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bbbd80de6402ae778a65674c2f6e500b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40802778 | South African Stephen McGown freed by al-Qaeda in Mali | South African Stephen McGown freed by al-Qaeda in Mali
A South African held hostage by al-Qaeda in Mali since 2011 has been released.
Stephen McGown, who also has UK nationality, was kidnapped from a hotel in Timbuktu along with two others.
In December 2015 a video of Mr McGown and another hostage -
Swede Johan Gustafs... |
d1ef245949509c34c2ebb691afc9e221 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40824267 | Gilbert Deya: 'Miracle babies' pastor extradited to Kenya | Gilbert Deya: 'Miracle babies' pastor extradited to Kenya
The UK has extradited a self-styled Kenyan pastor, who claimed he created miraculous pregnancies, to Kenya to face child-trafficking charges.
Gilbert Deya's extradition came after he failed in his decade-long legal battle to remain in the UK.
He denied charges o... |
88ee8caf77b68479852578609e7d158b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40914747 | Nigeria's Buhari feels 'ready to go home' after treatment in UK | Nigeria's Buhari feels 'ready to go home' after treatment in UK
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has said he feels ready to return home after medical treatment in the UK, and is awaiting his doctor's permission.
The African leader has recently faced questions at home over whether he is well enough to run the countr... |
0d6320530119bbf44b9784824ab96d15 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41072524 | Shock and fear amid South Africa cannibalism case | Shock and fear amid South Africa cannibalism case
Fear has gripped the village of Shayamoya in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province after the discovery of a decapitated body.
The family of Zanele Hlatshwayo, 25, who has been missing since July, believe she was a victim of a cannibalism ring that has so far led to the ... |
9621135b7b8d63bcd4b6091f62a08ed7 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41278618 | What is behind clashes in Ethiopia's Oromia and Somali regions? | What is behind clashes in Ethiopia's Oromia and Somali regions?
Thousands of people have fled Ethiopia's Somali region following deadly clashes in recent days between ethnic Somalis and Oromos. The BBC's Kalkidan Yibeltal looks at the cause of the conflict and whether it can be stopped.
Dozens of people are reported to... |
4c5ac31519e70175d63bc11fcfa2c28e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41490482 | Zimbabwe reporter held over 'Grace Mugabe underwear' story | Zimbabwe reporter held over 'Grace Mugabe underwear' story
A Zimbabwean journalist has been detained over a story alleging that used underwear had been distributed to ruling Zanu-PF supporters on First Lady Grace Mugabe's behalf, his lawyers say.
NewsDay reporter Kenneth Nyangani was likely to face "criminal defamation... |
1fbe12adc2d1a8e6e0cf3b6fb3e3606a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41530924 | Zimbabwe succession row: Grace Mugabe warns of coup plot | Zimbabwe succession row: Grace Mugabe warns of coup plot
Zimbabwe's First Lady Grace Mugabe has warned of a possible coup plot amid growing tensions in the fight to succeed her husband.
She says allies of Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa are threatening the lives of those who don't support him to replace President Rob... |
3019597e0964c722b823bb3d66880bca | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41620589 | Ivory Coast crash: Four die when cargo plane plunges into sea | Ivory Coast crash: Four die when cargo plane plunges into sea
A cargo plane has crashed into the sea off Ivory Coast, close to Abidjan airport, killing four people and injuring six.
The wreckage of the turboprop plane, which was carrying 10people, was swept toward a beach where rescuers treated surviving crewmen on th... |
c8845e41ca41a6ce50fee1138296e448 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41621660 | Somalia: At least 230 dead in Mogadishu blast | Somalia: At least 230 dead in Mogadishu blast
A massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday is now known to have killed at least 230 people, police say.
Hundreds more were wounded when a lorry packed with explosives detonated near the entrance of a hotel.
It is the deadliest terror at... |
e680a8bf37c49a860240bde3fb2af3f0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41696703 | Millions caught in South Africa's 'worst data breach' | Millions caught in South Africa's 'worst data breach'
Authorities in South Africa are investigating a data breach which has seen the personal details of more than 30 million citizens leaked on the internet - placing them at risk of identity theft.
The information contained in a 27GB file was discovered by Australia-bas... |
c29490ac61652305741da579ec3f3d11 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41702662 | Robert Mugabe's WHO appointment condemned as 'an insult' | Robert Mugabe's WHO appointment condemned as 'an insult'
The choice of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as a World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill ambassador has been criticised by several organisations including the British government.
It described his selection as "surprising and disappointing" given his country's... |
035125194b4aab384a21dcb326ad87c0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41713919 | WHO cancels Robert Mugabe goodwill ambassador role | WHO cancels Robert Mugabe goodwill ambassador role
The World Health Organization has revoked the appointment of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador following a widespread outcry.
"I have listened carefully to all who have expressed their concerns,"
WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said
in a statement.
... |
baa413e2d3b2731b570cb42f34594fbc | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41807642 | Are protesters right on South Africa farm murder rate? | Are protesters right on South Africa farm murder rate?
"Genoeg is genoeg."
Enough is enough. That was the message on Monday, as (mostly white)
activists carried crosses and blocked roads to demand better protection for South Africa's farms
, after they were targeted in a spate of murders.
The South African Police Servi... |
0c76a440326737f6d365e7e61ef46f96 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42013720 | Zimbabwe in 10 numbers | Zimbabwe in 10 numbers
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe resigned last year after almost four decades in power. Now, the country is approaching its first post-Mugabe election, with his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance candidate Nelson Chamisa the two front-runners in a field of 23 candidates.
Here are 10 ... |
55300d061295501f33842b1eab244921 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42072673 | Mugabe resigns: Zimbabwe celebrates end of an era | Mugabe resigns: Zimbabwe celebrates end of an era
Jubilant Zimbabweans have celebrated late into the night after Robert Mugabe resigned as president.
He held power for 37 years and once said "only God" could remove him.
His ally turned rival, former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is expected to return from neighbou... |
49aa10fc0dae849be08c973403b2e77f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42130757 | Mugabe will play elder statesman role in Zimbabwe, says mediator | Mugabe will play elder statesman role in Zimbabwe, says mediator
Robert Mugabe will continue to have a role to play in Zimbabwean politics, the Jesuit priest who helped negotiate his resignation has told the BBC.
Father Fidelis Mukonori said he would provide "advice" as an elder statesman, including to the new presiden... |
aa8c18aedeac7295a1389047a558c753 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42510304 | South African court delivers Zuma impeachment blow | South African court delivers Zuma impeachment blow
South Africa's top court has found that parliament failed to comply with its duties in holding President Jacob Zuma accountable over a public funding case.
The ruling said parliament must now set out rules for impeachment proceedings, but it remains unclear whether thi... |
e6b305f6c89d7f052662776863d05a58 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42517535 | Tanzania threatens to shut churches after Magufuli criticism | Tanzania threatens to shut churches after Magufuli criticism
Tanzanian authorities have threatened to shut down churches which mix religion and politics after a cleric criticised President John Magufuli.
The cleric, Zachary Kakobe, used a Christmas sermon to say the country was "turning into a one party state".
Days la... |
645c71c46a2696f5464c80b51a80b026 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42529032 | Dozens killed in bus and lorry road crash in Kenya | Dozens killed in bus and lorry road crash in Kenya
At least 36 people have died in a head-on collision between a lorry and a Nairobi-bound bus on a notoriously dangerous road near Migaa in Kenya.
Local officials said the accident happened at 03:00 (0:00 GMT), and the bus was speeding and in the wrong lane.
The World He... |
c3d701136dac653185e9aee0881f8f68 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42529862 | Congo: Deaths at anti-Kabila protest | Congo: Deaths at anti-Kabila protest
Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed at least seven people at a protest calling for President Joseph Kabila to step down, UN peacekepers say.
Police said three people had died and two of the deaths were being investigated.
Church activists and opposition p... |
e0db696c3eea3abe077ab9ee2ddf5e25 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42582343?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D | Why African millennials can't get enough of Bitcoin | Why African millennials can't get enough of Bitcoin
Bitcoin's eye-watering price surge over the past year is proving too tempting to resist despite fears that cryptocurrencies are a bubble floating towards an inevitable burst. One group for whom it holds particular appeal is African millennials, writes the BBC's Cather... |
ba63479fddbfe91536934d4ff4a15c3e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42787773 | Cape Town water crisis: 'My wife doesn't shower any more' | Cape Town water crisis: 'My wife doesn't shower any more'
The BBC's Mohammed Allie is one of millions of people trying to stave off Day Zero - the day the taps in the South African city of Cape Town will run dry. Here, he tells us what life is like when you have just 50 litres of water a day.
My wife does not use the s... |
349983d6d740ebedf5aa20c55170ddab | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-43046510 | South Africa: ANC decides Zuma must go 'urgently' | South Africa: ANC decides Zuma must go 'urgently'
South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has formally asked President Jacob Zuma to resign for the sake of the country.
But despite the ANC's top leadership deciding to "recall" him "urgently", the scandal-hit Mr Zuma was still in power on Tuesday.
He is... |
38681b1f87710cd7b886a1ebb25dae83 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-43060759 | South Africa's Zuma: I've done nothing wrong | South Africa's Zuma: I've done nothing wrong
South Africa's embattled President Jacob Zuma says he has done nothing wrong and sees no reason to stand down.
Mr Zuma spoke after the ruling African National Congress (ANC) gave him an ultimatum to resign by the end of the day or face a parliamentary vote of no confidence o... |
177ac69a111a54756f1688a48b78c057 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-43211086 | Lassa fever: The killer disease with no vaccine | Lassa fever: The killer disease with no vaccine
Since the beginning of the year, Nigeria has been gripped by an outbreak of a deadly disease. Lassa fever is one of a number of illnesses which can cause dangerous epidemics, but for which no vaccine currently exists.
Lassa fever is not a new disease, but the current outb... |
3fac21e273c0b84ff79ee642cdcdd4bf | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-43355677 | Tillerson in Africa: US diplomat 'feeling unwell', cancels Kenya plans | Tillerson in Africa: US diplomat 'feeling unwell', cancels Kenya plans
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has cancelled scheduled events in Kenya on Saturday because he is feeling poorly.
"The secretary is not feeling well after a long couple days working on major issues back home such as North Korea," the state depar... |
027c4d1a2b1dd8f5d37a74466fb75a52 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-43964932 | How Trump stirred controversy in Nigeria | How Trump stirred controversy in Nigeria
Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari became the first president from sub-Saharan Africa to visit Donald Trump's White House on Monday. But even after they neatly avoided Mr Trump's alleged comments about "shithole" African countries, the US president managed to stir controversy in Nigeria... |
49b5c7277edb71ea949720e9f1d2b0c2 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45017383 | Zimbabwe's MDC Alliance says Chamisa beat Mnangagwa | Zimbabwe's MDC Alliance says Chamisa beat Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe's opposition says its candidate, Nelson Chamisa, has won Monday's presidential election.
The MDC Alliance said the ruling Zanu-PF party was attempting to rig the vote to allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa to win, and the delay in releasing official results wa... |
48d2f10bdd76df382b30203953bcb842 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45232892?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central | Kofi Annan, former UN chief, dies at 80 | Kofi Annan, former UN chief, dies at 80
Kofi Annan, the only black African to become UN secretary-general, has died.
The 80-year-old "passed away peacefully on Saturday after a short illness", the foundation named after him said.
His home country, Ghana, has declared a week of national mourning. Annan served two terms ... |
2db1dd6e4bf4d18f9e80ce1588090039 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45299176 | Zimbabwe court upholds President Mnangagwa's election win | Zimbabwe court upholds President Mnangagwa's election win
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's win in last month's polls has been upheld by Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court.
The opposition MDC Alliance had brought the legal challenge saying the vote was marred by "mammoth theft and fraud", but this was rejected by the court.
... |
903cb1b3ca2f270efaa60f60be7b7341 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45507124 | Kofi Annan's funeral: World leaders bid farewell to ex-UN chief | Kofi Annan's funeral: World leaders bid farewell to ex-UN chief
World leaders and royalty have paid their respects to one of Africa's most famous diplomats, Kofi Annan, at his funeral in his home country of Ghana.
It is the climax of three days of mourning which saw thousands of Ghanaians file past his coffin as it lay... |
f5cf1c79395d077d69d3b32d21307e88 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45881004 | Ethiopia's Abiy gives half of ministerial posts to women | Ethiopia's Abiy gives half of ministerial posts to women
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed women to half of his government's ministerial posts, including the job of defence minister.
Explaining his decision in a speech to Parliament, Mr Abiy said women were "less corrupt than men" and would help restor... |
950922a8694f3b2c388dfe110aae52f5 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46035330 | Kenyans cash in on avocado craze | Kenyans cash in on avocado craze
Avocado on toast, in a salad or a smoothie? There are many ways to eat the green fruit which is popular with hipsters across the world - a craze that Kenya is cashing in on.
At Le Grenier à Pain restaurant in the leafy suburb of Riverside in Nairobi, upwardly mobile Kenyans and expatria... |
583c3b7b5873abac15689e6e4a25cd4b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46042246 | Uganda to set up new force to make Kampala safe | Uganda to set up new force to make Kampala safe
Uganda's government is a creating a new security force to combat soaring levels of crime, but critics fear it could become a law unto itself, writes the BBC's Patience Atuhaire from the capital Kampala.
Zarake Maria Goretti sits on the grass after giving her blood samples... |
406f0f75b188c1beab6e93dd18f0b581 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46122678 | Cameroon kidnap: Bamenda students freed | Cameroon kidnap: Bamenda students freed
Schoolchildren kidnapped from a boarding school in Cameroon's North-West region have met the regional governor after being freed.
The 78 boys and girls and three others were seized early on Sunday in the region's capital, Bamenda.
A driver was also released, but the school's prin... |
9e28efb0c104296aa5f58d2c1df849fc | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46167340 | DR Congo Ebola outbreak 'worst' in country's history | DR Congo Ebola outbreak 'worst' in country's history
The latest outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the worst in the country's history, the health ministry says.
Almost 200 people have died since August, officials say, with more than 300 confirmed or probable cases.
A vaccination programm... |
2a61f45e36b7582e6bbda1a63b033ba4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46180098 | Tanzania's Magufuli deploys military amid cashew nut crisis | Tanzania's Magufuli deploys military amid cashew nut crisis
Tanzanian authorities have deployed the military to buy cashew nuts from farmers to solve a row over prices.
President John Magufuli had given traders a Monday deadline to buy the crops at government-approved rates.
Farmers had halted sales of their harvests f... |
250213217553881fffd4b9394068fab6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46194532 | Cameroon drops fake news charges against Mimi Mefo | Cameroon drops fake news charges against Mimi Mefo
The Cameroon government has dropped charges of fake news levelled against a prominent TV journalist from an Anglophone region.
Mimi Mefo Takambo was arrested after sharing reports on social media alleging that the military was behind the death of an American missionary... |
e0053c8912bdf8733eda50a41f64d764 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46235642 | Zimbabwe's Nelson Chamisa calls MDC protesters 'stupid' | Zimbabwe's Nelson Chamisa calls MDC protesters 'stupid'
Zimbabwe's opposition leader has apologised after appearing to insult people who protested over allegations of fraud in July's election.
Six people were shot dead on 1 August in clashes with security forces.
The same day, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa said he... |
aa41b0dfea5832f9a2ea57bd1aaeea01 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46249319 | Anti-Ebola efforts in DR Congo disrupted amid violence | Anti-Ebola efforts in DR Congo disrupted amid violence
Efforts to contain an Ebola virus outbreak in the town of Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been further disrupted by rebel attacks, health officials say.
A militia attacked just "a few metres" from an emergency centre, the country's health ministry sai... |
b5df232a37f4ebfe01c1e53d8d254875 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46254625 | South Africa's Ramaphosa to repay campaign donation | South Africa's Ramaphosa to repay campaign donation
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is to repay $35,000 (£27,300) given to his leadership campaign by a firm accused of corruption.
The donor, a firm called Bosasa, has won lucrative government contracts but is under investigation.
Mr Ramaphosa initially told MPs ... |
294f41da2ea12636aaf6f80e79b5892d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46575449 | Nigerian military lifts Unicef ban after 'spy' row | Nigerian military lifts Unicef ban after 'spy' row
Nigeria's military has revoked its earlier decision to suspend activities of the UN children's agency Unicef in the north-east of the country.
The military said this came after "extensive deliberations" during emergency talks with Unicef officials.
Earlier on Friday, t... |
0be1884b69621fd296dcd61ccb906f25 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47330414 | Botswana mulls lifting elephant hunting ban | Botswana mulls lifting elephant hunting ban
A report by cabinet ministers in Botswana has recommended lifting a four-year hunting ban and the introduction of elephant culling.
After months of public meetings and consultations, the report by ministers also recommends the "establishment of elephant meat canning" for pet ... |
9b8557ee5786c70f66e194a8c20a312c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47432723 | Algeria protests: President confirms fresh poll bid despite rallies | Algeria protests: President confirms fresh poll bid despite rallies
Algeria's veteran President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has defied protesters by confirming he will run again - but says he will not serve a full term.
In a letter he said if he won April's vote he would oversee a national dialogue leading to fresh elections ... |
7af773f9e7e76924eaaaf2019f2d090a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47469522 | South Africa 'sunflower murder' farmers jailed | South Africa 'sunflower murder' farmers jailed
Two white farmers who accused a black teenager of stealing sunflowers and threw him out of a moving van have been sentenced in South Africa.
Pieter Doorewaard, 28, and Phillip Schutte, 35, were sentenced to 18 and 23 years in prison respectively for murder and other offenc... |
b1cc99958b8762063b32863a4c023bbc | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47523958 | Ethiopian Airlines: Africa's largest airline | Ethiopian Airlines: Africa's largest airline
Ethiopian Airlines has been shaken by the crash that killed 157 people, but it is widely recognized as Africa's most successful airline.
Voted the Best Airline in Africa in 2018, the airline's triumphs are arguably down to reasonably priced tickets, efficient service deliver... |
0ee3186bff945bcd477015c879a7e00d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-48579475 | Mali attack: '100 killed' in ethnic Dogon village | Mali attack: '100 killed' in ethnic Dogon village
Nearly 100 people have been killed in an attack in a village in central Mali inhabited by the Dogon ethnic group, officials say.
The attack happened in Sobame Da, near Sanga town in the Mopti region.
The search for bodies is ongoing, but officials say 95 people have bee... |
439c7cbb8e7ec2a248124c0b7b08375a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-48640939 | Letter from Africa: 'Sudan's revolutionaries offline but not silenced' | Letter from Africa: 'Sudan's revolutionaries offline but not silenced'
In our series of letters from African journalists, Zeinab Mohammed Salih describes what life is like without the internet for Sudan's revolutionaries.
Many Sudanese are still in shock after the crackdown by security forces who brutally broke up the ... |
45d334d5977c0f80b22290c687ea81e9 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-48734572 | Ethiopia army chief shot dead in 'coup bid' attacks | Ethiopia army chief shot dead in 'coup bid' attacks
The chief of staff of the Ethiopian army, Gen Seare Mekonnen, has been shot dead by his own bodyguard in the capital, Addis Ababa.
He and another officer died trying to prevent a coup attempt against the administration in Ethiopia's northern Amhara region, PM Abiy Ahm... |
17f699c6a0e7e016489a76ab24f18fbc | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-48837948 | US jails Rwandan for hiding genocide involvement from immigration | US jails Rwandan for hiding genocide involvement from immigration
A Rwandan man who hid his involvement in the 1994 genocide has been sentenced to eight years in jail.
Jean Leonard Teganya committed "the most serious form of immigration fraud" by "lying about his status as a war criminal to win asylum,"
US Attorney And... |
5212697bd183a38bbfda99b62200dcfd | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-49421885 | Has Kenya's plastic bag ban worked? | Has Kenya's plastic bag ban worked?
Two years ago, Kenya introduced a ban on plastic carrier bags.
Has it worked?
Tens of millions of plastic bags were handed out in supermarkets every year in Kenya.
They polluted the environment and clogged up drainage systems contributing to floods in rainy seasons.
A study supported... |
b880a2939e22d5820d2672be7754d2cd | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-49673944?utm_source=amerika.org | South Africa crime: Police figures show rising murder and sexual offences | South Africa crime: Police figures show rising murder and sexual offences
Sexual offences and murder rates have risen significantly in South Africa over the past year, according to new official crime figures.
Murders recorded by the police have been rising every year for the last decade, and sexual offences including r... |
1862044f65e094088ffd952d4d2ca2f8 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-50167447 | Can South Africa's Democratic Alliance bounce back? | Can South Africa's Democratic Alliance bounce back?
The resignation of the leader of South Africa's main opposition party has robbed it of a man who was viewed as a potential president and raised questions of whether it can tackle the country's ingrained racial injustice, as Andrew Harding reports from Johannesburg.
Fo... |
26f33fa649e1e23226eee4b9af9166df | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-50169598 | Zimbabwe sanctions: Who is being targeted? | Zimbabwe sanctions: Who is being targeted?
Friday is a public holiday in Zimbabwe to mark a day of protest against sanctions which the government blames for the country's economic problems.
Southern African countries have joined calls from the Zimbabwe government for the sanctions to be lifted, saying they're damaging ... |
30fee2f8105b68555e73575124d03828 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-50199322?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/africa&link_location=live-reporting-story | South Africa's DA chooses Steenhuisen as parliamentary leader | South Africa's DA chooses Steenhuisen as parliamentary leader
John Steenhuisen has been elected parliamentary leader of South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA).
The DA's former chief whip was chosen after
the resignation of Mmusi Maimane
as both parliamentary and party leader.
Mr Maimane, who... |
ddec19ace60d3e8e8fd52aac7e4ad239 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-50304472 | Genevieve Nnaji's rise from Nollywood to Netflix | Genevieve Nnaji's rise from Nollywood to Netflix
Nigerian star and film director Genevieve Nnaji has already shown that she is a force to be reckoned with, so the disqualification of her Netflix film from the Oscars is unlikely to frustrate her ambitions.
In fact
the rejection of Lionheart earlier this month
from the A... |
ee5f068ff07e98a2bd03142b8be9cb48 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-50717749 | Algeria election: Thousands march to protest in Algiers | Algeria election: Thousands march to protest in Algiers
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Algerian capital, Algiers, to protest against Thursday's presidential election.
They briefly overran a polling station. An attempt by police to disperse the crowd failed.
Two more voting centres were stormed in ... |
c52385cd81026ffa3d9ec94acd0d6949 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-50731570 | Algeria election: 'Why I give up my weekends to protest' | Algeria election: 'Why I give up my weekends to protest'
Amina Boumaraf, 19, and Yanis Cherrou, 23, are not your typical students.
Every week since February they have been taking part in demonstrations in Algeria.
The protests led to long-time leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigning in April - but they are opposed to Thu... |
556c6f579656ed93d9f0853fd88d38af | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-50744649 | Niger army base attack leaves at least 71 soldiers dead | Niger army base attack leaves at least 71 soldiers dead
Militants have killed at least 71 soldiers in an attack on a military base in western Niger - the deadliest in several years.
Twelve soldiers were also injured in the attack in Inates, the army says.
No group has yet said it was behind the killings.
But militants ... |
6c520e9f56750c9a85a01e734cd9ba43 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-50794096 | Omar al-Bashir: Sudan ex-leader sentenced for corruption | Omar al-Bashir: Sudan ex-leader sentenced for corruption
Sudan's ex-president Omar al-Bashir has been sentenced to two years in a social reform facility for corruption.
The judge told the court that, under Sudanese law, people over the age of 70 cannot serve jail terms. Bashir is 75.
Bashir also faces charges related t... |
f089d8182178e6f0017dc19c3be6dd3b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-50924266 | Islamic State in Nigeria 'beheads Christian hostages' | Islamic State in Nigeria 'beheads Christian hostages'
The Islamic State group has released a video claiming to show the killing of 11 Christians in Nigeria.
IS said it was part of its recently declared campaign to "avenge" the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during a US raid in Syria in October.
No details wer... |
3373c4a051258d118c07062ca1addf64 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-50965779 | Guinea-Bissau: Former PM Embalo wins presidential election | Guinea-Bissau: Former PM Embalo wins presidential election
Former Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Umaro Cissoko Embalo has been elected president after winning a run-off vote against another ex-prime minister.
The 47-year-old beat rival Domingos Simoes Pereira by about 54% to 46%, the electoral commission announced.
Mr Pe... |
7147db12e41fc90b1ea822290d3354f1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51149093 | UK-Africa summit: Wooing Africa after Brexit | UK-Africa summit: Wooing Africa after Brexit
After Brexit, the UK wants to boost business trade with Africa, but as a major UK-Africa business summit starts in London, Matthew Davies asks if there really will be new opportunities for the continent.
Trade is tricky. Trade agreements are trickier. Trade negotiations to g... |
a7438b1148f597d13bf1258ebbec94e6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51183521 | Rohingya crisis: The Gambian who took Aung San Suu Kyi to the world court | Rohingya crisis: The Gambian who took Aung San Suu Kyi to the world court
Gambian Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou's actions brought Aung San Suu Kyi to The Hague to deny that her country's military was committing a genocide. As the UN's highest court orders measures to prevent further mass killings, Anna Holligan t... |
5aac3df7fed20c248b17c4baea5ae323 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51411720 | Ethiopia's missing students: Families' pain and the unsolved mystery | Ethiopia's missing students: Families' pain and the unsolved mystery
"We are grieving. I can't stop thinking about her. The entire family can't eat," a visibly pained Mare Abebe told the BBC.
She is worried about Belaynesh Mekonnen, a first-year economics student at Ethiopia's Dembi Dolo University, who was kidnapped l... |
42a883a86ac464095d66a760d18a632b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51521775 | Uganda's Queen of Katwe star Nikita Pearl Waligwa dies aged 15 | Uganda's Queen of Katwe star Nikita Pearl Waligwa dies aged 15
An actress who starred in the Queen of Katwe, a Disney film about a chess prodigy from a Ugandan slum, has died aged 15, Ugandan media report.
Nikita Pearl Waligwa had been diagnosed with a brain tumour.
The 2016 film was based on the true story of Phiona M... |
0e86adc9a69e6154693b48880d9841a1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51547573 | Locust swarms: South Sudan latest to be hit by invasion | Locust swarms: South Sudan latest to be hit by invasion
Swarms of desert locusts that have been devouring crops and pasture in the East Africa region have spread to South Sudan, the UN food agency says.
Several million South Sudanese are already facing hunger as the country struggles to emerge from a civil war.
The UN ... |
e41ad166f4870c5a9d721c176cc307db | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51571409 | Ethiopian 18th Century crown returns home from Netherlands | Ethiopian 18th Century crown returns home from Netherlands
An 18th Century Ethiopian crown has been returned home after being hidden in a Dutch flat for more than 20 years.
Ethiopian Sirak Asfaw, who fled to the Netherlands in the late 1970s, found the crown in 1998 in the suitcase of a visitor and realised it was stol... |
16010fba0bb2a3617cecb7024a9c5ec6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51629660 | Kenya bans commercial slaughter of donkeys | Kenya bans commercial slaughter of donkeys
Abattoirs in Kenya will be banned from slaughtering donkeys from next month, the agriculture minister has said.
The East African nation legalised trade in donkey meat and hide in 2012 to meet growing demand in China.
Minister Peter Munya said the decision had been a mistake as... |
bbe5ea9e6af4f72e518b1776da9431d8 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51671834 | Coronavirus: Nigeria confirms first case in sub-Saharan Africa | Coronavirus: Nigeria confirms first case in sub-Saharan Africa
The first case of the coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa has been confirmed in Nigeria.
The patient is an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and flew into the commercial city of Lagos from Milan on 25 February.
Authorities say he is stable with no serious ... |
5314cce8b1186d46bf6bc6526375aefe | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51720184 | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: The Ethiopian at the heart of the coronavirus fight | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: The Ethiopian at the heart of the coronavirus fight
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization (WHO), is something of a superstar these days.
The entire planet hangs on his every word as he explains, during regular press conferences at WHO headquarters in Geneva, ju... |
105ec6c6248fe032d52043458ee63943 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51770856 | Letter from Africa: The spread of coronavirus prejudice in Kenya | Letter from Africa: The spread of coronavirus prejudice in Kenya
In our series of letters from African writers, Kenyan journalist Waihiga Mwaura reflects on how the coronavirus has fuelled anti-Chinese prejudice in his country.
Despite the concerns around the spread of the coronavirus, the greatest enemy is not the vir... |
94bc0c6eda82fa3ddef44859e7b2de5f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51804764 | Nigeria's emir of Kano dethroned for 'disrespect' | Nigeria's emir of Kano dethroned for 'disrespect'
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, one of Nigeria's most influential Muslim traditional leaders, has been removed from his throne.
He was deposed for showing "insubordination'' to the authorities in the northern state of Kano.
Mr Sanusi, an ex-central bank chief, ha... |
1b6c7288d11c6bf84d8c1d79d3eb7768 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51875424 | South Africa: 'Our children are dying, but President Ramaphosa doesn't care' | South Africa: 'Our children are dying, but President Ramaphosa doesn't care'
In our series of letters from African journalists, South African filmmaker and writer Serusha Govender reports on the growing anger fuelled by a spate of child murders.
Passing by Cape Town's Parliament Square earlier this month, I caught sigh... |
76dabb2f08f821ca7cf2cd4a3da7b225 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51949125 | Coronavirus: South Africa braces for the worst | Coronavirus: South Africa braces for the worst
As the number of coronavirus cases in South Africa rises quickly, BBC Africa correspondent Andrew Harding visits a poor neighbourhood in the main city Johannesburg to see how it will cope with an outbreak.
In the narrow, muddy alleys, lined with makeshift homes, that lead ... |
3abc5ca4aa872dd9fbde8c6189996765 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51949595 | Nigeria visa firm owned by man on fraud charges | Nigeria visa firm owned by man on fraud charges
The owner of the Nigerian government-appointed company which produces visas for people wishing to travel to Nigeria from around the world is facing charges of fraud and money laundering in Nigeria in relation to a different company, the BBC has learnt in a joint investiga... |
e3b332ffaf994f43a372e33890f581e4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51978459 | Aurlus Mabélé: Congolese music legend dies 'from coronavirus' | Aurlus Mabélé: Congolese music legend dies 'from coronavirus'
Congolese music star Aurlus Mabélé has died in hospital in France's capital Paris, aged 67.
Posts on social media from friends and relatives say he died of coronavirus but this is not confirmed.
His fans called him the king of soukous - a high-tempo Congoles... |
6d7ee00aa66c5ddb293fd502f3a564cc | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51982703 | Coronavirus: Algeria protests called off for first time in a year | Coronavirus: Algeria protests called off for first time in a year
Algerian protesters have called off their weekly anti-government demonstrations for the first time in more than a year to reduce the spread of coronavirus.
This would have been the 57th week in a row that Algerians came out onto the streets.
Authorities ... |
2d69f66dea2f54c80c6c906bafa2b8e2 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52005899 | Mozambique jihadists seize key town in Cabo Delgado | Mozambique jihadists seize key town in Cabo Delgado
Islamist insurgents have seized control of a key town in northern Mozambique, close to where foreign companies are working on a $60bn (£52bn) natural gas project.
The militants staged an overnight attack on Mocimboa de Praia, taking a military base and raising their f... |
2d8951278958dda60fcd32429dccc955 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52010868 | Coronavirus: Why Ghana has gone into mourning after mass funeral ban | Coronavirus: Why Ghana has gone into mourning after mass funeral ban
In our series of letters from African writers, journalist and former Ghana government minister Elizabeth Ohene writes about the dramatic impact coronavirus is having on life in her country and beyond.
If anyone had any doubt about just how serious the... |
81288c2758d3aa925cc67109a902b23b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52019326 | Lorry in Mozambique found with 64 dead stowaways | Lorry in Mozambique found with 64 dead stowaways
Mozambican immigration officers have found 64 dead bodies in a shipping container on the back of a lorry that had crossed into Mozambique from Malawi, officials say.
It is suspected that the dead, thought to be Ethiopian, suffocated, the authorities told the BBC.
Two peo... |
46e9ff0d8492faf3543eaa9b18ed55bc | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52050531 | Africa's week in pictures: 20-26 March 2020 | Africa's week in pictures: 20-26 March 2020
A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent:
Images: AFP, EPA, Getty Images and Reuters
|
54e44601b05235e6fb112e773075a18c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52053738 | Cameroon rebels declare coronavirus ceasefire | Cameroon rebels declare coronavirus ceasefire
A separatist militia in Cameroon is to down its weapons for a fortnight so people can be tested for coronavirus.
The Southern Cameroons Defence Forces (Socadef) said its ceasefire would come into effect from Sunday as "a gesture of goodwill".
It is so far the only armed gro... |
d97dfd8075870492de2e93db4b5aef93 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52061547 | Coronavirus: What the world can learn from Ebola fight | Coronavirus: What the world can learn from Ebola fight
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who made history as Africa's first elected female president, led Liberia for 12 years including during the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak that killed nearly 5,000 people in her country.
The BBC asked the Nobel Peace Laureate for her reflections on th... |
c5929825b4aa182240ba22c5e0c490ca | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52061697 | Coronavirus: Zimbabwean broadcaster Zororo Makamba died 'alone and scared' | Coronavirus: Zimbabwean broadcaster Zororo Makamba died 'alone and scared'
Cooped up in an isolation ward, a young Zimbabwean man who had been diagnosed with Covid-19, pleaded with his family for help.
Thirty-year-old Zororo Makamba was "alone and scared", according to his older brother who spoke to Zimbabwe's privatel... |
f437a864990a612614f3a4e757f15630 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52093343 | Lagos lockdown over coronavirus: 'How will my children survive?' | Lagos lockdown over coronavirus: 'How will my children survive?'
As more than 25 million people are placed on a two-week lockdown in parts of Nigeria in a bid to curtail the spread of coronavirus, poor people in congested neighbourhoods are worried about how they will cope, writes the BBC's Nduka Orjinmo from the comme... |
97c72403d6c3ee90a9aa4e291313cff0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52098230 | Sierra Leone overturns ban on pregnant schoolgirls | Sierra Leone overturns ban on pregnant schoolgirls
Sierra Leone has overturned a five-year law barring pregnant girls from going to school.
The ban was introduced in 2015 as schools reopened after the Ebola crisis, which saw a rise in pregnancies among school-age girls.
West Africa's top court ruled in December that th... |
50d4277489c732a73c5c00140672d0d6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52172164 | Coronavirus: Malawi president takes 10% pay cut | Coronavirus: Malawi president takes 10% pay cut
Malawi's president and all government ministers are taking a 10% wage cut for three months to raise money to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.
President Peter Mutharika made the announcement as he set out a stimulus package to help cushion the economic impact of the diseas... |
422e60080d43fb7f2c42808584c91b58 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52172609 | Somali outrage at rape of girls aged three and four | Somali outrage at rape of girls aged three and four
The government in Somalia has condemned the abduction and rape of two girls aged just three and four.
The doctor in charge of the hospital where they are being treated says they need major surgery.
An official said several arrests had been made following the attack wh... |
d3223abd4058a2644599018ee8da36c2 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52189144 | Coronavirus: Ivory Coast protesters target testing centre | Coronavirus: Ivory Coast protesters target testing centre
Protesters in Ivory Coast's commercial capital, Abidjan, have destroyed a coronavirus centre that was being built in the district of Yopougon.
Residents said it was being built in a crowded residential area, too close to their homes.
Videos on social media show ... |
776e803424548d94dc235027d7a4c2de | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52189785 | Coronavirus: Nigeria's mega churches adjust to empty auditoriums | Coronavirus: Nigeria's mega churches adjust to empty auditoriums
The auditoriums of Nigeria's mega churches are empty and their gates are shut as they are forced to observe a government ban on large gatherings to halt the spread of coronavirus.
But it took not only threats, but force and arrests for the message to get ... |
81011ea49d034ea88f16fb4cc30b7111 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52192184 | Coronavirus: Africa will not be testing ground for vaccine, says WHO | Coronavirus: Africa will not be testing ground for vaccine, says WHO
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has condemned as "racist" the comments by two French doctors who suggested a vaccine for the coronavirus could be tested in Africa.
"Africa can't and won't be a testing ground for any vaccine," said Dire... |
02fa0f63c26efead30a420ca5353c682 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52214740 | Coronavirus in Africa: Whipping, shooting and snooping | Coronavirus in Africa: Whipping, shooting and snooping
Armed variously with guns, whips and tear gas canisters, security officers in several African countries have been beating, harassing and, in some cases, killing people as they enforce measures aimed at preventing the spread of Covid-19.
The actions of the police an... |
f263b882347cc1d9df4e70650f3238ad | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52228932 | Coronavirus in South Africa: The lull before the surge? | Coronavirus in South Africa: The lull before the surge?
During the past fortnight South Africa has seen a dramatic, and unexpected slow-down in the daily rate of coronavirus infections.
Health experts are warning that it is far too early to see this as a significant development, and worry that it could even trigger a d... |
8c0f3fcd13f2fe0b114eb3ea8f935e2d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52286296 | Ugandan floating island causes national power cut | Ugandan floating island causes national power cut
A huge floating island in Lake Victoria triggered a nationwide blackout in Uganda after clogging a turbine in a hydroelectric power station.
"It was at least two acres, almost two football size pitches," an official, Simon Kasyate, told the BBC.
The outage caused a broa... |
dac24b93427c263ad4f2fd7d1a9bf7fb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52358268 | South Africa coronavirus lockdown: Is the alcohol ban working? | South Africa coronavirus lockdown: Is the alcohol ban working?
The ban on the sale and transportation of alcohol during the coronavirus lockdown in South Africa has emptied hospital beds, ruined businesses, provoked violence and political disputes, and has led to a surge of interest in pineapples, writes the BBC's Andr... |
aa79f1f7ac94ba490edde43fe6d0f970 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52440789 | Coronavirus tests cause tailbacks at Kenya-Uganda border | Coronavirus tests cause tailbacks at Kenya-Uganda border
Lorry drivers are complaining of long tailbacks at the Kenyan-Ugandan border as both nations carry out mandatory coronavirus testing for them.
On Sunday,
the queue on the Kenyan side was up to 30km (19 miles) long, according to local station Citizen TV
.
The East... |
6bb04bf4ee9b6d47b702eb283aa79ffe | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52483924 | South African anti-apartheid veteran Denis Goldberg dies | South African anti-apartheid veteran Denis Goldberg dies
Veteran South African anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldberg, who was tried alongside Nelson Mandela, has died at the age of 87.
As a member of the ANC's military wing, he was convicted of armed resistance to white-minority rule and sentenced to four life terms i... |
efc87f8005248281cf64d75bb89088bb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52604961 | Coronavirus: Zambia sex workers praised for contact tracing | Coronavirus: Zambia sex workers praised for contact tracing
Sex workers in Zambia are helping to trace people who have contracted coronavirus after a surge in new infections at the border town of Nakonde, the health minister has said.
Chitalu Chilufya said 76 of 85 reported new cases in the northern town were either se... |
f039eae3be592ab362b2162122b4c6d7 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-53005447 | Zimbabwe's MDC 'abductees arrested for lying about torture' | Zimbabwe's MDC 'abductees arrested for lying about torture'
Zimbabwe's main opposition party says three of its female members, including an MP, have been arrested for lying about being tortured in custody.
Thee women were detained in May for attending a protest during lockdown.
They allege state agents then abducted th... |
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