimes committed in Darfur.
He has been declared the winner of the governorship poll in the oil-rich South Kordofan state, which borders potential flashpoints Darfur... |
605622394806ff602a6f0fe129afc7aa | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13443186 | Guinea-Bissau country profile | Guinea-Bissau country profile
West Africa's Guinea-Bissau was part of the Portuguese Empire for centuries.
Once hailed as a potential model for African development, the country is now one of the poorest in the world.
The vital cashew nut crop provides a modest living for most of Guinea-Bissau's farmers, and is the main... |
88fa68b1919f9451c91333559e3aa5de | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13495684 | Sudan: UN urges Khartoum to pullout from Abyei region | Sudan: UN urges Khartoum to pullout from Abyei region
UN Security Council envoys have urged north Sudan to "withdraw immediately" its troops from the contested Abyei region on the border with South Sudan.
The call was made by the UN diplomats who are on a tour of Sudan.
South Sudan said the Abyei takeover was an act of... |
2fdca70ee6d91b2f5e82d03f1563ef6d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13656137 | Burkina Faso: Bloody end to Bobo Dioulasso mutiny | Burkina Faso: Bloody end to Bobo Dioulasso mutiny
At least seven people including a young girl have been killed in an exchange of fire as pro-government forces quelled a mutiny in Burkina Faso.
The deaths came as elite forces engaged the rioting mutineers for the first time, encircling them at their military base in se... |
d8ccc0470038c21c920df6c3484636a1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13785053 | Tripoli mortuary eyewitness: 'Haunted by Libya deaths' | Tripoli mortuary eyewitness: 'Haunted by Libya deaths'
Anti-government protests began in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on 15-16 February, but spread rapidly westwards, reaching the capital, Tripoli, on 20 February. Officials denied anyone had been injured in clashes between security forces and protesters. But a f... |
63bc47d7a6721320abd9223a1d585f9d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13830470 | Somalia: PM Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed resigns | Somalia: PM Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed resigns
Somalia's prime minister says he has resigned, following an agreement between the president and parliament to remove him from office.
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed had initially refused to step down, but will now go "in the interest of the Somali people".
His removal was part o... |
d0ed0d6a9d2c9160d8ffd219d637503e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13881370 | Mali country profile | Mali country profile
Once home to several pre-colonial empires, the landlocked, arid West African country of Mali is one of the largest on the continent. For centuries, its northern city of Timbuktu was a key regional trading post and centre of Islamic culture.
But this prominence has long since faded.
After independen... |
016268d5d01968241c05de5b6232c0e2 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13890720 | Mozambique profile - Timeline | Mozambique profile - Timeline
3rd century
- Iron Age Bantu-speaking tribes move into area from west-central Africa.
11th century
- Shona empire develops between Limpopo and Zambezi rivers.
1498
- Portuguese expedition led by explorer Vasco da Gama drops anchor off Mozambican coast.
16-17th centuries
- Portuguese ventur... |
ff736c65b9ff80860e62194145128ca1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13898754 | Libya rebels 'in secret talks' with Tripoli underground | Libya rebels 'in secret talks' with Tripoli underground
The Libyan rebels in the east are in close contact with an underground network of opponents of Col Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli, the BBC has learnt.
A member of the rebels' National Transitional Council (NTC) in Benghazi revealed they were holding secret talks to pr... |
8f78495de453cc09c6c25b172da94cc5 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13944550 | Horn of Africa sees 'worst drought in 60 years' | Horn of Africa sees 'worst drought in 60 years'
Some parts of the Horn of Africa have been hit by the worst drought in 60 years, the UN says.
More than 10 million people are thought to be affected across the region.
The UN now classifies large areas of Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya as a crisis or an emergency.
... |
4a1a052917c1f9280d53c1c17847f639 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13949550 | Nigeria country profile | Nigeria country profile
After lurching from one military coup to another, Nigeria now has an elected leadership.
But the government faces the growing challenge of preventing Africa's most populous country from breaking apart along ethnic and religious lines.
Thousands of people have died over the past few years in atta... |
b7457032434d778e34a706341645e79b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14028584 | Cameroon petrol smugglers die in Dembo explosion | Cameroon petrol smugglers die in Dembo explosion
Six petrol smugglers in Cameroon have died after a truck loaded with illegal fuel exploded in the northern town of Dembo, which borders Nigeria.
The fire happened at 2200 local time (2100 GMT) just after the vehicle had crossed over the border.
An eyewitness told the BBC... |
eea813b3b2afa4cf4fc3c1aeacadc1e8 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14093756 | Senegal profile - Leaders | Senegal profile - Leaders
President: Macky Sall
Macky Sall won presidential elections in March 2012, replacing President Abdoulaye Wade, who controversially ran for a third term in office.
A former close associate of his predecessor, Mr Sall broke away in 2008 to form his own opposition party.
He challenged Mr Wade for... |
90a2927138d2ff4e49687f4e6b59bd7d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14095300 | Sudan profile - Timeline | Sudan profile - Timeline
A chronology of key events:
1881
- Revolt against the Ottoman-Egyptian administration.
1899-1955
- Sudan passes into joint British-Egyptian rule.
1956
- Sudan becomes independent.
1958
- General Ibrahim Abboud leads military coup against the civilian government elected earlier in the year
1962
... |
392d5250364f8b07d6d2f616743a8ca9 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14107241 | Tunisia country profile | Tunisia country profile
Home of the ancient city of Carthage, Tunisia was once an important player in the Mediterranean, thanks to its location in the centre of North Africa, close to vital shipping routes.
The Romans, Arabs, Ottoman Turks and French realised its strategic significance, making it a hub for control over... |
91f3c14e803a3592a0b3a2071f788dcb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14118852?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D | Algeria country profile | Algeria country profile
Algeria, a gateway between Africa and Europe, has been battered by violence over the past half-century.
There are conflicting reports about the death toll during the war against France for independence in the 1950s and early 60s. French historians estimate that up to 400,000 Algerians were kille... |
1656a345f7cb1bc453f693fc1c87b554 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14164517 | US recognises Libyan rebel TNC as legitimate authority | US recognises Libyan rebel TNC as legitimate authority
The United States has recognised the Libyan opposition as the country's "legitimate governing authority".
The move means billions of dollars of Libyan assets frozen in US banks could be released to the rebels.
The decision was announced by US Secretary of State Hil... |
4ea5fe6602edc6e6d68ebb9185436d47 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14246764 | Somali Islamists maintain aid ban and deny famine | Somali Islamists maintain aid ban and deny famine
Somalia's al-Shabab Islamists have denied lifting their ban on some Western aid agencies and say UN reports of famine are "sheer propaganda".
The UN on Wednesday said that parts of Somalia were suffering a famine after the worst drought in 60 years.
A spokesman for al-S... |
bf871a027933ffdf46735b1c028b02e9 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14543048 | Zimbabwe ex-army chief Solomon Mujuru dies in farm fire | Zimbabwe ex-army chief Solomon Mujuru dies in farm fire
Zimbabwe's ex-military chief Solomon Mujuru has died in a fire at his farm, the state security minister has said.
Mr Mujuru, 62, was one of Zimbabwe's most senior politicians and married to Vice-President Joice Mujuru.
Analysts say his death is likely to intensify... |
ad2a4ef38c00d9e79a6c75e63f2b342a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14677754 | Libya conflict: Nato jets hit Gaddafi Sirte bunker | Libya conflict: Nato jets hit Gaddafi Sirte bunker
British Tornado jets fired precision-guided missiles at a large bunker in Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte, officials have said.
The aircraft took off from RAF Marham in Norfolk on a long-range strike mission on Thursday night.
The Libyan rebels ar... |
167c8858d0004bfdf190d3144270a627 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14705004 | Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is 'in coma' | Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is 'in coma'
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is in a coma at his Tripoli home in Libya, it is being reported.
CNN said Megrahi appeared to be "at death's door"
in the care of family. He is technically on licence but his whereabouts were thought to be unknown.
Megrah... |
57d473551f83791f70acf3b1e2cb6901 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14751660 | Libya conflict: Where could Muammar Gaddafi be hiding? | Libya conflict: Where could Muammar Gaddafi be hiding?
Former Libyan leader
Muammar Gaddafi
has disappeared from view, and finding him has become an urgent priority for Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC). NTC officials say they can't be sure of his whereabouts, but they think he may be hiding in the southern d... |
07a8ece6f9866b28fe8f68e92ec6d262 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14789140 | Rwanda terror trial of Victoire Ingabire to proceed | Rwanda terror trial of Victoire Ingabire to proceed
A Rwandan judge has ordered the terror trial of opposition leader Victoire Ingabire to proceed.
She is accused of propagating ethnic hatred and "genocide revisionism" - charges she says are politically motivated.
The prosecution wanted the trial to be postponed until ... |
a79cd6fc6662db3fd3dbac98380bf6f0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14839406 | Zuma appoints controversial Judge Mogoeng to top post | Zuma appoints controversial Judge Mogoeng to top post
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has appointed a judge who is an ordained pastor with controversial views on rape and homosexuality as chief justice.
Lobby groups had urged Mr Zuma not to appoint Judge Mogoeng Mogoeng as South Africa's top judge, saying he was le... |
5405e65234ac798cac215c840e4914d1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15349597 | Kenya troops 'advance into Somalia near Afmadow' | Kenya troops 'advance into Somalia near Afmadow'
Kenyan troops with aerial support are continuing their advance into Somalia towards a town held by al-Shabab 120km (75 miles) from the border.
The Kenyan government wants to push the militants away from its border following a spate of kidnappings it blames on the Islamis... |
b478fbe1ac18b566c56b9d9bec584867 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15380244 | East Africa drought 'remains huge crisis' - UK official | East Africa drought 'remains huge crisis' - UK official
Three months after famine was declared in Somalia, the scale of the crisis in the Horn of Africa remains huge, says a British official.
International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said hundreds of people, mainly children, were dying every day.
According to... |
c9e403251498f33546f76dba43dce038 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15516678 | Gaddafi: 'He died an angry and disappointed man' | Gaddafi: 'He died an angry and disappointed man'
Bombed-out devastation is pretty much all you see when you drive in to Misrata.
A few men sit on shabby orange sofas in front of the rubble that lines the main road. The only real sign of life here is the newly-dubbed Misrata Museum where weapons seized from Gaddafi loya... |
df6fac7e50a721e35729121f21d447e7 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15591654 | Kenya army warns of al-Shabab donkeys in Somalia | Kenya army warns of al-Shabab donkeys in Somalia
Kenya's military spokesman has said large groups of donkeys in Somalia will be considered "al-Shabab activity" following reports the militants are using the animals to transport weapons.
Maj Emmanuel Chirchir used Twitter to warn Kenyans not to sell their donkeys to the ... |
97dc26dbe8a97ab5b13c5d7c5fdde6a6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15605041 | Nigeria Boko Haram attack 'kills 63' in Damaturu | Nigeria Boko Haram attack 'kills 63' in Damaturu
At least 63 people have been killed in bomb and gun attacks in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Damaturu, the Red Cross says.
Witnesses said the bombs hit several targets, including churches and the headquarters of the Yobe state police.
The Islamist militant group Bok... |
92597746ec4f2aa45b58d2ae1fda75d4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15612162 | Kenya: Grenade attack on church in Garissa kills two | Kenya: Grenade attack on church in Garissa kills two
Two people have been killed in a grenade attack on a church in an eastern Kenyan town.
At least three others were injured after the grenade was thrown into the compound of the East African Pentecostal Church in Garissa.
Another bomb was placed near a military base in... |
049c5053d1ca8c7597fece2d2b88718a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15726099 | Libyan factions in deadly clashes near Zawiya | Libyan factions in deadly clashes near Zawiya
Several days of fighting between rival factions near the Libyan coastal city of Zawiya have left at least seven people dead, reports say.
The BBC's Karen Allen in Libya says rival communities have been fighting for an area previously controlled by Gaddafi loyalists.
The int... |
521c3fa4e3cf92bd429de46ecf45905d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15792001 | The reality of Voodoo in Benin | The reality of Voodoo in Benin
As Pope Benedict XVI visits Benin, widely seen as the home of Voodoo, Virgile Ahissou from BBC Afrique explains the reality behind what is often a misunderstood religion.
Voodoo is completely normal in Benin.
People across West Africa, especially Togo, Ghana and Nigeria hold similar belie... |
7040918d361454aa079e78ab69421b13 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15802056 | Islamist Hamadi Jebali of Ennahda 'to be Tunisian PM' | Islamist Hamadi Jebali of Ennahda 'to be Tunisian PM'
A senior official from the Islamist Ennahda party, Hamadi Jebali, is to become Tunisia's next prime minister, as part of a coalition deal between the three biggest parties, sources say.
The Congress for the Republic will hold the post of president, while Ettakatol w... |
f268468eed355dbf96d878efba37d51f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16101666 | Morocco's fish fight: High stakes over Western Sahara | Morocco's fish fight: High stakes over Western Sahara
At Laayoune's bustling port fishermen unload hundreds of trawlers, packing silvery sardines onto ice and into refrigerated containers.
Across the sea to the south, the end of a 98km (61 mile) conveyor belt is just visible, delivering phosphate - a key ingredient in ... |
95a7207b150e1c99359ba1c317fd6be8 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16229863 | Egypt violence: PM Ganzouri blames 'counter-revolution' | Egypt violence: PM Ganzouri blames 'counter-revolution'
Egypt's prime minister has described the latest protests in the capital Cairo as a "counter-revolution".
Kamal al-Ganzouri said those taking part in the deadly clashes were "not the youth of the revolution", a reference to the uprising in February that toppled Pre... |
71d017d99477d2c948d972f89cee4ec6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16304439 | Libya's ruins: Will they pull the tourists? | Libya's ruins: Will they pull the tourists?
A cluster of women, all modestly dressed in head scarves, have gathered outside the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi' s compound at Bab al-Aziza in the capital, Tripoli.
It is the Libyan equivalent of a hen party. The bride, dressed head to foot in pink, is beaming as her f... |
5c97ebc0f212419f2e05c1c69928bf50 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16350635 | Nigeria Christians 'to defend churches from Boko Haram' | Nigeria Christians 'to defend churches from Boko Haram'
Nigerian Christians will have "no other option" but to defend themselves if attacks by Islamist militants continue, church leaders have said.
The Christian Association of Nigeria said the Boko Haram group had declared war with its recent violence.
More than 40 peo... |
7d5e5c20304535911f054f0f18978f0b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16486196 | Nigeria fuel strike: Burning roadblocks on second day | Nigeria fuel strike: Burning roadblocks on second day
Roadblocks have been set alight in Nigeria's main city of Lagos on the second day of an indefinite strike over the elimination of a fuel subsidy.
Correspondents say the city is tense after a protester was killed in Lagos on Monday in a demonstration over the doublin... |
ad3accebb6fec7b6c2e13d687d9c7c1b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17045265 | Libyans not keen on democracy, suggests survey | Libyans not keen on democracy, suggests survey
Many Libyans prefer strong leadership to democracy despite four decades spent under the rule of Muammar Gaddafi, a national survey suggests.
Just 15% of 2,000 people polled by academics from Benghazi and Oxford universities said democracy should be installed in the next ye... |
73103d5fdb2f4729b06192e6303008f1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17080664 | Somalia: Far from a failed state? | Somalia: Far from a failed state?
With leaders from more than 50 countries and international organisations due to gather this week for the London Conference on Somalia, BBC Africa analyst and Somalia specialist Mary Harper argues that Somalia's business leaders offer reasons to hope for the war-torn country's future.
U... |
4e4b1745be2de783222d2ef30fee852d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17192212 | Tuareg rebels make troubled return from Libya to Mali | Tuareg rebels make troubled return from Libya to Mali
The hot season is fast approaching in northern Niger and the sun burns into the flimsy roofs of the refugee tents, the plastic sheeting an incongruous blue against the few stems of green on trees and the dun colour of the sandy ground.
Seventy-year-old Mohammed Isla... |
912caba4320b97b10f78435d0fca251a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17221650 | Charles Taylor Liberia war crimes verdict date set | Charles Taylor Liberia war crimes verdict date set
The verdict in the war crimes trial of Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor will be delivered on 26 April, the UN-backed court trying him has said.
Mr Taylor is accused of fuelling Sierra Leone's civil war in the 1990s by arming rebels.
He denies 11 charges of war cri... |
492e97d0605f305e58d55d553f2a41b6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17295078 | Uganda rebel Joseph Kony target of viral campaign video | Uganda rebel Joseph Kony target of viral campaign video
A campaign by US activists to capture alleged Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony has gone viral on the web.
Invisible Children's
half-hour film
on the use of child soldiers by Kony's Lord's Resistance Army has been viewed nearly 40 million times on YouTube.
The grou... |
6e16c561a99de8cd35cf14567a1e0520 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17315157 | South Africa education crisis fuels state school exodus | South Africa education crisis fuels state school exodus
South Africa's education and finance ministers are being taken to court over poor standards at state schools. The BBC's Karen Allen investigates the education crisis and why some parents in Eastern Cape province are opting to send their children to private schools... |
16182303b0f461172c02c0a669140680 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17462107 | Ex-Tuareg leader Aghali Alambo in Niger arrest | Ex-Tuareg leader Aghali Alambo in Niger arrest
A former Tuareg rebel who became a close aide of ex-Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has been arrested by authorities in Niger.
Police said Aghali Alambo was suspected of involvement in smuggling arms and explosives from Libya.
Mr Alambo led a Tuareg uprising in Niger... |
d1d45edb093e020e11bc031236f15407 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17508098 | Senegal's President-elect Macky Sall hails 'new era' | Senegal's President-elect Macky Sall hails 'new era'
The winner of Senegal's presidential election, Macky Sall, has said the poll marks a "new era" for the country.
He was speaking after his rival, current President Abdoulaye Wade, admitted defeat in Sunday's run-off.
Mr Wade's bid for a third term in office sparked vi... |
e0da744d4ed4682e622b16fe9f2aa084 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17509978 | South African Motherwell rugby players in drowning | South African Motherwell rugby players in drowning
A South African club rugby player drowned and five of his team-mates are missing feared dead after being swept out to sea off the south coast.
The players from Motherwell Rugby Club went swimming following a beach practice session in Port Elizabeth.
South African Rugby... |
8dc0812f7ca36d1265ba350ce575faa7 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17513065 | Is Africa on trial? | Is Africa on trial?
The International Criminal Court (ICC) was set up to try those responsible for the most serious crimes in the world - such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
So far, all 24 people facing charges - and the only person convicted - are from Africa, leading to accusations of bias. The ... |
b73c952965e0264437964caec65df2a5 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17517113 | Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda edges away from Sharia | Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda edges away from Sharia
Officials from the largest party in Tunisia's governing coalition have said they will not support moves to enshrine Islamic law in the new constitution.
Senior members of the moderate Islamist Ennahda Party said the wording of the old constitution, which proclaims Islam... |
e1847aff97705c7d6b0c48373513caa4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17589021 | Angola: Ten years of peace but at what price? | Angola: Ten years of peace but at what price?
There may be much that is shiny and new in Angola, but 10 years after the end of the war many ghosts remain, as Louise Redvers reports for BBC Focus on Africa magazine.
It is a milestone that at one time few would have thought possible. On 4 April, Angola marks a decade sin... |
5211c81975c1aa05195d94da31219963 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17642276 | Mali coup leaders to stand down as part of Ecowas deal | Mali coup leaders to stand down as part of Ecowas deal
Coup leaders in Mali have agreed to stand down and allow a transition to civilian rule, as part of a deal struck with regional bloc Ecowas.
In return, the bloc will lift trade and economic sanctions and grant amnesty to the ruling junta, mediators said.
The move ca... |
4b483be2657a8ed64d0ee292689ff9dc | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17662916 | Joyce Banda: Malawi's first female president | Joyce Banda: Malawi's first female president
Joyce Banda, who has made history becoming Malawi's first female president and only the second woman to lead a country in Africa, has a track record of fighting for women's rights.
She took power over the weekend following the death of 78-year-old President Bingu wa Mutharik... |
9bc26deb921c53250e6bcc0906b4b012 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18316130 | Lagos air crash: No survivors, officials say | Lagos air crash: No survivors, officials say
A passenger plane with about 150 people on board has crashed into buildings in a densely populated district of Nigeria's main city of Lagos.
Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority said there were no survivors on board the Dana Air plane. The cause of the crash is not yet known.
... |
608c393403decbd068e1a5c08e60b716 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18490348 | Rwanda 'gacaca' genocide courts finish work | Rwanda 'gacaca' genocide courts finish work
Rwanda's community courts, known as gacaca, have finished their work, after 10 years of trying those accused of involvement in the 1994 genocide.
The courts were set up to speed up the prosecution of hundreds of thousands of genocide suspects awaiting trial.
Human rights grou... |
666415381d4d71692eff94577eab2626 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18644745 | Aid workers kidnapped from Kenya's Dadaab camp near Somalia | Aid workers kidnapped from Kenya's Dadaab camp near Somalia
A Kenyan driver has been killed and four foreign aid workers kidnapped at a refugee camp in Kenya close to the border with Somalia, police say.
The foreigners, from Canada, Norway, Pakistan and the Philippines, worked for the Norwegian Refugee Council.
They we... |
d08e62d7004d325f4d6d74158fad8900 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18720207 | Somalia facing 'fresh hunger emergency' | Somalia facing 'fresh hunger emergency'
Poor rains and continuing conflict in Somalia are threatening the recovery from last year's famine, the charity Save the Children has warned.
This could put hundreds of thousands of children at risk of hunger again.
The charity called for an urgent increase in aid as a huge numbe... |
ecfa6f1c561e4ca681be9914c41efee3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18762918 | DR Congo rebels seize strategic town of Rutshuru | DR Congo rebels seize strategic town of Rutshuru
Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have seized the strategic town of Rutshuru in the east of the country.
Government forces reportedly retreated as the rebels advanced.
On Friday, 600 Congolese soldiers were reported to have fled into Uganda after M23 rebels seiz... |
92acc96e56a3c8a4ca355926b51e6ef6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19135435 | Zambian miners kill Chinese manager during pay protest | Zambian miners kill Chinese manager during pay protest
Zambian miners have killed a Chinese manager by pushing a mine trolley at him during a riot at a coal mine in the south of the country.
A second Chinese was injured, as were several Zambians, during the riot on Saturday.
The workers were on strike at the mine in pr... |
43460cf6274394f3eecc8216a22eb2bb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19245758 | South African platinum mine union riots 'kill nine' | South African platinum mine union riots 'kill nine'
Nine people have been killed in clashes between rival unions at a South African mine owned by leading platinum producer Lonmin, police have said.
The dead included two policemen attacked by a mob, and three workers killed by officers, at the mine in North West provinc... |
abde97c3e8f146bd07f7c334dcfd03ec | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19336176 | Meles Zenawi death: Ethiopia 'stable', says government | Meles Zenawi death: Ethiopia 'stable', says government
Ethiopia's government has insisted the country is stable following the death of long-time Prime Minister Meles Zenawi at the age of 57.
Mr Meles died at a hospital in the Belgian capital, Brussels, late on Monday after a long illness.
His body has been flown back t... |
6fade9fd4c2f0f5523f1317736072e17 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19366101 | African Union urges Gambia to stop prisoner executions | African Union urges Gambia to stop prisoner executions
The African Union has asked The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh to renounce plans to execute all death row prisoners next month.
Mr Jammeh made the comment during a speech he gave to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid.
A Gambian pressure group says many of the 47... |
b051ba28605b6910c328c5094856f92b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19371622 | Nine executed in Gambia, says Amnesty International | Nine executed in Gambia, says Amnesty International
Amnesty International says it has received "credible reports" that Gambia executed nine death row prisoners on Thursday.
"More persons are under threat of imminent executions in the coming days," Amnesty International said.
President Yahya Jammeh had vowed to kill all... |
98f0744fccd6ef2320ce5a956400634d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19390888 | 'Al-Shabab supporter' Aboud Rogo Mohammed killed in Kenya | 'Al-Shabab supporter' Aboud Rogo Mohammed killed in Kenya
A Kenyan radical Islamist cleric has been killed in a drive-by shooting in the city of Mombasa.
Aboud Rogo Mohammed was on US and UN sanction lists for allegedly supporting Somalia's al-Shabab militants.
According to a UN report, he had helped al-Shabab obtain f... |
372f7127f277e533e4de19c5682772f1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19634074 | Thousands flee as Somali forces advance on Kismayo | Thousands flee as Somali forces advance on Kismayo
Somali government forces are advancing on Kismayo, the key stronghold of Islamist group al-Shabab, as thousands of residents flee an expected assault.
A Somali government army general told the BBC that his forces were intending to take the port, but did not say when.
T... |
5f79ccae9525805a5d5d7afcc812c988 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19660607 | South Africa's Marikana fallout: Winners and losers | South Africa's Marikana fallout: Winners and losers
This may not be the end of South Africa's industrial unrest, but as workers at the Marikana platinum mine return to work it seems like a good opportunity to rate the winners and losers so far.
Plenty of people - and not just generalisation-loving journalists - have ta... |
6bfc5d5d12eefe1abed11e9852b453d8 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19672999 | South Africa gold miners on strike at Anglo | South Africa gold miners on strike at Anglo
Workers at a South African gold mine have begun a wildcat strike - the latest labour unrest in the country's vital mining industry.
The strikers at the Kopanang mine, which employs 5,000 staff, reportedly want their pay to more than double to 12,500 rand ($1,513; £935) a mont... |
cce30f427e35cfcb5fb19ba7620d9a62 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19807964 | Nigeria police deny Mubi student killings arrests | Nigeria police deny Mubi student killings arrests
Nigerian police have denied that there have been arrests in connection with the killing of at least 26 people at a college hostel in Mubi.
But police spokesman Mohammed Ibrahim told the BBC many officers had been deployed to the north-eastern town in the search for the ... |
2bb18da03e181ceb3712cd93439fbd68 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19974443 | Kenya policemen seriously injured in grenade attack | Kenya policemen seriously injured in grenade attack
At least 10 Kenyan policemen have been seriously injured in a grenade attack.
The officers were searching a house in Coast state near Mombasa, where they found weapons including an AK-47 rifle and two grenades.
A police spokesperson said Somalia-based Islamists al-Sha... |
dda055001b589157ba4b7708a364313a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20003253 | Somalia: 'Al-Shabab weapons seized in Puntland' | Somalia: 'Al-Shabab weapons seized in Puntland'
A large consignment of arms destined for suspected Islamist militants in north-eastern Somalia has been seized, a regional governor has told the BBC.
Abdisamad Gallan said a boat said to have come from Yemen delivered sealed sacks full of land mines and artillery.
Corresp... |
6d59453acf19fb7b968f80bf3e7379dd | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20178992 | Zuma says South Africa needs traditional courts | Zuma says South Africa needs traditional courts
South African President Jacob Zuma has said some legal issues in the country are better resolved by traditional justice.
"Let us solve African problems the African way, not the white man's way," Mr Zuma told traditional leaders.
The South African parliament is considering... |
a27f0a85329c7adefac6714f07ffe388 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20187369 | Uganda to withdraw troops from Somalia, says Mukasa | Uganda to withdraw troops from Somalia, says Mukasa
Uganda will withdraw its forces from UN-backed international missions, Security Minister Muruli Mukasa says, escalating a long-running row.
Mr Mukasa said the government had sent an official to New York to inform the UN of this decision.
Operations in Somalia, the Cen... |
eb95803556bf9775efa33bef69405a62 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20305537 | Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields 'plundered' | Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields 'plundered'
At least $2bn (£1.25bn) worth of diamonds has been stolen from Zimbabwe, campaign group Partnership Africa Canada (PAC) has alleged.
It was "the biggest plunder of diamonds since Cecil Rhodes", it said, referring to a British colonial mining magnate.
The "theft" at the Mara... |
1c357f72e4862d54233b59dc85ded25e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20819462 | Kenya to repatriate Somali refugees | Kenya to repatriate Somali refugees
More than 500,000 Somali refugees in Kenya are to be given the opportunity to return home after the UN refugee agency signed a tripartite agreement with the two countries' governments.
Under the agreement, the Somalis will be repatriated voluntarily over the next three years.
The Som... |
ff05453382771675fe16270d22c06eb1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21018429 | African elephant poaching threatens wildlife future | African elephant poaching threatens wildlife future
Three elephant corpses lay piled on top of one another under the scorching Kenyan sun.
In their terror, the elephants must have sought safety in numbers - in vain: a thick trail of blackened blood traced their final moments.
In December, nine elephants were killed out... |
5726715d0df5b5be1dbecab2cf2d6794 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21095061 | Algeria siege: Hostage nations concerned over situation | Algeria siege: Hostage nations concerned over situation
Nations with hostages being held by militants at an Algerian gas plant have expressed concern at the ongoing siege.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described the situation as "extremely difficult and dangerous".
While state media say hundreds of hostages hav... |
af112b59d528969e143be6a470d2a0a8 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21234543 | Egypt opposition rejects Mohammed Morsi dialogue call | Egypt opposition rejects Mohammed Morsi dialogue call
Egypt's main opposition alliance has rejected Mohammed Morsi's call for national dialogue amid continuing protests against the president.
Mr Morsi had urged opposition leaders to attend a meeting following four days of deadly violence.
Dozens have died since Saturda... |
255ae247da6e592c67a4b8f008602dc7 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21350451 | French-owned tanker seized off Ivory Coast freed | French-owned tanker seized off Ivory Coast freed
A French-owned ship seized by pirates off Ivory Coast on Sunday has been freed, the vessel's owner has said.
Sea Tankers said two of the 17 sailors on board the M/T Gascogne were receiving medical attention after being injured during the hijacking.
The diesel tanker was ... |
2b7f28df077d33aa67a41f64a0647994 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21600195 | Kenya bus crash 'kills at least 35' near Mwingi town | Kenya bus crash 'kills at least 35' near Mwingi town
At least 35 people have been killed in a bus crash near Mwingi town in eastern Kenya, a traffic officer has said.
Most of the passengers worked in the capital, Nairobi, and were returning to their homes to vote in Monday's election, a survivor told the BBC.
Farah Ade... |
0fb80d7467cb8dfe5d60eb811c5f38dc | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21835345 | Bosco Ntaganda: Wanted Congolese in US mission in Rwanda | Bosco Ntaganda: Wanted Congolese in US mission in Rwanda
Democratic Republic of Congo war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda has handed himself over to the US embassy in the Rwandan capital Kigali, the US says.
The state department said he had asked to be transferred to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The ICC issued... |
d01299144f6a9a281fc2f1eb6dc29bbf | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22143503 | Gunmen launch deadly attack on Somalia courthouse | Gunmen launch deadly attack on Somalia courthouse
At least 19 people have been killed in bomb and gun attacks in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
Sixteen people, including nine attackers, are believed to have died after gunmen stormed the city's main court buildings.
Later a car bomb was detonated on the road to the airp... |
3234f1970d2a32b39f78eb28e71100cf | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22277099 | Darfur war crimes suspect rebel Jerbo 'killed in Sudan' | Darfur war crimes suspect rebel Jerbo 'killed in Sudan'
A Sudanese rebel charged with war crimes in Darfur by the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been killed, his defence team has said.
Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus died on Friday afternoon during fighting in North Darfur, the statement said.
He was due to go on tr... |
bd3376f8191439820b0c632383f59be9 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22361101 | Why Libya's militias are up in arms | Why Libya's militias are up in arms
Libya's disgruntled militiamen are flexing their muscles in the capital, Tripoli.
Both the foreign and justice ministry buildings in the city remain surrounded by a mix of young and older men in pick-up trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns.
Among those around the foreign ministry -... |
8e7bdefc6a139f6ca3d4ef5e9a2342d8 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22402050 | Kenya truth commission 'will recommend prosecutions' | Kenya truth commission 'will recommend prosecutions'
A long-awaited report investigating violence and human rights abuses in Kenya will recommend some prosecutions, one of its authors has told the BBC
Ahmed Sheikh Farah said the Truth Reconciliation and Justice Commission had looked at past injustices going back to ind... |
166617052603da9a0588f2c0a475d325 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22688093 | Senegal female de-miner hostages freed in Casamance | Senegal female de-miner hostages freed in Casamance
Three of 12 Senegalese de-mining experts taken hostage this month by separatist rebels in Casamance in southern Senegal have been released.
Rebel leader Cesar Atoute Badiate said his group had decided to free the three women on "humanitarian grounds".
They were cleari... |
04afb1675b6395421e1df24294e8eb97 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22850124 | Egyptian warning over Ethiopia Nile dam | Egyptian warning over Ethiopia Nile dam
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has said "all options are open" to deal with any threat to his country's water supply posed by an Ethiopian dam.
Mr Morsi said he was not "calling for war", but that he would not allow Egypt's water supply to be endangered.
Egypt was apparently c... |
614ef91b3c5065bbfd4e4fabc4e5b2eb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22914904 | Mali 'suicide-vest workshop found’ | Mali 'suicide-vest workshop found’
A workshop to make suicide bomber vests has been discovered in northern Mali, the French army has said.
About 5,000kg of fertiliser intended to be used as explosive was also uncovered in Bourem, a town on the Niger River between Gao and Timbuktu.
A sample suicide vest and 18 sewing ma... |
313b262fc64453bd918c16b15b0d8768 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23230999 | Nigeria's Tope Folarin wins Caine writing prize | Nigeria's Tope Folarin wins Caine writing prize
US-based Nigerian writer Tope Folarin has won this year's prestigious Caine Prize for African Writing.
He received the £10,000 ($15,000) prize for his short story Miracle, set in an evangelical Nigerian church in the US state of Texas.
The judges described it as a "deligh... |
b8733896ade91b2c69645153c76861e3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23431534 | Robert Mugabe: Is Zimbabwe's ex-president a hero or villain? | Robert Mugabe: Is Zimbabwe's ex-president a hero or villain?
Robert Mugabe, the man who became synonymous with Zimbabwe, has resigned as president after 37 years in power.
For some, he will always remain a hero who brought independence and an end to white-minority rule. Even those who forced him out blamed his wife and... |
3671f7b773fc9ddb1881e269ac2bf7d6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23453315 | Profiles: Mali presidential contenders | Profiles: Mali presidential contenders
No fewer than 27 candidates - including a lone woman - have joined the fray in Mali's first presidential election since the March 2012 coup that threw the country into chaos.
Reliable polling data is thin on the ground, but a handful of candidates - four former prime ministers, on... |
84339ff76617ebf0043cc39104c53afe | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23511801 | DR Congo unrest: UN orders Goma to be arms-free | DR Congo unrest: UN orders Goma to be arms-free
The UN has given residents of the Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma 48 hours to disarm, warning force will be used if they fail to do so.
A new 3,000-strong UN intervention brigade is in the area to tackle various rebels, including the M23.
It has been given a man... |
5546bce5c8d7cabdcd0cee95afff901e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23512279 | Zimbabwe election: queuing voters given more time | Zimbabwe election: queuing voters given more time
Zimbabwean election officials have been allowing people to vote after the official end of polling, as a high turnout led to long queues.
Most polling stations are now closed but a few have stayed open for late voters in the fiercely contested presidential and parliament... |
5d440f587e7fc265937ac6f78b9bfd0d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23519330 | DR Congo unrest: Rwanda 'recruiting for M23 rebels' | DR Congo unrest: Rwanda 'recruiting for M23 rebels'
Four Rwandans have told the BBC the army forcibly recruited them to fight for the M23 rebel group in neighbouring eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The four said they were seeking asylum in Uganda after fleeing the fighting.
The Rwandan army dismissed their claim,... |
ce749dc9dcc9c9509a58d8f377b9f635 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23618727 | Mandela death: How he survived 27 years in prison | Mandela death: How he survived 27 years in prison
"I went for a long holiday for 27 years," Nelson Mandela once said of his years in prison.
It was another example of the dry, razor-sharp and often self-deprecating humour for which South Africa's first black president was famous.
The prison years ended in a cottage he ... |
e111b42a4be152dc53b57fd239dc2128 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23949506 | Sudan's Bashir tells Salva Kiir oil flows will continue | Sudan's Bashir tells Salva Kiir oil flows will continue
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has ended his threat to block South Sudan's oil exports after talks with its leader, Salva Kiir.
Sudan will abide by all agreements reached with the South after its independence in 2011, Mr Bashir said.
Mr Bashir had said Sudan wou... |
f3eaca78d6957b4de882e6ecc1834d42 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23960843 | Nigeria's Dangote signs deal to build oil refinery | Nigeria's Dangote signs deal to build oil refinery
Africa's wealthiest man, Aliko Dangote, has signed a multi-billion dollar deal with banks to finance the building of an oil refinery in Nigeria.
The refinery would be the largest in Africa, turning Nigeria into a petroleum exporter, he told the BBC.
Nigeria is Africa's... |
242d5bc91a1b052f478cf915700d501d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24126231 | Kenya's William Ruto trial: 'Church victim' testifies at ICC | Kenya's William Ruto trial: 'Church victim' testifies at ICC
The first prosecution witness is giving evidence at Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto's trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Mr Ruto has been charged with crimes against humanity, following allegations that he orchestrated violence after disput... |
9c6d46441680d2687ca42ea6ae799a74 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24159849 | William Ruto trial: Kenyan's fears over witness claims | William Ruto trial: Kenyan's fears over witness claims
A Kenyan woman says she fears for her life after being wrongly identified as a prosecution witness in the International Criminal Court (ICC) trial of Deputy President William Ruto.
Rahab Muthoni has asked for police protection after her photo was circulated on soci... |
4e37b90b1736a67aa5fc0ad4ee608636 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24195845 | Nairobi Westgate attack: The victims | Nairobi Westgate attack: The victims
At least 67 people are known to have died since al-Shabab militants attacked the Westgate shopping centre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Saturday.
This page showing what we know about the victims will be updated as new information comes to light.
Ruhila Adatia-Sood, a popular TV a... |
f2cd6e07da83bb9167b5ddd0502c3163 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24297347 | Sudan fuel protests: '50 shot dead' | Sudan fuel protests: '50 shot dead'
Security forces in Sudan have shot dead at least 50 people in days of protests over fuel subsidy cuts, human rights groups have said.
Police fired tear gas to disperse more protesters on Friday, witnesses have told the BBC.
Officials say fewer than 29 people have died, and they insis... |
25fef759d20990c1df02b79cb4aece1b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24727600 | Kenyan soldiers jailed for Westgate looting | Kenyan soldiers jailed for Westgate looting
Two Kenyan soldiers have been sacked and jailed for looting during last month's attack on the Westgate shopping centre, the army chief has said.
Julius Karangi told reporters that a third soldier was under investigation.
However, he denied there had been "widespread looting" ... |
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