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Three arrested in South Africa over massacre of 18 relatives
Posted on Sunday October 06, 2024

Police say a fourth suspect in connection to the mass shooting will be arrested soon.

Rwanda starts vaccine trials against deadly Marburg virus
Posted on Sunday October 06, 2024

The health ministry says there are at least 46 cases in the east African country.

Tunisia's president seeks new term in election he's all but sure to win
Posted on Sunday October 06, 2024

President Kais Saied, accused of suppressing democracy, only has two challengers and one is in jail.

Fresh faces in Mozambique's poll as independence era leaders bow out
Posted on Saturday October 05, 2024

A watershed poll will see a shift at the top with a new era of post-colonial leaders vying for power.

Chad exploits Russian-Western rivalry to its advantage
Posted on Friday October 04, 2024

President Mahamat Déby is getting closer to Moscow with the US and France nervously looking on.

Serial rapist in South Africa gets 42 life sentences
Posted on Friday October 04, 2024

A court hears that Nkosinathi Phakathi, who mostly targeted children, is sentenced to multiple life terms.

WHO approves first mpox test for quick diagnosis
Posted on Friday October 04, 2024

Lack of testing and delays in getting the results have made curbing the virus's spread harder.

Joy, fashion fluff and chocolate stuff: Africa's top shots
Posted on Friday October 04, 2024

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

How a mega dam has caused a mega power crisis for Zambia
Posted on Wednesday October 02, 2024

A drought has caused an electricity crisis as Zambia heavily relies on the hydro-powered Kariba Dam.

South Africa beat Ireland to secure series victory
Posted on Friday October 04, 2024

Tristan Stubbs hits an unbeaten maiden one-day international century as South Africa defeat Ireland by 174 runs Dhabi to seal a series win in Abu Dhabi.

Blunt and bold - Kenya's 'truth speaker' faces the sack
Posted on Tuesday October 01, 2024

Kenya's deputy president, who faces impeachment, branded himself as "the truthful man".

Africans in Lebanon: ‘Everyone is nervous on campus’
Posted on Tuesday October 01, 2024

Africans studying in Beirut are having to weigh up whether or not they should leave the country.

How sailors say they were tricked into smuggling cocaine to Cape Verde
Posted on Monday September 30, 2024

The BBC sets out to find the man allegedly behind a plot to smuggle 1.2 tonnes of cocaine to Europe.

Diego Garcia - the secretive island they don't want you to see
Posted on Sunday September 29, 2024

BBC reporter gains access to the remote ocean territory despite UK and US attempts to stop her.

France's Mr Africa spills the beans on secret cash
Posted on Sunday September 29, 2024

Long a confidant of French and African leaders, Robert Bourgi lifts the lid on post-colonial relations.

Bold and fearless: Nigeria's latest star to headline in London
Posted on Sunday September 29, 2024

Ruger takes his distinctive twist on Afrobeats to the stage in the UK capital.

In pictures: Ethiopia festival fires burn bright despite downpour
Posted on Friday September 27, 2024

Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia celebrate Meskel, the first major festival of the religious year.

'Rape me, not my daughter' - women tell BBC of sexual violence in Sudan's civil war
Posted on Friday September 27, 2024

The BBC hears horrific accounts of rape from women trapped in the conflict between the army and the RSF.

Fire breathers and snowmen: Africa's week in pictures
Posted on Friday September 27, 2024

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

Toiling on a Kenyan flower farm to send fresh roses to Europe
Posted on Thursday September 26, 2024

Women work long and gruelling hours to grow the flowers sold across Europe.

Why Samia's hesitant reforms are fuelling Tanzanian political anger
Posted on Wednesday September 25, 2024

Tanzania's first female president is accused of reneging on her promise to free up political activity.

South Africa cruise to statement World Cup win over Windies
Posted on Friday October 04, 2024

Last year's finalists South Africa start their T20 World Cup campaign with an impressive 10-wicket win over West Indies.

Senegal part company with Afcon-winning coach Cisse
Posted on Wednesday October 02, 2024

Aliou Cisse leaves his role as coach of Senegal's national side after a nine-and-a-half-year spell which included winning the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

A 'heart of gold' - Mutombo's humanitarian legacy
Posted on Tuesday October 01, 2024

DR Congo-born Dikembe Mutombo has been hailed for his humanitarian work across Africa following his death aged 58 from brain cancer.

NBA legend Mutombo dies from brain cancer aged 58
Posted on Monday September 30, 2024

NBA Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo dies from brain cancer at the age of 58.

Eto'o banned from attending Cameroon games
Posted on Wednesday October 02, 2024

Samuel Eto'o is banned from attending Cameroon games at all levels for six months following breaches of Fifa's disciplinary code by the country's federation president.

Ethiopian runners complete Berlin Marathon double
Posted on Sunday September 29, 2024

Ethiopia's Milkesa Mengesha wins the men's Berlin Marathon as compatriot Tigist Ketema claims victory in the women's race.

South Africa win first Rugby Championship since 2019
Posted on Saturday September 28, 2024

South Africa hammer Argentina in Nelspruit to win the Rugby Championship for the first time since 2019.

How Arsenal became synonymous with black identity
Posted on Friday September 27, 2024

Premier League club Arsenal has forged a deep connection with black culture and identity which goes far beyond sport.

Luvanga on 'hero' Ronaldo and 'becoming best in Africa'
Posted on Wednesday September 25, 2024

On the eve of the new Saudi Women's Pro League season, Al-Nassr and Tanzania striker Clara Luvanga discusses life at the same club as Cristiano Ronaldo.


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News24 | Election observers descend on Mozambique ahead of predicted Frelimo landslide
Posted on Friday October 04, 2024

Observers from the Southern African Development Community, led by Dr Amani Abeid Karume, the former president of Zanzibar, arrived in Mozambique early this week ahead of the 9 October poll.

News24 | ICC unseals arrest warrants for feared Libya gang
Posted on Friday October 04, 2024

The International Criminal Court Friday made public arrest warrants for six Libyans suspected of being part of a murderous gang that brutalised the town of Tarhuna in the war-torn country.

News24 | UK hands back a bit of Africa, giving up Chagos Islands – but not Diego Garcia
Posted on Thursday October 03, 2024

Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades ago to return home while London retained use of the UK-US military base in Diego Garcia.

News24 | Ahead of trial, Zambia's former president accuses his successor of blocking him with lawfare
Posted on Wednesday October 02, 2024

Former Zambian president Edgar Lungu is accusing his successor Hakainde Hichilema of running down the economy and using lawfare to block him from challenging for the top job again in 2026.

News24 | Zimbabwe shops impose limits amid panic-buying after huge official ZiG devaluation
Posted on Tuesday October 01, 2024

The latest approach to the ZiG currency supposedly backed by physical gold – which hit an all-time high price last week – has further confused consumers, and the broader market.

News24 | Widow of Malawi's vice-president Chilima demands probe into June plane crash in which he died
Posted on Tuesday October 01, 2024

The widow of Saulos Chilima wants an independent investigation into the military aircraft crash in June that killed the former Malawian vice-president and nine others.

News24 | Rwanda to name 22 baby gorillas in 2024, 40 years after the apes nearly disappeared
Posted on Tuesday October 01, 2024

Rwanda's Kwita Izina ceremony will give 22 baby gorillas their names on 18 October, as the population of the once critically endangered apes continues to grow.

News24 | Zim currency lost 43% on Friday - and it's still bleeding
Posted on Monday September 30, 2024

Zimbabwe's gold-backed currency, which was devalued by 43% by the central bank on Friday, remained under pressure on Monday.

News24 | Sudan's army denies attack on UAE ambassador residence, blames RSF
Posted on Monday September 30, 2024

Sudans army says the RSF – which it says receives weapons from the UAE – was behind an attack on the residence of the UAE ambassador.

News24 | Five trapped hippos die as Namibia grapples with drought
Posted on Friday September 27, 2024

Five hippopotamuses have died while trapped in a mud pool in northeastern Namibia, where a severe drought has caused a major river to dry up, the environment ministry said Friday.

News24 | Zimbabwe devalues new gold-backed currency by 43%
Posted on Friday September 27, 2024

Zimbabwe raised interest rates and devalued its gold-backed currency by 43%, following persistent weakness in the ZiG amid deep skepticism that the nation’s latest bid to create a viable local unit would succeed.

News24 | Tshisekedi calls on UN to sanction Rwanda over North Kivu
Posted on Friday September 27, 2024

Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has called on the United Nations to sanction Rwanda over allegations that it is funding the M23 Rebels and is behind resource plunder in North Kivu.

News24 | Air strikes in Khartoum as Sudan army attacks paramilitary positions
Posted on Thursday September 26, 2024

Air strikes and shelling rocked Khartoum on Thursday as the army attacked paramilitary positions across the Sudanese capital, witnesses and a military source told AFP.

News24 | World Bank says it aims to protect new projects in Uganda from anti-LGBT law
Posted on Thursday September 26, 2024

The World Bank said on Thursday it is rolling out measures to ensure the recipients of any fresh lending to Uganda are not discriminated against by a tough anti-gay law.

News24 | Biden's Angola trip to focus on Lobito, as the US eyes China-partnered Tanzania
Posted on Thursday September 26, 2024

When outgoing US President Joe Biden lands in Angola on a three-day visit from 13 to 15 October, regional security and the Lobito Corridor will be at the top of his agenda.

News24 | 'Racist' monkeypox name still holding back fight in French, Spanish and Portuguese, academic say
Posted on Wednesday September 25, 2024

Some Spanish-, French-, and Portuguese-speaking academics say mpox needs to renamed from monkeypox in those languages too because of ongoing stigmatisation and racial connotations linking the disease to Africa.

News24 | Arrogance, not gold, backs ZiG, Zim retailers say – and it's killing formal shops
Posted on Wednesday September 25, 2024

SA-owned retailers are among those saying the formal exchange rate for Zimbabwe Gold is bleeding them dry, and pushing up inflation in hard-currency terms.

News24 | US, UK and Norway unhappy about 'lack of political will' in South Sudan
Posted on Monday September 23, 2024

The United States, Norway and UK voiced concern at the weekend over the lack of "political will" in South Sudan after partners in Juba's transitional government further postponed elections.

News24 | Lofty goals in New York are fine, but Africa needs money, AU says – and SA can help
Posted on Monday September 23, 2024

With the African Union and South Africa forming part of the G20, there's hope of more voices speaking for the continent.

News24 | Egyptian warship delivers more arms to Somalia as Ethiopia friction rises
Posted on Monday September 23, 2024

An Egyptian warship has delivered a second major cache of weaponry to Somalia including anti-aircraft guns and artillery, port and military officials said on Monday.

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