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35e2afd21157296c1ab87ed1d86628c3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55737887 | Quiz of the week: What was Biden's inauguration poem called? | Quiz of the week: What was Biden's inauguration poem called?
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de7c348450eb25acec9c894664b3a86f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55756452 | Covid-19: Five days that shaped the outbreak | Covid-19: Five days that shaped the outbreak
A year ago, the Chinese government locked down the city of Wuhan. For weeks beforehand officials had maintained that the outbreak was under control - just a few dozen cases linked to a live animal market. But in fact the virus had been spreading throughout the city and aroun... |
7fc0e239b1a430396486778589cc2487 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55905354 | The myth and reality of the super soldier | The myth and reality of the super soldier
Is China trying to make its own version of Captain America? US intelligence has suggested so. But beyond the hype, the possibility of a super soldier is not so outlandish and one that not just China is interested in.
With deep pockets, and a desire to get an edge, the world's m... |
71ad7dc1bdae963c9936ef63f1d249ea | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-56085733 | Texas weather: Are frozen wind turbines to blame for power cuts? | Texas weather: Are frozen wind turbines to blame for power cuts?
Critics of green energy in the United States have blamed the failure of wind turbines for the power shortages in Texas during the recent freezing conditions there.
"The windmills failed like the silly fashion accessories they are, and people in Texas died... |
8872d513a0a1cc3826f47415d24f6883 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10351550 | The battle for Nelson Mandela's legacy | The battle for Nelson Mandela's legacy
While South Africa's political icon Nelson Mandela is set to celebrate his 92nd birthday on Sunday, his relatives and colleagues are becoming increasingly involved in bitter feuds for control of his name because of the political and economic riches it carries.
The disputes are tak... |
8f116cca1a92eca9c8b6437d8522a822 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10763605 | Somali pirates sentenced to 10 years in Seychelles | Somali pirates sentenced to 10 years in Seychelles
Eleven Somali pirates have been sentenced to 10 years in prison in the Seychelles for attempting to seize a coastguard boat last December.
The ruling by the Supreme Court in Victoria is the first of its kind in the Indian Ocean nation.
In recent years, pirates have ext... |
cf8edf6738b1114dc44eee47e9165e75 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10878424 | Q&A: Charles Taylor on trial | Q&A: Charles Taylor on trial
Liberia's former President Charles Taylor is beginning a 50-year jail sentence on charges of aiding and abetting war crimes during the brutal civil war in neighbouring Sierra Leone.
He is the first former head of state to be convicted of war crimes by an international court since the Nuremb... |
9b0ec6f3e38e73a0ce835cc28d72ddec | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10908436 | Naomi Campbell said Taylor sent diamond: Mia Farrow | Naomi Campbell said Taylor sent diamond: Mia Farrow
Actress Mia Farrow has testified that model Naomi Campbell said she got a "huge diamond" from men sent by ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor.
Ms Farrow's testimony directly contradicts Ms Campbell's account that she received two or three stones and did not know who ... |
d44dc6e55c8469d88d970228da7d3a1e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12196679 | Obituary: Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali | Obituary: Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali
Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali led Tunisia for 23 years before stepping down in January 2011 amid an unprecedented wave of street protests.
As president, Ben Ali was credited with delivering stability and a measure of economic prosperity, but he received widespread criticism for suppressing p... |
b6a360f0b4d4d7741d2aa2e953f5b280 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12200479 | South Sudan's independence vote ends | South Sudan's independence vote ends
Voting has ended in Sudan in the south's historic independence referendum, with a large turnout for the week-long poll.
The vote is widely expected to see the south choose overwhelmingly for separation from the north.
The referendum was a condition of a 2005 peace deal which ended a... |
9c6a4fc5be5b1b0affabe3a66170e79d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12202283 | Tunis gun battles erupt after Ben Ali aide arrested | Tunis gun battles erupt after Ben Ali aide arrested
Tunisian forces are exchanging fire near the presidential palace with members of deposed President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's guard, reports say.
Witnesses reported heavy gunfire in Carthage, north of the capital Tunis, where the palace is located.
It comes after the e... |
e7f1ab530d9ed572d71d599960dad393 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12692068 | Libya: How the opposing sides are armed | Libya: How the opposing sides are armed
Fighting for control of the Libyan capital Tripoli began on Sunday 21 August when rebel forces entered the city. Forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi are battling rebels in several parts of the city.
The BBC's Jonathan Marcus looks at some of the weaponry available to both sid... |
227975ac7a9974e0439c77525b5bc7e1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12699183 | Libya: France recognises rebels as government | Libya: France recognises rebels as government
France has become the first country to recognise the Libyan rebel leadership, the National Libyan Council (NLC), as the country's legitimate government.
But other members of the European Union held back, with a spokesman for the EU's foreign affairs chief warning against "r... |
c88808fad85dc3fcc2967b00e6d5ca5d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12737230 | Niger election: Opposition's Mahamadou Issoufou wins | Niger election: Opposition's Mahamadou Issoufou wins
Niger opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou won Saturday's presidential run-off with nearly 58% of the vote, the election commission has announced.
Mr Issoufou had been defeated in two previous polls by former President Mamadou Tandja, who was ousted by the military a... |
39bb1693766f389d829332c33079915b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12756874 | Libya revolt: Gaddafi targets Ajdabiya and Misrata | Libya revolt: Gaddafi targets Ajdabiya and Misrata
Government forces are undertaking a twin-pronged assault on rebel positions in east and west Libya.
Government soldiers have surrounded and made their first ground assault on Ajdabiya - the last town before the main rebel-held city of Benghazi.
Tanks are also pounding ... |
0b1276efffe48fd2ab0c3c74918bdfc8 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12840582 | Somalia hostages: Pirates 'show Danes to reporter' | Somalia hostages: Pirates 'show Danes to reporter'
A Danish newspaper says that one of its reporters has met the Danish family being held hostage by Somali pirates and they seem to be well.
An unnamed Ekstra Bladet reporter is said to have been allowed to visit the family of five and their two crew members aboard a hij... |
9f10d28085972e6bbf5c81cb6c1e23e3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12915894 | Libyan rebels look to compete with Gaddafi through oil | Libyan rebels look to compete with Gaddafi through oil
Since Libya's uprising began in February, the north of the country has become a battlefield and the production of oil - which generated most of the country's income - has slowed dramatically.
In the west, Col Muammar Gaddafi is thought to be using huge reserves of ... |
5a4c47cacebe6af3514888a35565e4e0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12915959 | Libya: Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa 'defects to UK' | Libya: Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa 'defects to UK'
Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa is in Britain and "no longer willing" to work for Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime, the UK Foreign Office says.
He flew in from Tunisia on a non-commercial flight and was questioned for several hours by British officials.
"He tr... |
eda251ff708da0a3ea5186fd4eb9341a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12944373 | Nigeria's elections postponed over logistical 'chaos' | Nigeria's elections postponed over logistical 'chaos'
Parliamentary elections in Nigeria have been postponed until Monday because of organisational problems, officials say.
The electoral officials - who have apologised for the delay - say ballot papers have not been delivered in time to many polling stations.
The decis... |
dda2e69b87b031942ebafdc29908eb8e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12973534 | Zambia drops Chinese bosses' mine shooting charges | Zambia drops Chinese bosses' mine shooting charges
The Zambian government has dropped charges against two Chinese managers accused of attempted murder after firing on miners during a pay dispute.
Xiao Li Shan and Wu Jiu Hua said the workers' behaviour, at the Collum coal mine in October, had been threatening. The shoot... |
25350edd792e74cde559a8d89a40fd97 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12997181 | Libyan rebels near Ajdabiya 'killed in Nato air strike' | Libyan rebels near Ajdabiya 'killed in Nato air strike'
Rebels in eastern Libya say their forces have been mistakenly hit in a Nato air raid on a rebel tank position.
Rebels said five died, while doctors in Ajdabiya told the BBC at least 13 rebel fighters had been killed in the strike.
The BBC's Wyre Davies reported ch... |
bbea6f89bbaee2d02188c40e48d4d02a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13004462 | Did UN forces take sides in Ivory Coast? | Did UN forces take sides in Ivory Coast?
As UN helicopters bombarded the arsenal of Laurent Gbagbo, his spokesman condemned what he called "illegal acts" and "war crimes" aimed at assassinating the entrenched ruler of Ivory Coast.
This was expected criticism from a regime under attack. But there have also been expressi... |
b9c0c50b0f0f6daa6b16858a2390fd7a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13023948 | Egypt: Army crackdown in Cairo's Tahrir Square | Egypt: Army crackdown in Cairo's Tahrir Square
Egypt's army has cracked down on protests in Cairo's symbolic Tahrir Square, leaving at least one person dead and dozens injured.
The violence occurred overnight as the army tried to clear protesters calling for ex-President Hosni Mubarak and his family to be tried for cor... |
da39164bfb281154d7f39296eb1f81ca | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13122520 | Italy chocolate tycoon Pietro Ferrero dies in S Africa | Italy chocolate tycoon Pietro Ferrero dies in S Africa
Italian chocolate tycoon Pietro Ferrero has died in an accident in South Africa, a company spokesman has said.
Mr Ferrero, 48, was on a business trip and died after falling off his bicycle, probably because of an ailment, the company said.
He was joint chief execut... |
0e5c2a36360be80093549081f700e25a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13176645 | Libya: US confirms first Predator strike | Libya: US confirms first Predator strike
The US military has confirmed the first strike by an unmanned Predator drone aircraft in Libya.
Nato said the drone destroyed a Libyan government multiple rocket launcher near Misrata at approximately 1100GMT.
Drones can hit military targets more easily in urban areas, minimisin... |
9ebde6e8454820614d0b7578abf66000 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13260343 | Libya crisis: Muammar Gaddafi's son buried in Tripoli | Libya crisis: Muammar Gaddafi's son buried in Tripoli
The funeral of the youngest son of Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has taken place in the capital, Tripoli.
Libya says Saif al-Arab, 29, and three of Col Gaddafi's grandchildren died on Saturday when Nato missiles hit his villa in the leader's compound.
His funera... |
4e223f7a8da1f1b24e42fe7dc5abbd94 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13278374 | Uganda gay activist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera hailed | Uganda gay activist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera hailed
Ugandan gay activist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera has been given the prestigious Martin Ennals rights award.
The 10 organisations which make up the award jury said she was courageous and faced harassment because of her work.
Homosexual acts are illegal in Uganda, an... |
0a47d4f9cb40ba7340a04c7ac7766b47 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13317615 | Equatorial Guinea profile - Timeline | Equatorial Guinea profile - Timeline
1471
- Portuguese navigator Fernao do Po sights the island of Fernando Po, which is now called Bioko.
1777
- Portuguese cedes islands of Annobon and Fernando Po as well as rights on the mainland coast to Spain, giving it access to a source of slaves.
1844
- Spanish settle in what be... |
3faa437650f6e31d99d5f145211d8f6b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13325229?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter | Al-Qaeda denies link to Marrakesh cafe attack | Al-Qaeda denies link to Marrakesh cafe attack
Al-Qaeda in North Africa has denied that it was involved in an explosion at a cafe in Marrakesh last month in which 17 people died.
In a statement issued by a Mauritanian news agency, the regional offshoot said it had nothing to do with the attack.
Police in Morocco have ar... |
9f31b6ec9b645443501ed4219a591a38 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13367277 | DR Congo: 48 rapes every hour, US study finds | DR Congo: 48 rapes every hour, US study finds
A study by US scientists has concluded that an average of 48 women and girls are raped every hour in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The study, in the American Journal of Public Health, found that 400,000 females aged 15-49 were raped over a 12-month period in 2006 and 20... |
55c8cc164799f91859ec183865444827 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13379433 | Libya: Nato in fresh strike on Gaddafi compound | Libya: Nato in fresh strike on Gaddafi compound
Nato air strikes have again hit the compound of Col Muammar Gaddafi, hours after Libyan state TV showed footage purportedly of the leader in Tripoli.
Libyan government officials said the attack in the early hours of Thursday killed three people, although this cannot be in... |
d944ea13c009548c22ec05deed5648c4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13491445?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter | Sudan: Abyei seizure by north 'act of war', says south | Sudan: Abyei seizure by north 'act of war', says south
South Sudan has denounced as an act of war the takeover by north Sudan forces of the contested border town of Abyei.
A southern military spokesman told the BBC the North had attacked the area with 5,000 troops, killing civilians and southern soldiers.
South Sudan i... |
a5f090d9904c8baa280b7cd4e9aec55a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13507474 | Rwanda: Ex-women's minister guilty of genocide, rape | Rwanda: Ex-women's minister guilty of genocide, rape
A former Rwandan women's minister has been sentenced to life in prison for her role in the genocide and the rape of Tutsi women and girls.
Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, 65, is the first woman to be convicted of genocide by an international court.
She was found guilty, along... |
60634eca7cb1150291e849ec659f59a4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13538436 | Libya: Nato planes target Gaddafi's Tripoli compound | Libya: Nato planes target Gaddafi's Tripoli compound
At least five large explosions rocked the Libyan capital Tripoli overnight, as the Nato military campaign continued.
For a second night, the air strikes targeted the area around Col Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound.
Nato is enforcing a UN resolution to prote... |
88476043c44c1e1761397c816f054eff | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13579838 | Guinea-Bissau profile - Timeline | Guinea-Bissau profile - Timeline
Pre-15th century
- The area of what is now Guinea-Bissau comes under the influence of the Mali Empire and becomes a tributary kingdom known as Gabu.
1446-47
- First Portuguese arrive; subsequently administered as part of the Portuguese Cape Verde Islands, the Guinea area becomes importa... |
e7067c4c79d00550742e1a2c2e287296 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13582150 | Rwanda genocide: Opposition claims 'forced exhumations' | Rwanda genocide: Opposition claims 'forced exhumations'
A Rwandan opposition party has accused the government of forcing people to exhume the bodies of relatives killed during the 1994 genocide.
The authorities say the remains should be brought together at memorial sites so people never forget the killings.
Some 800,00... |
91c29f808d12654f23dbfc563a52b427 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13585019 | Libya: Nato planes target Gaddafi's Tripoli compound | Libya: Nato planes target Gaddafi's Tripoli compound
British jets have struck a compound where Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi sometimes lives.
RAF Typhoons and other Nato jets fired guided weapons to destroy guard towers on the perimeter of the Bab al-Aziziya complex, said the Ministry of Defence.
A spokesman sa... |
5cbea0af3208051643d51cea9581eabf | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13611132 | Libya says Nato air raids 'killed 700 civilians' | Libya says Nato air raids 'killed 700 civilians'
The Libyan government says Nato air raids have killed more than 700 civilians since bombing began in March.
Spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said more than 4,000 people had been wounded, but gave no evidence to confirm his figures.
Nato has denied killing large numbers of civili... |
e9cedc4c8725f21eb527d206678dcbf4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13864367 | Malawi country profile | Malawi country profile
Malawi, a largely agricultural country, is making efforts to overcome decades of underdevelopment.
For the first 30 years of independence Malawi was run by an authoritarian and quixotic President Hastings Kamuzu Banda, but democratic institutions have taken hold since he relinquished power in the... |
981a235ac49e25ea3254eac4d07cb5dc | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13881367 | Malawi profile | Malawi profile
1480
- Bantu tribes unite several smaller political states to form the Maravi Confederacy which at its height includes large parts of present-day Zambia and Mozambique plus the modern state of Malawi.
17th century
- Portuguese explorers arrive from the east coast of present-day Mozambique.
1790-1860
- Sl... |
ae10556e14a6926cc5fb2dcb37626288 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13882234 | Mauritius profile - full overview | Mauritius profile - full overview
Mauritius, a volcanic island of lagoons and palm-fringed beaches in the Indian Ocean, has a reputation for stability and racial harmony among its mixed population of Asians, Europeans and Africans.
The island has maintained one of the developing world's most successful democracies and ... |
556a3d1119fe90a5bfb04932559de485 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13887613 | Senegal: Abdoulaye Wade drops poll plans after riots | Senegal: Abdoulaye Wade drops poll plans after riots
Senegal's president has dropped proposed changes to the country's constitution after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at thousands of protesters outside Dakar's parliament.
Abdoulaye Wade had wanted to reduce the proportion of votes needed to win a presidenti... |
a826e36ee4387d9a61c2977819b88730 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13891138 | Namibia profile - Timeline | Namibia profile - Timeline
1488
- Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias visits.
1886-90
- Present international boundaries established by German treaties with Portugal and Britain. Germany annexes the territory as South West Africa.
1892-1905
- Suppression of uprisings against German colonial occupation by Herero and Nam... |
54cadddf7806a0f66baaaf5753b5bcd0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13898235 | Sudan's Abyei: US proposes UN peacekeeper force | Sudan's Abyei: US proposes UN peacekeeper force
The United States has tabled a draft resolution at the UN calling for more than 4,000 peacekeepers to be sent to the disputed Sudanese region of Abyei.
The region lies on the border between Sudan and soon-to-be independent South Sudan and is claimed by both sides.
It has ... |
bac3a700a150f4d557a2a8dd1082a883 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13970412 | Libya: AU condemns French arms drop to rebels | Libya: AU condemns French arms drop to rebels
African Union Commission chief Jean Ping says France's decision to air-drop weapons to Libyan rebels is dangerous and puts the whole region at risk.
He told the BBC the action risked creating problems similar to those in war-torn Somalia.
France has confirmed it dropped arm... |
b749115d1cadf8fb61e8605004b9bb0a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13979356 | Ugandan police seize Yoweri Museveni 'birthday cake' | Ugandan police seize Yoweri Museveni 'birthday cake'
Ugandan police have broken up a "mock birthday party" for President Yoweri Museveni held by opposition activists.
They declared the party in the capital, Kampala, illegal and confiscated a birthday cake and the presents.
President Museveni's exact date of birth is no... |
1c49fd7c9f796a3099a751d7c2784153 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14094503 | Somalia country profile | Somalia country profile
Created in 1960 from a former British protectorate and an Italian colony, Somalia collapsed into anarchy following the overthrow of the military regime of President Siad Barre in 1991.
As rival warlords tore the country apart into clan-based fiefdoms, an internationally-backed unity government f... |
563c59edbb706582f3d5d7b7ec15670b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14095868 | Tanzania profile - Timeline | Tanzania profile - Timeline
A chronology of key events:
1498
- Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama visits Tanzanian coast.
1506
- Portuguese succeed in controlling most of the East African coast.
1699
- Portuguese ousted from Zanzibar by Omani Arabs.
1884
- German Colonisation Society begins to acquire territory on the m... |
1bef0e8771f472f9c1ade9b741713004 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14107024 | Togo profile - Timeline | Togo profile - Timeline
A chronology of key events:
15-17th centuries
- Ewe clans from Nigeria and the Ane from Ghana and Ivory Coast settle in region already occupied by Kwa and Voltaic peoples.
1700s
- Coastal area occupied by Danes.
1884
- German protectorate of Togoland established, forced labour used to develop pl... |
1b261a44c55edd690820743d6efaff54 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14107555 | Tunisia profile - Leaders | Tunisia profile - Leaders
President: Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi
Beji Caid Essebsi came to office in December 2014 after winning the first free presidential election since the uprising that toppled autocratic leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
Mr Essebsi, who was a long-serving speaker of parliament under Mr Ben Ali's rule,... |
cf0a98c5822cb995a26f140826fb21b0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14114727 | Puntland profile | Puntland profile
Puntland, an arid region of north-east Somalia, declared itself an autonomous state in August 1998, in part to avoid the clan warfare engulfing southern Somalia.
Despite its relative stability, the region has endured armed conflict, and grabbed the world headlines with an upsurge in pirate attacks on i... |
65ca0311d9a24bd5fe06a795cab7bc71 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14120349 | Zimbabwe's NoViolet Bulawayo wins Caine writing prize | Zimbabwe's NoViolet Bulawayo wins Caine writing prize
Zimbabwean writer NoViolet Bulawayo has won this year's Caine Prize for African Writing, regarded as Africa's leading literary award.
The £10,000 ($16,000) prize was given for her story Hitting Budapest about hungry children from a shantytown who steal guavas from a... |
598f9e9529117ceddbf34acde55bf768 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14121193 | Republic of Congo profile - Leaders | Republic of Congo profile - Leaders
President: Denis Sassou Nguesso
Denis Sassou Nguesso is one of Africa's longest-serving leaders, having first come to power three decades ago.
He gained his latest seven-year term after elections in July 2009 which were boycotted by the opposition, and from which the main opposition ... |
a3ef6bf061980a628f88cebd952a4d5f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14159182 | Horn of Africa drought: Kenya to open Ifo II camp | Horn of Africa drought: Kenya to open Ifo II camp
Kenya has agreed to open a new refugee camp near its border with Somalia, as thousands of people flee the region's worst drought in 60 years.
Prime Minister Raila Odinga said the Ifo II camp, which can fit up to 80,000 people, would open within 10 days.
Some government ... |
19fee01c8bdb3b5e658ba8714f87e6c3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14175443 | Somalia drought: UN delivers aid to Islamist areas | Somalia drought: UN delivers aid to Islamist areas
The UN has made its first aid delivery to drought victims in areas of Somalia controlled by al-Qaeda-linked militants since they lifted an aid ban.
UN children organisation's Rozanne Chorlton said al-Shabab had given UN workers unhindered access and hoped this would en... |
bb0310658fb18aa1dd8c31b28c03db36 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14314060 | Somalia famine: WFP begins aid airlift to Mogadishu | Somalia famine: WFP begins aid airlift to Mogadishu
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) has begun to airlift emergency food supplies to famine-struck Somalia.
The first flight, with 10 tonnes of nutritional supplements for children, has landed in the capital Mogadishu, an African Union official told the BBC.
Millions i... |
387619dfb4c93606bdbedd9d27a97464 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14493277 | Pfizer: Nigeria drug trial victims get compensation | Pfizer: Nigeria drug trial victims get compensation
US-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has made the first compensation payment to Nigerian families affected by a controversial drug trial 15 years ago.
It paid $175,000 (£108,000) each to four families in the first of a series of payments it is expected to make.
The pa... |
732e87de18b4bf4856296a4e4ecee35f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14602274 | Gunfight on Libya-Tunisia border | Gunfight on Libya-Tunisia border
Tunisian security forces have fought a gun battle with armed men in pick-up trucks near the Libyan border, officials say.
The gunmen were reportedly driving vehicles with Libyan licence plates.
The violence broke out late on Friday and lasted into early Saturday, with Tunisian officials... |
ce5c90708c7350990310db783ae771e5 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14659941 | East Africa drought: Africa pledges famine aid | East Africa drought: Africa pledges famine aid
African leaders have raised more than $350m (£215m) in aid for 12 million people facing starvation in the Horn of Africa's worst drought in decades.
Some $1.2bn of the $2.5bn the UN says is needed has been raised worldwide.
Civil society organisations said they were disapp... |
421042d0447ba8dca37573b0778c0984 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14814388 | Libya conflict: Gaddafi aide Mansour Daw 'in Niamey' | Libya conflict: Gaddafi aide Mansour Daw 'in Niamey'
Col Muammar Gaddafi's security chief is among several former Libyan officials who have arrived in the capital of Niger, Niamey, officials there say.
They say the man, Mansour Daw, entered the country on Sunday and travelled via the desert city of Agadez.
Meanwhile, a... |
784eabbcfa989fa845d2f1c79a905d08 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14952240 | China's stake in Zambia's election | China's stake in Zambia's election
If you want proof that China has arrived in Africa, look no further than Zambia, which is gearing up for parliamentary and presidential elections on Tuesday.
Its capital Lusaka has recently become the first African city to offer Chinese currency banking services.
The city's Bank of Ch... |
31b6c536bf909331e60d3c8ab456193b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15019883 | Ugandan LRA rebel Thomas Kwoyelo granted amnesty | Ugandan LRA rebel Thomas Kwoyelo granted amnesty
A court in Uganda has ordered the release of one of the commanders of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), ending the country's first war crimes trial.
Thomas Kwoyelo had been charged with 53 counts of murder and other crimes.
But the constitutional court said he should be ... |
35a198e714658bc3ba9252f73bf2bd64 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15317684 | US to send troops to Uganda to help fight LRA rebels | US to send troops to Uganda to help fight LRA rebels
US President Barack Obama has said he is sending about 100 US soldiers to Uganda to help regional forces battle the notorious Lord's Resistance Army.
Although combat-equipped, the troops would be providing information and advice "to partner nation forces", Mr Obama
w... |
86619ef856423b5bdb2545b89f616fab | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15562729 | Zambian farmers learn to write their Shanjo language | Zambian farmers learn to write their Shanjo language
"It's like a miracle," says Hastings Sitale, recalling how he felt when he saw a booklet written in ciShanjo, a language he had only ever spoken before.
Mr Sitale, who describes himself as "just a farmer", is part of an estimated 20,000-strong Shanjo community in Zam... |
8633106592136c8eeb3a9fa29079e0d5 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15569310 | China mines in Zambia 'unsafe' says Human Rights Watch | China mines in Zambia 'unsafe' says Human Rights Watch
Chinese-run copper mines in Zambia are dangerously unsafe and owners routinely flout the rights of workers, says a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
The pressure group says miners are threatened with dismissal if they became involved in union activities.
It urged... |
930a228fee123d50adca6a8c7ca4c3f0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15645354 | Cashing in on Uganda's oil boom | Cashing in on Uganda's oil boom
Trisa Kabaganda knows that, as the Ugandan proverb goes, it is only the early risers who succeed in filling their baskets with white ants.
And when oil was discovered in the Hoima district of Western Uganda, she was an early riser.
She realised that people working in the oil industry wou... |
88e3a9bceb93ea9ae4554dbe886e0897 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15725632 | Israel-Kenya deal to help fight Somalia's al-Shabab | Israel-Kenya deal to help fight Somalia's al-Shabab
Israel has offered to help Kenya secure its borders as it tackles Somalia's Islamist group, al-Shabab, the Kenyan prime minister's office has said.
It said Kenya got the backing of Israel to "rid its territory of fundamentalist elements" during Prime Minister Raila Od... |
0410cce4315a6539a1406bf1e14ee943 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15758695 | Why eastern DR Congo is my favourite place in Africa | Why eastern DR Congo is my favourite place in Africa
Where is your favourite place in Africa? Mine - for a jumble of contradictory reasons that don't quite add up - is the Kivus, on the eastern edge of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
I used to spend a lot of time
in the region when I was based in Nairobi
and I'm fina... |
2ba27833fb7316c44b50b25ae46c418c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15859686 | Waiting in vain for a train in DR Congo | Waiting in vain for a train in DR Congo
Alexandre Mapokopero is proud to work for SNCC, the national railway of the Democratic Republic of Congo, but the last time he actually mounted a train was back in June.
As chief train attendant in the southern city of Lubumbashi, his job is to attend to passengers' every need wh... |
0d0021ede91c481269e3daa6f8bdfbf6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16000522 | Nando's axes Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe 'dictator' advert | Nando's axes Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe 'dictator' advert
A South African fast food chain has withdrawn a TV advert which pokes fun at Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as "the last dictator standing".
Nando's South Africa said it decided to act after receiving threats to its staff in Zimbabwe from a youth group loyal t... |
38235054af33cf8cb0d0406940cfe268 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16003299 | ICC seeks Sudan defence minister arrest over Darfur | ICC seeks Sudan defence minister arrest over Darfur
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor has requested an arrest warrant for Sudan's defence minister for alleged crimes in Darfur.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein was suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in 2003-... |
d2b723553b6617bbfbaa9de668c26849 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16010171 | Robert Mugabe: The survivor | Robert Mugabe: The survivor
As Zimbabwe's economy has gone from bad to worse to disastrous in recent years, Robert Mugabe's political and physical demise has been predicted many times but he has always confounded his many critics - so far at least.
In March 2008, his future looked more uncertain than ever as Zimbabwean... |
5333718fc4a3990a7819709c5f062686 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17015873 | Nigerians living in poverty rise to nearly 61% | Nigerians living in poverty rise to nearly 61%
Poverty has risen in Nigeria, with almost 100 million people living on less than a $1 (£0.63) a day, despite economic growth, statistics have shown.
The National Bureau of Statistics said 60.9% of Nigerians in 2010 were living in "absolute poverty" - this figure had risen ... |
9317c10372f70e24ace3f48e566742a4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17169935 | Nigeria unrest: Suicide bomb targets church in Jos | Nigeria unrest: Suicide bomb targets church in Jos
A suicide car bomber has killed at least three people at a church in the troubled central Nigerian city of Jos, sparking reprisals by Christian youths.
Witnesses said the suicide bomber drove his car into the prominent Church of Christ during morning prayers.
The radic... |
231b9046f06878349963a8c27614fc7c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17254551 | 'Short-circuit' caused Congo's deadly arms depot blasts | 'Short-circuit' caused Congo's deadly arms depot blasts
Huge explosions at an arms depot, which killed at least 146 people in Congo's capital, Brazzaville, were caused by a short-circuit that led to a fire, government officials say.
They say some 1,500 people were hurt.
A BBC reporter in the city says rescuers still se... |
a42c99c150ee9bda6ecbe9127bf29e22 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17339798 | Audio slideshow: Across the two Sudans | Audio slideshow: Across the two Sudans
Border clashes and rows about oil wealth cloud the relationship between South Sudan and Sudan eight months after the south seceded, with some fearing a new outbreak of open warfare.
One man with a rare insight into the two countries is photographer Tim McKulka. He spent five years... |
13d81d78691fba14bc730ce4f834e47d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17462531 | Zimbabwe activists avoid jail over Arab Spring lecture | Zimbabwe activists avoid jail over Arab Spring lecture
Six Zimbabwean activists convicted of inciting public violence by discussing the Arab Spring have avoided prison.
They were each fined $500 (£315) and given 420 hours' community service instead of custodial sentences.
The activists were arrested last year during a ... |
f40701d1eac892a300deafc9e0265d53 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17926097 | Nigeria's Boko Haram militants claim ThisDay attacks | Nigeria's Boko Haram militants claim ThisDay attacks
The Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has posted a video on YouTube claiming responsibility for the bombing last week of a major newspaper's offices.
Seven people died in the attacks on ThisDay in the capital, Abuja, and the northern city of Kaduna on Thursday.
A vo... |
8787360a20380e5491306e329c46f435 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18057916 | Mali coup: Tuaregs tell of ethnic attacks | Mali coup: Tuaregs tell of ethnic attacks
Since rebels seized control of much of Mali's vast northern desert region, tens of thousands of people, mainly from Tuareg communities, have fled to neighbouring countries. BBC Afrique's Maud Jullien visited the refugee camp of Mbera in Mauritania.
"My own parents' house was bu... |
8d12f9ba315331cf12889d10a08487d0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18255188 | Malawi MPs vote to fly old rising sun flag | Malawi MPs vote to fly old rising sun flag
Malawian MPs have voted to restore the national flag of a rising sun scrapped two years ago by the government of the late President Bingu wa Mutharika.
Mr Mutharika, who died in April, changed it to a full sun to reflect what he said was Malawi's move from a developing to a de... |
0955b622f1ae5f38bb1d641ee7feb1b5 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18288639 | Somalia forces capture key al-Shabab town of Afmadow | Somalia forces capture key al-Shabab town of Afmadow
African Union and Somali government forces have captured the town of Afmadow, a strategic militant base in the south of the country.
Commanders say the Islamist al-Shabab group abandoned the town without a fight as their troops approached.
Afmadow is the second large... |
583a2c5572c8311f02a245dbd8a3d1b3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18610618 | Mali: Islamists seize Gao from Tuareg rebels | Mali: Islamists seize Gao from Tuareg rebels
Islamist forces in northern Mali have seized the town of Gao after clashes with Tuareg-led rebels.
At least 20 people have been killed and the political leader of the Tuareg-led movement has been wounded.
Residents say the Islamists linked to al-Qaeda took over buildings occ... |
d9986265d067aa17a9b208b3bf98da4a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18612896 | Ethiopian blogger Eskinder Nega 'guilty of terror link' | Ethiopian blogger Eskinder Nega 'guilty of terror link'
A court in Ethiopia has found prominent journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega guilty of violating controversial anti-terrorism legislation.
Eskinder and 23 others were accused of links with US-based opposition group Ginbot Seven, which Ethiopia considers a terroris... |
85021c3c42f994c4c009ca3865f5cb58 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19122861 | Sudan and South Sudan reach 'understanding' over oil | Sudan and South Sudan reach 'understanding' over oil
Sudan has struck a deal with South Sudan over oil payments in a dispute that brought the two countries to the brink of war.
South Sudan has agreed to pay Sudan just over $9 (£5.7) per barrel to transport oil to its ports.
South Sudan stopped oil production in January... |
262027a3520add27ff9b31cbbe5e9b8e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19234763 | Egypt leader Mursi orders army chief Tantawi to resign | Egypt leader Mursi orders army chief Tantawi to resign
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has ordered the retirement of the powerful head of the country's armed forces, Field Marshal Mohamad Hussein Tantawi, a presidential spokesman has said.
He also said a constitutional declaration aimed at curbing presidential powers... |
ccb56e608ac14fdc7fa58e74cde71ac2 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19355104 | Viewpoint: Will South Africans' anger boil over? | Viewpoint: Will South Africans' anger boil over?
The massacre last week at the Lonmin-owned platinum mine in South Africa's North West province, which left 34 miners dead and 75 injured when police opened fire on striking workers, shows a colossal lack of leadership at almost all levels - the government, trade unions, ... |
ab94e4b8736b9f5cd94fd1ef228ae80b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19460914 | Angola election judged 'free and fair' by African Union | Angola election judged 'free and fair' by African Union
African Union observers have given national elections in Angola a clean bill of health, despite opposition claims of fraud and illegality.
The AU team said the poll had been "free, fair, transparent and credible".
Ahead of Friday's vote, the main opposition party ... |
e752988b5e47f6deede2ce1ab196129c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19885962 | Kenyan MPs' bonus: Protesters march to parliament | Kenyan MPs' bonus: Protesters march to parliament
Angry demonstrators in Kenya have marched to parliament to protest about a huge bonus MPs have voted to award themselves.
Lawmakers in Kenya are among the highest paid MPs in Africa, receiving a salary of about $10,000 (£6,200) a month.
The bonus of more than $105,000 e... |
b32645c934f8d3d91a722f832028882f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20013725 | DR Congo: UN to sanction M23 rebels | DR Congo: UN to sanction M23 rebels
The UN Security Council says it intends to impose sanctions against leaders of the M23 rebel movement in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
It said it would also target those who violate an arms embargo in DRC.
This week a UN panel of experts said Rwanda and Uganda were supplying M23... |
8d722059d4ead3032cec98b4cfa3781f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20043189 | Benin President Boni Yayi 'poison plot': Three charged | Benin President Boni Yayi 'poison plot': Three charged
Three people plotted to kill Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi by substituting poison for his medicine, prosecutors say.
The president's doctor, one of his nieces and an ex-minister of commerce have been charged with conspiracy and attempted murder, officials said... |
33b2d4f909f28e7489f287c445c13074 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20456500 | DR Congo army chief Gabriel Amisi suspended | DR Congo army chief Gabriel Amisi suspended
The head of the army in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been suspended pending an investigation into claims that he sold weapons to rebel groups.
A UN report accused Gen Gabriel Amisi of running a network supplying arms to poachers and rebel groups including the notoriou... |
a0ee0efec7e3426a994534a770ea18ee | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20801091 | The Biafrans who still dream of leaving Nigeria | The Biafrans who still dream of leaving Nigeria
In a quiet, dusty and fairly secluded corner of Enugu city, south-eastern Nigeria, a group of men unfurled a homemade flag and then sang.
"Biafra will live forever. Nothing will stop us," was the gist of their anthem in the Igbo language.
They were not exactly belting it ... |
be5e49c9d9ea1bd95cade8c2b24ff3a6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20885821 | Angola vigil crush at Luanda stadium kills 10 | Angola vigil crush at Luanda stadium kills 10
Ten people have been crushed to death and 120 injured in Angola as they tried to enter an overcrowded stadium for a New Year's Eve vigil, reports say.
The dead were asphyxiated or crushed at the gates of Luanda's Citadela Desportiva stadium, where a Pentecostal Church was t... |
3111b93cc85f9e91d1a74a70913f2775 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21056592 | Denis Allex: French agent 'killed' by Somalia al-Shabab | Denis Allex: French agent 'killed' by Somalia al-Shabab
The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab says it has killed French intelligence agent Denis Allex in retaliation for a failed French operation to free him.
The French government has said it believes Mr Allex was killed during last week's raid, in which two French comma... |
1b78b6d30241d4a1ec3939485d95e554 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21061480 | Profile: Mokhtar Belmokhtar | Profile: Mokhtar Belmokhtar
Mokhtar Belmokhtar - a one-eyed war veteran nicknamed "Mr Marlboro" and described as "uncatchable" - achieved international notoriety for ordering a deadly attack on an internationally run Algerian gas plant in January.
Four months later, he was reported to have masterminded two suicide atta... |
721cc04b6b461d9cd843bf1a3cc1aad9 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21077137 | Mali army 'regains Konna and Diabaly' from rebels | Mali army 'regains Konna and Diabaly' from rebels
Islamist fighters have withdrawn from two towns in central Mali following French air strikes, officials say.
Mali's army earlier said it had recaptured Konna, which triggered the French intervention after it was seized by the rebels.
Now the mayor of Diabaly says soldie... |
c3064af0a578ade2e13d6db0b8428565 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21294154 | Nigerian Farouk Lawan charged over $3m fuel scam 'bribe' | Nigerian Farouk Lawan charged over $3m fuel scam 'bribe'
The Nigerian MP who headed an inquiry which found that a fuel subsidy scam had cost the country $6.8bn (£4.2bn) has been charged with corruption.
Farouk Lawan is alleged to have collected $500,000 of a $3m bribe solicited from an oil tycoon to drop his company fr... |
c7b8742a6d0e1b6322ade6380440b18d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21326831 | The remote mountains of northern Mali - perfect for guerrillas | The remote mountains of northern Mali - perfect for guerrillas
Journalist Andy Morgan describes the remote mountains in the deserts of northern Mali, where Islamist rebels are believed to have fled after French-led forces chased them out of the region's main towns, possibly taking several French hostages with them.
Los... |
41ebc0feb7bb63eaf2f40770100c5dd5 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21366235 | Tunisia political crisis deepens after assassination | Tunisia political crisis deepens after assassination
Tunisia's political crisis has deepened after the assassination of a leading opposition figure.
The governing Islamist party refused to back its prime minister, who wants a non-partisan technocratic government.
Ennahda said Hamadi Jebali "did not ask the opinion of h... |
0f088a58b9b95308adabd33dc32975fb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21459240 | Oscar Pistorius: Olympian and Paralympian faces murder charge | Oscar Pistorius: Olympian and Paralympian faces murder charge
South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius is facing a murder charge after his girlfriend was shot and killed at his Pretoria home.
His arrest over the death of model Reeva Steenkamp has stunned the country where he is considered a national... |
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