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One shot dead on election day in Ghana
Posted on Saturday December 07, 2024

The West African nation is guaranteed a new leader as Nana Akufo-Addo steps down after serving two terms.

A love letter to attiéké, Ivory Coast's timeless culinary treasure
Posted on Saturday December 07, 2024

Attiéké has been honoured with a Unesco heritage title, which should see the delicious dish protected.

Military leader dissolves Burkina Faso's government
Posted on Saturday December 07, 2024

There are concerns Capt Ibrahim Traoré is trying to cling to power by stalling the return to civilian rule.

More than 150 people rescued from abandoned gold mine
Posted on Saturday December 07, 2024

The final man to emerge from the disused shaft blew a whistle as he was received by army officers.

Huge hats and saffron strands: Africa's top shots
Posted on Friday December 06, 2024

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.

What an accountant-turned-mechanic says about Ghana's election
Posted on Friday December 06, 2024

To curb unemployment, Mahamudu Bawumia has promised a "digital economy" and John Mahama a "24-hour economy".

Far-right extremist who murdered South African hero to be deported
Posted on Friday December 06, 2024

Walus has never expressed remorse for killing Hani and has become a symbol for the far right in Poland.

Why voters are giving Africa's governing parties a bloody nose
Posted on Thursday December 05, 2024

Namibia's Swapo records its worst election performance - continuing a trend seen across Africa.

From freedom fighter to Namibia's first female president
Posted on Wednesday December 04, 2024

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has experienced exile, detention and a quarter of a century in top government posts.

What's on the minds of Ghanaian voters explored in seven charts
Posted on Wednesday December 04, 2024

Ghanaians are about to elect a new president amid concerns about inflation, unemployment and debt.

A father’s grief after daughter killed in accidental Nigeria drone strike
Posted on Tuesday December 03, 2024

Villagers remain scarred a year after the military mistook them for jihadists, killing 85 people.

Biden's Angola visit aims to showcase his attempts to rival China
Posted on Monday December 02, 2024

Joe Biden will highlight a massive new railway project to help transport critical minerals to the US.

BBC hears of horror and hunger in rare visit to Darfur massacre town
Posted on Monday December 02, 2024

Massacres scar the Sudanese town of el-Geneina, now a near-empty city as the 19-month war grinds on.

How a Ugandan opposition leader disappeared in Kenya and ended up in military court
Posted on Monday December 02, 2024

Uganda is facing condemnation following the arrest of the veteran politician while in Kenya.

'They threw her body into the ocean' - woman dies on boat headed for French island
Posted on Sunday December 01, 2024

Woman's body thrown overboard after boat abandoned by people smugglers in the Indian Ocean.

‘My son is a drug addict, please help’ - the actor breaking a Zambian taboo
Posted on Friday November 29, 2024

Owas Mwape posted on Facebook about his son's drug addiction - and then met up with him for a BBC interview.

Why Russia's Africa propaganda warrior was sent home
Posted on Thursday November 28, 2024

A shadowy operative appears to overstep his mark in the battle for Russian influence in Africa.

Breaking African football's menstrual health 'taboo'
Posted on Friday December 06, 2024

Hopes that more discussion of menstrual health can boost the development of women's football in Africa and provide support to players.

Banda and Chawinga sisters on African POTY shortlist
Posted on Thursday December 05, 2024

Zambia striker Barbra Banda and Malawi's Chawinga sisters Tabitha and Temwa are on the five-strong shortlist to become African Women's Footballer of the Year.

South Africa beat England in ODI series opener
Posted on Wednesday December 04, 2024

England fall to a six-wicket defeat by South Africa in the opening one-day international after Laura Wolvaardt's unbeaten half-century.

Bastos breaks new ground for Africa in Copa Libertadores
Posted on Tuesday December 03, 2024

After Angola's Bastos became the first African to win the Copa Libertadores, could his triumph with Botafogo open more doors for footballers from the continent?

'Now I understand why Jose got angry' - Essien on life as a coach
Posted on Monday December 02, 2024

Former Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien on coaching in Denmark and learning from Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti.

Tebogo & Hassan top World Athletics Awards
Posted on Sunday December 01, 2024

Olympic champions Letsile Tebogo and Sifan Hassan are named male and female athlete of the year at the World Athletics Awards.

Wanyonyi's journey from herdsboy to Olympic champion
Posted on Friday November 29, 2024

Growing up in poverty, Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi herded cattle as a boy and endured the sudden death of his father before finding purpose in athletics.

The deadly dig for Ghana's gold
Posted on Friday December 06, 2024

Ghana’s western region is a hotbed for illegal gold mining. It’s destroying the country’s forest reserves and polluting rivers that locals use for drinking water.

Power cut hits Zimbabwe's parliament after budget speech
Posted on Friday November 29, 2024

Zimbabwe's parliament was plunged into darkness after the finance minister's budget speech.

'Looking after cattle was tough' - Wanyonyi's rise to Olympic champion
Posted on Friday November 29, 2024

Growing up in poverty, Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi herded cattle as a boy and endured the sudden death of his father before finding purpose in athletics.

The courageous father in jail for 23 years
Posted on Friday November 15, 2024

What's it like to be the child of the world's longest detained journalist? Dawit Isaak's daughter speaks to the BBC.

The people making the case for tourists to visit Africa
Posted on Tuesday November 12, 2024

Nations across the continent are eager to promote themselves as destinations for the curious visitor.

Prince William plays rugby with children in Cape Town
Posted on Monday November 04, 2024

The Prince of Wales is on a trip in South Africa promoting his Earthshot environmental prize.

Posted on Thursday January 01, 1970

News24 | Ghana votes in tight presidential election race
Posted on Saturday December 07, 2024

Ghana's vice president and former central banker Mahamudu Bawumia faces off against opposition ex-president John Mahama on Saturday in a closely fought election to decide on the country's new president.

News24 | Somalia accuses Ethiopia of 'interference', inciting conflict among clans
Posted on Friday December 06, 2024

Somalia on Friday accused Ethiopia of interfering in its southern Jubaland region, the latest upset in a nearly year-long bitter dispute between the two nations.

News24 | 'Radical shift' promised by Namibia's first woman president amid disputed election
Posted on Thursday December 05, 2024

Namibia's first woman president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Thursday said her victory in a disputed vote last week had broken a "glass ceiling".

News24 | DRC's Tshisekedi meets Biden, who punts Luanda peace process as East African Community steps back
Posted on Thursday December 05, 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi met with US President Joe Biden while he was in neighbouring Angola to talk, according to the White House's official account, about the Lobito corridor and governance.

News24 | Protests resume in Mozambique, school exams disrupted
Posted on Wednesday December 04, 2024

Disgruntled Mozambicans blocked streets and key roads again on Wednesday, extending the disruption after a disputed election to 41 days and counting.

News24 | From Savimbi to Chinese fishers: The weird history behind Joe Biden's visit to Angola
Posted on Wednesday December 04, 2024

In 1986, Jonas Savimbi went to Washington looking for help to wage a guerilla war in Angola.

News24 | Nigeria will support Ramaphosa's quest to reform UN Security Council, says Tinubu
Posted on Wednesday December 04, 2024

President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Nigerian counterpart, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, along with several of their ministers, met at Tuynhuys in Cape Town for the 11th South Africa and Nigeria Bi-National Commission.

News24 | Namibia gets first female president, according to disputed official result
Posted on Tuesday December 03, 2024

The Electoral Commission of Namibia announced Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah from SWAPO had won the presidential election.

News24 | Biden's historic trip to Angola tackles trade, security, and slavery's legacy
Posted on Tuesday December 03, 2024

US President Joe Biden met his Angolan counterpart Joao Lourenco Tuesday at the start of a two-day visit to the African country centred on a major infrastructure project that showcases US investment on the continent, where rival China is boosting its

News24 | Biden lands in Angola, on a trip overshadowed by his pardoning of son Hunter
Posted on Monday December 02, 2024

Discussion of the pardon on Hunter Biden immediately drowned out Joe Biden's trip to Angola, which already seemed largely irrelevant considering Donald Trump's approach.

News24 | No money for election re-run, says Namibia's electoral commission, with Swapo ahead in early count
Posted on Monday December 02, 2024

There can't be a re-run of Namibia's general election because there is no money to do so, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) said, even as opposition parties prepared a legal challenge demanding just that.

News24 | Namibia vote extends into Saturday in places after logistic trouble
Posted on Friday November 29, 2024

Namibia extended voting for a second time Thursday with the opposition crying foul after logistical failures prevented many people from casting ballots in the tightly fought election.

News24 | Zimbabwe taxes gambling winnings, bets on rain to reduce power outages and hike growth
Posted on Friday November 29, 2024

Just as Zimbabwe's finance minister, Mthuli Ncube, finished presenting his 2025 fiscal budget, the Mount Hampden parliamentary building experienced a power cut.

News24 | Early results in Namibia indicate two-way race as some parties call for vote counting halt
Posted on Thursday November 28, 2024

Early results suggest Namibians found themselves divided between Swapo's Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and Panduleni Itula of the Independent Patriots for Change when they voted, mostly on Wednesday.

News24 | Namibia extends voting into Thursday after logistical issues, 12-hour queues
Posted on Thursday November 28, 2024

Namibians were still voting early Thursday, hours after polls were scheduled to close in a presidential and legislative election set to test the ruling party's 34-year grip on power in the southern African nation.

News24 | New clashes in Mozambique as two reported killed; Lebombo blocked again
Posted on Wednesday November 27, 2024

Anti-government protesters and security forces clashed across Mozambique Wednesday with police reportedly killing two people and a military vehicle mowing down another at fresh demonstrations against October's disputed elections.

News24 | Namibian elections run smoothly as candidates praise peaceful atmosphere
Posted on Wednesday November 27, 2024

Outgoing Namibian president Nangolo Mbumba commended his country on a smooth election day on Wednesday.

News24 | Opposition figures killed as Tanzania holds local election, one by prison officers
Posted on Wednesday November 27, 2024

Tanzanian opposition party Chadema, said two of its members were killed on the eve of Wednesday's local elections, and accused the authorities of rigging the vote.

News24 | Namibia decides: Who’s in the running and what’s at stake
Posted on Wednesday November 27, 2024

As a wave of election upsets batters the region, the Southern African country could be next.

News24 | Namibia prepares for a choice by mostly young, mostly women voters
Posted on Tuesday November 26, 2024

Almost a million of the registered voters for Namibia's general elections on Wednesday are below the age of 42, and there are more women than men registered to vote, according to the Namibian Electoral Commission.