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6 days, 12 hours ago Politics

At least 12 dead as wildfires sweep through northern Algeria

- Published At least 12 people have been killed and dozens injured as wildfires burn through large swathes of northern Algeria. Civil protection authorities said dozens of blazes swept through several provinces along the country's northern coastline. At least 54 people had suffered burn injuries, w…

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6 days, 15 hours ago Politics

Nigeria's growing kidnapping crisis: 'If you started running, they shot you'

- Published "If you ran into a room, they set the room on fire," says Fatima, describing a recent attack on her village in Zamfara, north-western Nigeria. "If you came out and started running, they shot you." The gunmen, who struck at 02:00, split into groups to surround residents: one at the villa…

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6 days, 19 hours ago Politics

Parrot eggs hatch in South Africa after suspected Thai smuggler arrested at OR Tambo airport

- Published Fifty eggs suspected to be those of endangered parrots were intercepted at South Africa's main airport in Johannesburg last Thursday - and some of them have now hatched. A 50-year-old Thai national was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle them in a "homemade incubator bag" carri…

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1 week ago Politics

Guinean President Mamadi Doumbouya dismisses 173 soldiers for desertion

- Published Guinea's President Mamadi Doumbouya, 41, has dismissed more than 170 soldiers for "desertion", including a colonel who helped him seize power in a coup in 2021. Col Michel Lamah was a member of the Special Forces Group (GFS), the elite army unit which Doumbouya once commanded. When he o…

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1 week ago Politics

Chinese-Eswatini relations: China advises its citizens to leave Taiwan ally over security risks

- Published China's foreign ministry has told its citizens to leave the southern African kingdom of Eswatini over "security risks". The ministry cited "rampant cyber fraud and criminal activities associated with gambling" as among its security concerns, but did not give details. It suggested its ci…

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1 week ago Politics

Tom Byabagamba: Ex-head of Rwandan President Paul Kagame's presidential guard dies in jail 12 years after his arrest

- Published Former head of Rwanda's presidential guard Tom Byabagamba, 59, who once served as President Paul Kagame's personal bodyguard, has died in jail. He was arrested in 2014 along with his brother-in-law Frank Rusagara, a retired brigadier-general, for "spreading rumours" and "tarnishing the …

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1 week ago Politics

Nigeria kidnappings: President Bola Tinubu orders manhunt after victim video uploaded

- Published Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has ordered a manhunt for armed kidnappers who launched deadly attacks on four villages in a remote part of Niger state last Friday. Local residents told the BBC several mosques were simultaneously targeted during prayers. A local youth leader says as man…

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1 week, 1 day ago Politics

What is Ebola, how does it spread and why is DR Congo outbreak an 'emergency'?

- Published The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now the deadliest of the 17 the country has faced as it continues to spread. United Nations experts have described it as the fastest growing outbreak on record in terms of new infections. Getting the spread of the deadly …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago Politics

Bruno Foucher: French ambassador to CAR faces disciplinary action over misconduct

- Published France has opened disciplinary proceedings against its top diplomat in the Central African Republic (CAR) over accusations of misconduct, following allegations that he brought dozens of women into his official residence and had sex with some of them. The allegations against Ambassador B…

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2 weeks, 6 days ago Technology

Ebola outbreak on track to be deadliest ever, WHO chief says

- Published The current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest outbreak of the disease ever, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters that the 2026 outbreak, "at its current pa…

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2 weeks, 6 days ago Sports

Wafcon 2026: Morocco 0-0 Cameroon (AET, 1-3 on pens) - Michaely Bihina stars

- Published Michaely Bihina was the heroine as the Cameroon goalkeeper saved an extra-time penalty and three more spot-kicks in a shootout to send her side though to the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations final at the expense of host nation Morocco. The 22-year-old pushed away Fatima Tagnaout's att…

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2 weeks, 6 days ago Sports

Wafcon 2026: Algeria 1-3 Malawi - Chawinga sisters fire Scorchers into final

- Published Malawi's Chawinga sisters were once again the stars of the show, sharing three goals as the Scorchers continued their fairy tale run at the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) by booking their place in the final with a 3-1 victory over Algeria in Rabat. Belying their status as t…

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2 weeks, 6 days ago Technology

Ayra Starr on her secret relationship and teasing Stevie Wonder

- Published There's resilience, and then there's Ayra Starr. Two weeks before the release of her new album, Starrgirl, the Nigerian singer posted a photo from hospital, after undergoing "major surgery". "I was hoping it would be a quick recovery, but it was more complicated than they expected," she…

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2 weeks, 6 days ago Business

Vultures are disappearing in Nigeria - but the 'vulture king' and others are fighting back

- Published "People fear the environment where the shrine is. No evil will ever happen here. So, nobody fights vultures that perch here," a man they call the Vulture King tells the BBC. Mostly associated with death and decay, perhaps it is not surprising that when vultures disappeared from the skie…

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3 weeks ago Politics

Lake Kariba tragedy: At least 44 die as Zimbabwe ferry sinks

- Published At least 44 people have died after a ferry sank on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, police have said. The ferry had a capacity to carry 90 passengers and five crew members but a lake official had reported that 120 people, including 12 children, were on it. The vessel was hit by a str…

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3 weeks, 1 day ago Politics

Zambia election: Lungu burial row turns presidential race into a hot contest

- Published A spectre is hanging over the Zambian election campaign in the shape of former President Edgar Lungu. Despite having died more than a year ago in South Africa, his body remains unburied amid a bitter dispute between President Hakainde Hichilema and the Lungu family that has sharpened po…

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1 month, 1 week ago Politics

Nigeria's Oyo state school abductions: Three men sentenced to life in jail

- Published Three men in Nigeria have been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to offences linked to the kidnapping of dozens of pupils and teachers in the south-western state of Oyo. They admitted to concealing information about those behind the attacks and confessed to being members…

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1 month, 1 week ago Politics

Guinea teenager jailed for exam cheating dies after sickle cell complications, father tells the BBC

- Published The father of a teenager from Guinea with sickle cell disease who died days after he was arrested for cheating in an exam has told the BBC he blames the authorities for his death. Mamadou Djouma Bah, 17, was transferred to hospital after his health deteriorated while in prison and later…

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1 month, 1 week ago Business

Sharon Otieno murder trial: Former Kenyan governor Okoth Obado convicted of killing pregnant student

- Published Former Kenyan county governor Okoth Obado has been found guilty of murdering a pregnant 26-year-old university student with whom he had been having an affair. In 2018, Sharon Otieno's bloodied body was found dumped in a thicket outside a small town in western Kenya. Obado, governor of M…

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1 month, 1 week ago Politics

South Africa dismisses Ghanaians' ICC petition over migrant attacks as 'opportunistic'

- Published South Africa has dismissed as "opportunistic" a petition filed at the International Criminal Court (ICC) by two Ghanaians seeking an investigation into attacks on foreigners amid a rise in protests about the country's undocumented migrants. The petition, submitted to The Hague-based cou…

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