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c0ade60ce0b549722f08a45c70673c98 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21525570 | Malawi's airports closed because of wage strike | Malawi's airports closed because of wage strike
All airports in Malawi have been forced to shut down following a wage strike by civil servants.
Both domestic and international flights were cancelled, says the BBC's Raphael Tenthani in the main city, Blantyre.
The indefinite strike, affecting nearly all government depar... |
d9679cbc7d1cd56fd4394495725dbfc9 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21538412 | Kenya cracks down on hate speech ahead of poll | Kenya cracks down on hate speech ahead of poll
In order to avoid a repeat of the nationwide violence following the previous elections, the Kenyan authorities are restricting campaign methods which use "hate speech" to whip up ethnic tensions.
Kenya's independent Media Council is monitoring 80 radio stations, TV channel... |
74a4ed5d80a19262c9b267baf5bf0d17 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21543851 | Oscar Pistorius: South Africa police under spotlight | Oscar Pistorius: South Africa police under spotlight
It's been the quiet, rather overlooked subtext to the drama and detail emerging from Courtroom C over the past few days: the shambolic state of South Africa's police force.
Exhibit A is, of course, Detective Hilton Botha, newly dismissed from his role as lead investi... |
e245237d255c9b99a5e3160bbd1e141b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21555898 | Mali conflict: 'Many die' in Ifoghas mountain battle | Mali conflict: 'Many die' in Ifoghas mountain battle
Thirteen Chadian soldiers and 65 Islamist insurgents have been killed in heavy fighting in a remote part of northern Mali, Chad's military says.
It says Friday's clashes occurred in the Ifoghas mountains, where many militants are believed to be hiding.
Last month Fra... |
ccdbb8cb964f2346ee9a411eb2a4f178 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21665108 | Kenya elections: Uhuru Kenyatta leads Raila Odinga | Kenya elections: Uhuru Kenyatta leads Raila Odinga
Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces trial at the ICC next month, has established a large lead over rival Raila Odinga in early results from Kenya's presidential poll.
With results in from over 40% of polling stations, Mr Kenyatta has 53% of the vote, against 42% for Mr Odinga.
T... |
ae6ecf2ea11a19ecf270eb9a84f1c41a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21723488 | Kenya election: Uhuru Kenyatta wins presidency | Kenya election: Uhuru Kenyatta wins presidency
Kenya's Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has been confirmed as the winner of the presidential election, and vowed to work with his rivals.
He won 50.07% of the vote, officials said, narrowly avoiding a run-off.
But his main challenger, Raila Odinga, alleged massive fra... |
16fb4df81e495274e38de2c2246b552f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21732733 | Multiple challenges for Kenya's new leader | Multiple challenges for Kenya's new leader
"Uhuru [Kenyatta] has won the presidency. It's done. Let's move on." The son of Kenya's first independence leader may not have secured Francis Odera's vote but, like so many other Kenyans, this middle-aged Nairobi resident is just relieved the election has concluded peacefully... |
580374873ed83db25f18ab111daf7dc3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21745495 | Malawi arrests over 'anti-Joyce Banda coup plot' | Malawi arrests over 'anti-Joyce Banda coup plot'
At least 10 people in Malawi, including current and former government ministers, have been arrested over an alleged coup plot.
Police fired tear gas to break up a crowd protesting against the arrests in the main city, Blantyre.
Among those arrested are government ministe... |
6d31e733d7090601b6c55c14dd6e452e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21769047?cid=nlc-dailybrief-daily_news_brief-link15-20130313 | Nigeria pardons Goodluck Jonathan ally, Alamieyeseigha | Nigeria pardons Goodluck Jonathan ally, Alamieyeseigha
Nigeria's government has pardoned a key ally of President Goodluck Jonathan who was convicted of stealing millions of dollars.
Ex-Bayelsa state Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha had been pardoned because he had been "remorseful", presidential adviser Doyin Okupe sai... |
296c265b5054287bf15861549a118f6f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21844332 | Will Bosco Ntaganda's surrender bring peace to DR Congo? | Will Bosco Ntaganda's surrender bring peace to DR Congo?
On the retreat in the battlefield, wanted war crimes suspect and Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda has raised the white flag, fleeing to Rwanda and handing himself into the US embassy in Kigali.
Known as "the Terminator", over the last two decades Gen Ntagan... |
09ebeb42bbfcfd388ed48a838557bf3e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22165499 | Niger-Burkina Faso border set by ICJ ruling | Niger-Burkina Faso border set by ICJ ruling
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has settled a decades-old border dispute between the West African nations of Niger and Burkina Faso.
The two countries turned to the ICJ to settle disagreements dating back as far as 1927, under French colonial rule.
The Hague court de... |
be013f3f9c58411a40a11a30262faeab | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22189197 | US to redeploy Morocco troops in Western Sahara spat | US to redeploy Morocco troops in Western Sahara spat
The US is redeploying forces that were meant to take part in joint military exercises in Morocco amid a disagreement over Western Sahara.
Morocco cancelled the exercises, which were starting this month, after the US said it wanted the UN to monitor human rights in We... |
7dcd008dfb6d062019318b96b38be495 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22204904 | Nigeria's Bayelsa state defends anti-rumour campaign | Nigeria's Bayelsa state defends anti-rumour campaign
Nigeria's oil-rich Bayelsa state has defended its decision to put up a series of advertising hoardings, urging people to "Say no to rumour mongers".
"People take delight in peddling rumours - false information," spokesman Daniel Iworiso-Markson told the BBC.
The camp... |
aa8d8eabe5d85e05fe072ebccaaa6c76 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22770792 | Burundi's Pierre Nkurunziza approves media law | Burundi's Pierre Nkurunziza approves media law
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has approved a new media law which critics have condemned as an attack on press freedom.
The law forbids reporting on matters which could undermine national security, public order or the economy.
It marked a "black day for freedom of i... |
7f8ba553fcd4224659695db8add6a11d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22795938 | Tunisian soldiers killed in blast near Algerian border | Tunisian soldiers killed in blast near Algerian border
Two Tunisian soldiers have been killed and at least another two wounded in a roadside explosion near the border with Algeria, the army has said.
The incident is the latest in a series of attacks on soldiers pursuing militant Islamists along the border.
"Two soldier... |
20cf4ca865abfcad8c53af32bb481b35 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22811108 | Mali crisis: Human Rights Watch condemns ethnic abuses | Mali crisis: Human Rights Watch condemns ethnic abuses
Both Tuareg rebels and the army in Mali have committed abuses against civilians because of their ethnic origins, a Human Rights Watch report says.
The Malian army has been advancing towards the last Tuareg-held town.
Soldiers are accused of torturing Tuaregs, while... |
e245de028f5e650f7ce6715e86d3b18f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22888828 | Nigerian survives two days at sea, in underwater air pocket | Nigerian survives two days at sea, in underwater air pocket
A Nigerian man has survived for two-and-a-half days trapped 30m (98ft) deep in freezing seawater.
Harrison Okene, 29, was on board the tug boat Jascon-4 when it capsized in heavy swells.
It sank to the seabed, upside down, but Mr Harrison was trapped in an air... |
2e41429834a25196590e9e898e5238c0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23033418 | West Africa seeks anti-piracy force | West Africa seeks anti-piracy force
West African leaders have called for the deployment of an international naval force to curb the growing threat of piracy off the Gulf of Guinea.
Piracy in the region needed to be tackled with "firmness", Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara said, at a meeting of regional leaders... |
33cf0f06419778fbcb4c5f332c9e7d28 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23116760 | Obama 'humbled' to visit Mandela's Robben Island jail | Obama 'humbled' to visit Mandela's Robben Island jail
US President Barack Obama has toured Robben Island - the jail in which Nelson Mandela was kept for 18 years.
He said he and his family were "deeply humbled" to visit the prison once inhabited by Mr Mandela - who remains critically ill in hospital.
Mr Obama went on t... |
e08bb01ef0e28b3c6c13d9fabaac164c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23133214 | Obama backs 'new model' for Africa in Tanzania speech | Obama backs 'new model' for Africa in Tanzania speech
US President Barack Obama has said he wants a "new model" for development during his first visit to Tanzania.
Mr Obama and his family were greeted by Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete and troupes of dancers as they arrived in the main city of Dar es Salaam.
In a sp... |
fb5b543ac85d0feae283fd9201c58af8 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23209181 | 'Dozens dead' in school attack in Nigeria's Yobe state | 'Dozens dead' in school attack in Nigeria's Yobe state
At least 29 pupils and a teacher have been killed in a pre-dawn attack by suspected Islamists on a school in northeastern Nigeria, reports say.
Eyewitnesses said some of the victims were burned alive in the attack, in Mamudo town, Yobe state.
Dozens of schools have... |
891dbc93e0f8acee4a3f8fec275c9fd2 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23477992 | Libya protesters attack Muslim Brotherhood offices | Libya protesters attack Muslim Brotherhood offices
Protesters in Libya have attacked offices linked to the Muslim Brotherhood following the assassination of a prominent political activist.
Abdelsalam al-Mismari was shot dead as he left a mosque in Benghazi in eastern Libya after Friday prayers.
Demonstrators blaming th... |
8250f1e0061d67ea1c4255dfbf6e3e72 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23496929 | Tunisia government will not quit - PM Ali Larayedh | Tunisia government will not quit - PM Ali Larayedh
Tunisia's Islamist-led government will not step down despite opposition demands, the prime minister has said.
Ali Larayedh said it would fulfil its mandate and hold elections in December.
He was responding to anger over the murders of two leading politicians by suspect... |
983137a663acd5980afa9d6a1888362e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23564877 | Zimbabwe's perplexing election | Zimbabwe's perplexing election
Most elections provide answers. Zimbabwe's seems to be generating questions. As President Robert Mugabe romps to a devastating victory, here are a few that spring to mind…
Does the sheer size of Mr Mugabe's majority mean it's unlikely he could have rigged the vote to that extent, and ther... |
c08800a8fdfa5ea28339c4de9a885a15 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23611228 | First international flights after Nairobi airport fire | First international flights after Nairobi airport fire
Some international flights have landed at Nairobi's international airport a day after fire gutted the arrivals hall, causing serious disruption.
A plane from London was the first to land at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at 06:30 local time (03:30 GMT), Kenyan... |
75c77dc7b88e7e53a3634815d675f5da | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23710741 | Somalia 'gang rape' investigated by African Union | Somalia 'gang rape' investigated by African Union
The African Union force in Somalia has said it is investigating an alleged gang rape involving its troops in the capital, Mogadishu.
A Somali woman has alleged she was abducted, drugged and repeatedly raped earlier this month by officers from the national army and the A... |
6d99a9c32d1ba916d087beb5afad17b8 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23733748 | Zimbabwe's MDC drops Robert Mugabe election challenge | Zimbabwe's MDC drops Robert Mugabe election challenge
Zimbabwe's MDC party has dropped its legal challenge to President Robert Mugabe's re-election, saying it could not get a fair hearing.
It had filed a separate case seeking access to full details of the results from the electoral commission.
But the High Court has de... |
c242b6889f135d5c5d861425b190c632 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23754623 | Zimbabwe's Mugabe should not face sanctions, Sadc says | Zimbabwe's Mugabe should not face sanctions, Sadc says
Southern African leaders have called for the West to lift all sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe after endorsing President Robert Mugabe's victory in disputed elections last month.
Zimbabweans had "suffered enough", Malawian President Joyce Banda said.
The EU and US imp... |
3b789c62c5d556d9a39d88eb592224c3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23808344 | Congo's Gen Dabira arrested in France over 'massacre' | Congo's Gen Dabira arrested in France over 'massacre'
A general from Congo-Brazzaville was briefly arrested in France and has been put under formal investigation for crimes against humanity, officials say.
It relates to the disappearance in 1999 of about 350 refugees who returned to Brazzaville from the neighbouring De... |
d800bd47e94a171008a494d486cef422 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23830370 | Tunisia opposition in rally against Ennahda-led government | Tunisia opposition in rally against Ennahda-led government
Thousands of Tunisians have rallied in front of the National Assembly in the capital Tunis calling for the Islamist-led government to resign.
The opposition National Salvation Front has called for a week of protests over what it says is the government's inabili... |
29a6e6d16825fba0097d56fcfa831495 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23840545 | DR Congo unrest: UN investigates Goma protest deaths | DR Congo unrest: UN investigates Goma protest deaths
The UN has opened an investigation into reports that its troops killed two Congolese civilians during protests in the eastern city of Goma, amid fighting with rebels.
Eyewitnesses told the AFP news agency the two died on Saturday when a crowd tried to storm a UN base... |
22164eb81fc11454325c69843cef513a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24028714 | Kenya's William Ruto formed an army for war, ICC hears | Kenya's William Ruto formed an army for war, ICC hears
Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto formed an army prior to the elections in 2007 "to go to war for him", the prosecution has alleged at his trial.
He pleaded not guilty to crimes against humanity charges as the trial began at the International Criminal Court (IC... |
4676bafa49c1fec58e9e763464973f75 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24035538 | Congo explosions: Soldiers jailed by Brazzaville court | Congo explosions: Soldiers jailed by Brazzaville court
Six soldiers have been jailed by a court in Congo-Brazzaville for explosions at an arms depot that killed nearly 300 people in March 2012.
The main accused, Corporal Kakom Kouack Blood, was sentenced to 15 years' hard labour for wilfully setting fire to the depot i... |
3f9d66659b937f0295d736dc745bf8f5 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24057725 | Somali Islamic scholars denounce al-Shabab in fatwa | Somali Islamic scholars denounce al-Shabab in fatwa
Some 160 Somali religious scholars have issued a fatwa denouncing al-Shabab, saying the group had no place in Islam.
Correspondents say it is the first time Somali religious leaders have come up with a fatwa against the group, which controls many rural areas.
At a con... |
a6234ea2485ed2f81d71e1de33722d76 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24098791 | Archbishop Ignatius Kattey freed by Nigerian kidnappers | Archbishop Ignatius Kattey freed by Nigerian kidnappers
One of Nigeria's most senior Anglican clerics, who was kidnapped by armed men more than a week ago, has been freed.
Archbishop Ignatius Kattey was released without a ransom on Saturday evening near the southern city of Port Harcourt, police said. He was in a stabl... |
ac5d111078eade914724b14d5f466106 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24216233 | Kenya’s Westgate attack: How does al-Shabab work? | Kenya’s Westgate attack: How does al-Shabab work?
In the aftermath of the deadly events at Nairobi's Westgate Mall, Kenya's security services will be expected to conduct a thorough post-mortem examination and implement strategies to prevent future attacks.
The scale, speed, ferocity and apparent sophistication of the ... |
88f65f56e89b0d67428516b4dd0ee8f0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24239264 | South African teen 'played dead' to survive Westgate attack | South African teen 'played dead' to survive Westgate attack
Zachary Yach is an 18-year-old South African whose family recently moved to Kenya. He told the BBC's Will Ross how he defied his dad's orders to leave a restaurant where he was trapped for two and a half hours during the Westgate attack:
My sister, my mum and ... |
522bf6c94fa931f509b5b94a083c0c16 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24470850 | Libyan PM Ali Zeidan detained by militia | Libyan PM Ali Zeidan detained by militia
Libyan PM Ali Zeidan has been seized from his hotel in the capital, Tripoli by a former rebel militia loosely allied to the government.
The group said it arrested Mr Zeidan following a prosecutor's warrant, but the government has denied this.
An official said he was being held a... |
54cdef12a7bd414a6c8c329f53b431eb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24694214 | 'Shocking' abuse claims at South Africa's Mangaung prison | 'Shocking' abuse claims at South Africa's Mangaung prison
"We stripped them naked and throw them with water so the electricity can work nicely... some of them would black out.
"So we would pour water on them... and then we would go again."
This is the account of "Mpho", a South African man in his mid-thirties, who, und... |
7be78ce7c774e8e5b3c46b6868a80573 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24713609 | Niger migrants 'die of thirst' crossing the Sahara | Niger migrants 'die of thirst' crossing the Sahara
Dozens of people traversing the Sahara desert on their way to Europe are feared to have died of thirst in Niger, officials say.
Five bodies have been found, while a further 35 are missing after their vehicle broke down and they set off to seek help, said the Agadez gov... |
0dacd3fea7099cd9445dca4ee8d305a4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24735293 | Four French hostages freed in Niger - President Hollande | Four French hostages freed in Niger - President Hollande
Four French hostages kidnapped in Niger in 2010 have been released, France's President Hollande has announced.
The men boarded a French government plane on Wednesday from Niger's capital Niamey. They are expected to be greeted by Mr Hollande in Paris.
The French ... |
f1f25759f571955b14983675bb16eb56 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24753100 | Niger migrants' bodies found near Algerian border | Niger migrants' bodies found near Algerian border
Rescue workers in Niger say they have found the bodies of 92 people who died of thirst after their vehicles broke down as they tried to cross the Sahara.
Rescue worker Almoustapha Alhacen said the corpses were in a severe state of decomposition and had been partly eaten... |
2fbca5e4c8673d72f97ceb5bc925d616 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24816223 | DR Congo M23 rebels 'end insurgency' | DR Congo M23 rebels 'end insurgency'
The M23 rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo says it is ending its insurgency, hours after the government claimed military victory.
In a statement, the movement said it would adopt "purely political means" to achieve its goals and urged its fighters to disarm and ... |
9f37c18cfc157f768a960324195096e9 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24959938 | Deaths at Libya anti-militia protest in Tripoli | Deaths at Libya anti-militia protest in Tripoli
At least 31 people have been killed and 235 injured in clashes in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, officials say, after militiamen opened fire on protesters.
The demonstrators had marched to the headquarters of the Misrata militia to demand that it leave Tripoli.
Hours after ... |
3325848eb7afe2354a6f69a4b9009919 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25169194 | South Africans on Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | South Africans on Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
South Africans are flocking to the cinemas to watch a film about their former President, Nelson Mandela. The movie Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, starring British actor Idris Elba, is based on the former political prisoner's autobiography of the same title and seems to be... |
a7ae5e3dbe580132bb8c8c8709440ee0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25292929 | Egypt recovers ancient stolen statue of Tutankhamun's sister | Egypt recovers ancient stolen statue of Tutankhamun's sister
Egyptian police say they have recovered an ancient statue of Tutankhamun's sister, stolen during unrest in August.
The limestone figurine believed to be of Ankhesamon was among hundreds of artefacts taken from the museum in Mallawi, amid the unrest following ... |
1492afc457a38073edc8c94f2e721c58 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25386729 | Nelson Mandela buried at Qunu ancestral home | Nelson Mandela buried at Qunu ancestral home
Nelson Mandela's body has been laid to rest in a family plot, after political and religious leaders paid tribute to South Africa's first black president at a state funeral service.
His widow, Graca Machel, and President Jacob Zuma were present for the private, traditional Xh... |
4faec1f92150bfec3a3668461523c36c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25469736 | South Sudan crisis: Deadly attack on UN base condemned | South Sudan crisis: Deadly attack on UN base condemned
The UN mission to South Sudan has condemned Thursday's attack on its base in which two Indian peacekeepers and at least 11 civilians were killed.
Unmiss said the perpetrators of the "heinous crime" in Akobo, Jonglei state, must be brought to justice.
A similar atta... |
7a37dc94ac9d462a2c39a86410a88a13 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25476920 | South Sudan evacuation aircraft fired on, US troops hurt | South Sudan evacuation aircraft fired on, US troops hurt
Four US service personnel on an evacuation mission have been wounded after their aircraft were shot at in South Sudan, the US military says.
The three CV-22 Ospreys were attacked as they approached Bor, which is occupied by forces loyal to the former Vice-Preside... |
2c412e920b1853ce47b3a42ed3b6d3c7 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25502457 | South Sudan sees 'mass ethnic killings' | South Sudan sees 'mass ethnic killings'
New evidence is emerging of alleged ethnic killings committed during more than a week of fighting in South Sudan.
The violence follows a power struggle between President Salva Kiir, a Dinka, and his Nuer ex-deputy Riek Machar.
A reporter in the capital, Juba, quoted witnesses as ... |
4935b0fc321863ca0901bb2c1480adf2 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25637619 | Zambia's Frank Bwalya charged over Michael Sata potato jibe | Zambia's Frank Bwalya charged over Michael Sata potato jibe
An opposition politician in Zambia has been arrested and charged with defamation after he compared the president to a potato.
Frank Bwalya allegedly described President Michael Sata as "chumbu mushololwa" on radio on Monday.
The Bemba language phrase refers to... |
b657754bcd19b4bee07d4edcdbff9ddc | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25855025 | Morocco amends controversial rape marriage law | Morocco amends controversial rape marriage law
The parliament of Morocco has unanimously amended an article of the penal code that allowed rapists of underage girls to avoid prosecution by marrying their victims.
The move follows intensive lobbying by activists for better protection of young rape victims. The amendment... |
aff4e5df3e2f63a396507e4e41bef468 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25860645 | Kenya athletes threaten boycott over tax | Kenya athletes threaten boycott over tax
Some of Kenya's top athletes have threatened to stop representing their nation at international competitions like the Olympics over new tax laws.
Wesley Korir, an MP and former Boston marathon winner, said athletes would end up paying tax twice as they already pay tax on their w... |
8f3fcb192caf65dd05ff781fcefc6e65 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25894161 | Egyptian embassy staff 'seized' in Libya | Egyptian embassy staff 'seized' in Libya
At least four Egyptian embassy personnel have been kidnapped in the Libyan capital Tripoli, the Libyan foreign ministry says.
Another embassy official was seized in the Libyan capital on Friday.
Several kidnappings of officials in Libya recently have been blamed on militias. The... |
a48a2fd11ce2ff57894c0ae76b3f540a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26034078 | Zimbabwe’s multi-currency confusion | Zimbabwe’s multi-currency confusion
Once known for its billion dollar notes and hyper-inflation, Zimbabwe must be the only place in the world to have eight currencies as legal tender - none of them its own.
For the last five years most people have been using US dollars or South African rand, but pula from Botswana and ... |
367edae21a24616865b4c97233ac464d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26035238 | JD 'Okhai Ojeikere: Nigeria's top photographer dies | JD 'Okhai Ojeikere: Nigeria's top photographer dies
One of Africa's most prominent photographers, JD 'Okhai Ojeikere, has died in Lagos, Nigeria, aged 83.
His family announced that he had passed away on Sunday afternoon, after a brief illness.
He was best known for his series of about 1,000 black and white photos of Af... |
034fd9bcaf0507404b35cf48b86f71d0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26186194 | Kenya's battle to end 'sex for fish' trade | Kenya's battle to end 'sex for fish' trade
The shores of Lake Victoria in western Kenya bustle with business - wooden fishing boats competing for space, carrying in the morning catch of tilapia, perch or catfish.
Under the scorching sun, the fishermen bargain with those queuing up to buy: mainly women, who hope to make... |
89dc966d3193b6294dc012a0b86f044e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26327037 | Seven Egyptian Christians found dead near Benghazi | Seven Egyptian Christians found dead near Benghazi
The bodies of seven Egyptian Christians have been found on a beach near the Libyan city of Benghazi, officials say.
They died after being shot in the head and chest, security officials said.
A Libyan interior ministry official told the BBC's Rana Jawad that authorities... |
4e551ee2b752f483e7a21adb1f6bf2ce | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26334682 | Pistorius case: Partial televising of trial allowed | Pistorius case: Partial televising of trial allowed
A South African judge has ruled that the trial of athlete Oscar Pistorius can be partially televised.
Mr Pistorius shot his girlfriend, the model and reality TV star Reeva Steenkamp, more than a year ago, and his murder trial begins next Monday.
State prosecutors alle... |
572766cc8b484a8a493954649f2728e8 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26533594 | Libya PM Zeidan dismissed as oil tanker 'breaks blockade' | Libya PM Zeidan dismissed as oil tanker 'breaks blockade'
Libya's parliament has dismissed PM Ali Zeidan after a tanker laden with oil from a rebel-held port reportedly broke through a naval blockade.
MPs called a vote of confidence in Mr Zeidan after they were told the North Korean-flagged ship had escaped to sea.
Def... |
1e041cbd5a2ba55dfc6c3a95f87a3d13 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-27005788 | Guinea-Bissau votes for new president and parliament | Guinea-Bissau votes for new president and parliament
Voting has ended in presidential and parliamentary elections in Guinea-Bissau with no reported problems or incidents.
The impoverished west African country of 1.6 million is plagued by corruption and cocaine trafficking.
It is the first election since a coup in 2012,... |
494db959f29c8dd465b40db21697e1f8 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-27141581 | South Africa’s townships - a magnet for entrepreneurs | South Africa’s townships - a magnet for entrepreneurs
South Africa has been a magnet for immigration in recent years, with many of those coming to Africa's second-largest economy to set up small family businesses in bustling townships.
But their business acumen has not always been welcomed at first by local people, as ... |
d6c240d42372035bca84059e2ff0d008 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28010234 | Nigeria atheist Bala 'deemed mentally ill' in Kano state | Nigeria atheist Bala 'deemed mentally ill' in Kano state
A Nigerian man has been sent to a mental institute in Kano state after he declared that he did not believe in God, according to a humanist charity.
Mubarak Bala was being held against his will at the hospital after his Muslim family took him there, it said.
The h... |
da5945b92facb83dddc199a823c897b0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28550906 | Ebola outbreak: Asky bans flights in West Africa | Ebola outbreak: Asky bans flights in West Africa
A major West African airline has stopped flying to Liberia and Sierra Leone amid growing concern about the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
Asky said it took the decision to keep "its passengers and staff safe during this unsettling time".
The number of people killed by... |
3839cd2dfb68750f0c2b414c4bb01f4c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28855292 | Boko Haram crisis: Nigerian soldiers 'mutiny over weapons' | Boko Haram crisis: Nigerian soldiers 'mutiny over weapons'
A group of soldiers in north-eastern Nigeria is refusing to fight Islamist Boko Haram militants until they receive better equipment, one of the mutineers has told the BBC.
The soldier, who requested anonymity, said at least 40 of his colleagues would refuse ord... |
498c1a8b2b7343ac1fe4f08423349d49 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29110663 | Nigeria's Boko Haram 'seize' Michika in Adamawa state | Nigeria's Boko Haram 'seize' Michika in Adamawa state
Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram has captured the key north-eastern town of Michika, residents say, gaining more territory in its efforts to create an Islamic state.
People fled into bushes as gunfire rang out in the town, they added.
Boko Haram has chan... |
6a804736f03bf39eacdaf45a6f495ad2 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29823354 | Obituary: President Michael Sata, Zambia's 'King Cobra' | Obituary: President Michael Sata, Zambia's 'King Cobra'
Michael Chilufya Sata, Zambia's fifth president who has died in London at the age of 77, will be remembered with equal affection and derision as "King Cobra".
Gravelly-voiced as a result of years of chain-smoking, he was a seasoned and astute politician.
Some Zamb... |
5dd84d7c43ef2bc574068d4571018f40 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30228551 | Tanzania PM Mizengo Pinda caught in corruption row | Tanzania PM Mizengo Pinda caught in corruption row
Tanzania's prime minister is under pressure to resign over alleged fraudulent payments worth $120m (£76m) to an energy firm and top officials.
Mizengo Pinda failed to properly oversee government finances, a parliamentary watchdog committee said.
It also called for the ... |
bcc50990b4d0dbc970a6f2da264b4305 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30301535 | Kenya bus attack survivor: 'I played dead' | Kenya bus attack survivor: 'I played dead'
Kenyan head teacher Douglas Ochwodho Ondari was on a bus that was attacked by Somali al-Shabab militants last month in north-eastern Kenya, near the border with Somalia. He survived the attack, but 28 passengers, including his wife, did not. He told the BBC his distressing sto... |
c44a4c21fd5acfb57c260f93307abca5 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30532889 | Egypt court jails dozens of Islamists over violence | Egypt court jails dozens of Islamists over violence
Dozens of Egyptian Islamists accused of torching churches and police stations after the ousting of former President Mohammed Morsi have been jailed for up to 15 years.
Prosecutors said the 40 men were involved in attacks which swept through the southern city of Assiut... |
d450d9d3041ceb65ad6146876f31fa0e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30611758 | Al-Shabab militant Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi 'surrenders' | Al-Shabab militant Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi 'surrenders'
A top al-Shabab militant, Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi, has given himself up, Somali officials say.
Mr Hersi, a leading figure in the militant group's intelligence wing, surrendered to police in the Gedo region, they add.
In June 2012,
the US state department o... |
31db26b0705181f42dad8db18bcab2ee | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30616817?ocid=socialflow_gplus | Libya airstrikes hit Misrata militants for first time | Libya airstrikes hit Misrata militants for first time
Libya's air force has struck the western city of Misrata for the first time in the latest clash between government and militant forces.
A Misrata source confirmed the strikes to the BBC, adding that there were no casualties or material damage.
The airstrikes come af... |
c044b5d0e5d642ca8393b69811672fcc | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30681904 | Greek oil tanker bombed in Libyan port of Derna | Greek oil tanker bombed in Libyan port of Derna
Libyan air force jets have bombed a Greek-operated oil tanker chartered by Libya's national oil company, killing two crew members.
A Libyan military spokesman told the BBC that the ship's movements at the port of Derna had aroused suspicion.
The oil company rejected this,... |
9f6d74b2d25195fd591d03aa02795e06 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30777316 | Mozambique beer poisoning deaths rise to 69 | Mozambique beer poisoning deaths rise to 69
The number of people killed after drinking a "poisoned" homemade beer in Mozambique has risen to 69, state radio has reported.
The beer, usually made from millet, may have been contaminated with crocodile bile, a health official said.
A toddler was among those killed after ap... |
b2ba76a287303e7875f4f6293a4b98f4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-31056814 | Eugene de Kock: Profile of an apartheid assassin | Eugene de Kock: Profile of an apartheid assassin
Eugene Alexander de Kock, nicknamed "Prime Evil" by the media in South Africa, was part of the apartheid killing machine.
News of his parole after serving 20 years in a South African prison could not be a better birthday gift for the apartheid assassin.
He turned 66 the ... |
d826e4e1e7904f6dd3d5df0e78620fe8 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-31168615 | Somalia criticises US bank's move to halt remittances | Somalia criticises US bank's move to halt remittances
Somalia has criticised a move by a US bank to close accounts of money transfer companies, warning it could create a dangerous black market.
Merchants Bank of California handles about 80% of money transfers - remittances - from the US to Somalia, worth about $200m (£... |
8e4bd937e6022d5695ac9eb1f724ac98 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55333625 | Race in South Africa: 'We haven't learnt we are human beings first' | Race in South Africa: 'We haven't learnt we are human beings first'
Legal discrimination along racial lines in South Africa ended with the demise of apartheid but racial categorisation is still being used by the government for monitoring economic changes and continues to cause controversy, as Mohammed Allie writes from... |
286469bbc0d7bc5e2b3ba67739bf470b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55334348 | How Gambia is grappling with gruesome past under Yahya Jammeh | How Gambia is grappling with gruesome past under Yahya Jammeh
In our series of letters from African journalists, Sierra Leonean-Gambian writer Ade Daramy reflects on the impact that testimony at Gambia's truth commission is having.
Gambians are being forced to re-evaluate their self-image as a relaxed, peace-loving peo... |
270d76f29661dca763ddb75cdd0b3fc9 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55338785 | Nigerian states close schools after students kidnapped in Katsina | Nigerian states close schools after students kidnapped in Katsina
More states in northern Nigeria have ordered all schools to close following last week's kidnapping of hundreds of pupils in Katsina state.
Kano, Kaduna, Zamfara and Jigawa have followed Katsina in closing schools following Friday's attack.
The Islamist m... |
c91e914be2ef09bea60233207d7eb5da | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55357945 | Nigeria school attack: Hundreds of boys freed, local authorities say | Nigeria school attack: Hundreds of boys freed, local authorities say
Hundreds of schoolboys kidnapped last week from a boarding school in north-western Nigeria have been released, local authorities have told the BBC.
A spokesman for the governor of Katsina state said 344 had been freed and were all in a good condition.... |
6a1647f722441d380eb2f083376eafa9 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55364394 | Nigeria school attack: Hundreds of boys return home after kidnap ordeal | Nigeria school attack: Hundreds of boys return home after kidnap ordeal
More than 300 schoolboys have been reunited with their families, a week after they were kidnapped from their school in north-west Nigeria.
The boys arrived by bus in Katsina, capital of the state of the same name, where they were met by President M... |
a3f36bf08753fc79ffc01872a8183e3c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55386600 | Ethiopia explosion: 'Abandoned' bomb kills three in Addis Ababa | Ethiopia explosion: 'Abandoned' bomb kills three in Addis Ababa
Three people have been killed and five others wounded after an abandoned bomb exploded in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, police say.
The blast happened in the city's Lideta neighbourhood on Sunday.
The people who died were homeless and living on the stre... |
07aff32357975476d60d7e94ff540cbb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55412720 | Russia sends 300 military instructors to Central African Republic | Russia sends 300 military instructors to Central African Republic
Russia has sent an additional 300 military instructors to the Central African Republic (CAR) to deal with what its foreign ministry calls a "sharp degradation of security".
It said the CAR government, which is threatened by rebel groups ahead of Sunday's... |
e615005d8a1ba4d9a1b0e21c9c29719f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55479480 | Algerian President Tebboune returns after Covid treatment in Germany | Algerian President Tebboune returns after Covid treatment in Germany
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has returned home after receiving coronavirus treatment in Germany for two months, state television reports.
Mr Tebboune was last seen in public on 15 October when he met with the French Foreign Minister Jean-Yv... |
b6cf52bd1e20f9e242b9450be5caac4a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55497274 | Suspected Islamists kill dozens in attacks on two Niger villages | Suspected Islamists kill dozens in attacks on two Niger villages
Suspected Islamist militants have attacked two villages in Niger, with reports of dozens of civilians killed.
Around 49 died and 17 were injured in the village of Tchombangou, while another 30 died in Zaroumdareye - both near Niger's western border with M... |
703c5c8e6d85dd215c910cbce85eb15d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55522236 | Sahel conflict: Two French soldiers killed in Mali | Sahel conflict: Two French soldiers killed in Mali
Two French soldiers died in Mali on Saturday when their armoured vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device.
The two were in the eastern region of Menaka collecting intelligence, the French presidency has said.
It comes days after three other French soldiers die... |
0edad946232e1f798adaaccb64247469 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55525677 | Niger village attacks: Death toll rises to 100 | Niger village attacks: Death toll rises to 100
Niger's prime minister says 100 people are now known to have been killed in Saturday's attacks by suspected jihadists on two villages.
Brigi Rafini said 70 people were killed in the village of Tchombangou and 30 others in Zaroumdareye - both near Niger's border with Mali.
... |
81e0e4de3b1c674a2f75bcbcc63ecaf2 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55530351 | Ethiopia's Oromia conflict: Why a teacher was killed 'execution-style' | Ethiopia's Oromia conflict: Why a teacher was killed 'execution-style'
The shooting dead of Kitilaa Guddata has left his family in shock.
The 32-year-old high school teacher was among the latest casualties in the conflict between government forces and rebels in Ethiopia's Oromia region.
The violence centres around dema... |
c9cefd3b0c38e7a85819a03ceb011429 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55532789 | Coronavirus: Kenya reopens schools after nine months | Coronavirus: Kenya reopens schools after nine months
Millions of mask-wearing pupils in Kenya have returned to school nine months after they were closed to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
The learners' temperatures were checked and they were required to use sanitiser before entering classrooms.
There was excitement ... |
44adcab470ae5a64f47800365c66d1e5 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55575420 | Ghana president Nana Akufo-Addo sworn in for a second term | Ghana president Nana Akufo-Addo sworn in for a second term
Nana Akufo-Addo has been sworn in for a second term as Ghana's president, hours after scuffles between rival politicians broke out in parliament.
Soldiers were briefly deployed after the unusual scenes in one of Africa's most stable democracies.
The president d... |
30a55244546d1b5a811fdc25c300671d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55611203 | Six rangers killed in DR Congo's Virunga National Park | Six rangers killed in DR Congo's Virunga National Park
Six park rangers have been killed after an attack at the famous Virunga National Park in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Officials have blamed the attack on a militia group known as Mai-Mai, one of many that operate in the region.
The rangers were amb... |
5c436d4d25e66ac58eecf75c9b7ee950 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55618994 | Uganda social media ban raises questions over regulation in Africa | Uganda social media ban raises questions over regulation in Africa
After Facebook's suspension of some Ugandan accounts, followed by the authorities' shutdown of social media and then the entire internet, the BBC's Dickens Olewe looks at the wider implications for Uganda, and elsewhere in Africa.
Facebook has said it w... |
7bdd2d57b0e6bbab40e8070eea3feea7 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55675806 | Coronavirus: South Africa rolls out vaccination programme | Coronavirus: South Africa rolls out vaccination programme
South Africa has started Covid-19 vaccinations following the suspension of an earlier plan to use the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
More than a third of all Covid-19 cases in Africa have been in South Africa, with a new variant of the virus accounting for most of ... |
95cceb6eee246ced215fda22ca562e0e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55689665 | Uganda's long-time leader Yoweri Museveni declared election winner | Uganda's long-time leader Yoweri Museveni declared election winner
Uganda's long-time President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected, electoral officials say, amid accusations of vote fraud by his main rival Bobi Wine.
Mr Museveni won almost 59% of the vote, with Bobi Wine trailing with about 35%, the Electoral Commissi... |
31113cccc714e7afff406f6c2a733447 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55694667 | Uganda election: Bobi Wine 'fearful for life' after Museveni win | Uganda election: Bobi Wine 'fearful for life' after Museveni win
Uganda's main opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine says his life is being threatened following Thursday's election which saw Yoweri Museveni win a sixth elected term.
The singer-turned-politician told the BBC that he rejected the results "with the ... |
8da2a0f53e03f440478e50f4fb4ba1e6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55695123 | Ethiopia Tigray crisis: Fear of mass starvation | Ethiopia Tigray crisis: Fear of mass starvation
"Hundreds of thousands might starve to death" in Ethiopia's Tigray region, according to a government official quoted in a leaked copy of notes taken at a meeting of humanitarian workers.
The government-run Tigray Emergency Coordination Center (ECC) is assessing needs foll... |
f3c9ecc886170d1937d5b3978b810a45 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55698454 | Letter from Africa: The continent no longer needs lectures from the US | Letter from Africa: The continent no longer needs lectures from the US
In our series of letters from African journalists, Waihiga Mwaura looks at what the continent could expect from new US President Joe Biden.
The red carpet was unrolled, the hall was packed, security was tight and Joe Biden took to the stage.
This wa... |
39a3543e31e4c95b976ac94074c57242 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55713555 | Tunisia protests: Hundreds arrested as clashes continue | Tunisia protests: Hundreds arrested as clashes continue
Police in Tunisia say they have arrested more than 600 people as a fourth night of violent protests saw protesters return to the streets.
On Monday, crowds of mainly young demonstrators again gathered in the centre of the capital, Tunis, throwing stones and petrol... |
e3966dd49fa94f31518cb340b9b61b9e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55725305 | Vedanta mine settles Zambian villagers' pollution claim | Vedanta mine settles Zambian villagers' pollution claim
More than 2,500 Zambian villagers are to receive an undisclosed settlement from UK-based mining giant Vedanta Resources over their pollution claims.
The claimants live by the huge Nchanga Copper mine, owned by Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), a Vedanta subsidiary.
In 2... |
4719b8b01d519b359523dfed1dfbaa49 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55755710 | Uganda's Yoweri Museveni overcomes Bobi Wine challenge - for now | Uganda's Yoweri Museveni overcomes Bobi Wine challenge - for now
The keenly contested Ugandan election that saw the country's long-standing leader defeat a former pop star was not without drama but has it heralded any change? The BBC's Patience Atuhaire reports from the capital, Kampala.
It was billed by some as an ele... |
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