BBC News - Africa
Updated: 3 days 19 hours ago
Sat, 20/02/2021 - 01:05
The Hirak movement marks its second anniversary with hopes of a rebirth despite appeasement efforts.
Fri, 19/02/2021 - 20:51
Heavy gunfire breaks out in Somalia's capital as the opposition defies a ban to protest about delayed elections.
Wed, 17/02/2021 - 13:11
Butterfly farming along the Kenyan coast is a source of income and a way of conserving the local forest.
Tue, 16/02/2021 - 01:12
The shark population off Congo-Brazzaville is threatened as desperate fishermen search deeper waters.
Mon, 15/02/2021 - 01:57
A teenager caught up in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict tells of her and her grandfather's near-death encounter.
Sun, 14/02/2021 - 01:02
Barely a single great white shark has been spotted off the city's coast for two years, where once there were hundreds.
Fri, 12/02/2021 - 13:43
What does the future hold for Ethiopia, and what challenges remain in the Tigray region?
Fri, 12/02/2021 - 10:02
Coronavirus cases have been on the increase across countries in southern Africa.
Sun, 07/02/2021 - 20:37
Developers say they are likely to have a modified version of the jab by autumn to combat the variant.
Sun, 07/02/2021 - 01:48
Alex de Waal writes about the starvation that conflicts cause, and the difficulties in tackling it.
Sat, 06/02/2021 - 22:59
Morocco aim to retain their African Nations Championship, CHAN, title as Mali look to win their first on Sunday.
Sat, 06/02/2021 - 12:21
Ahmad has been restored as a presidential candidate by Caf's Governance Committee, but Fifa's decision will be final.
Sat, 06/02/2021 - 01:47
Tanzania is promoting herbal treatments while denying that there are any coronavirus cases.
Sat, 06/02/2021 - 01:25
Yolanda, 17, is campaigning for better education and more resources for schools in South Africa.
Fri, 05/02/2021 - 23:20
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala had been frontrunner for the role but was opposed by the Trump administration.
Fri, 05/02/2021 - 18:13
A new interim government is chosen to replace the war-torn country's rival administrations.
Fri, 05/02/2021 - 16:04
Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane is aiming to take European champions Bayern Munich to penalties at the Club World Cup.
Fri, 05/02/2021 - 13:26
Ajax and Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana is banned from football for a year for a doping violation.
Fri, 05/02/2021 - 13:12
Gregory Dow set up an orphanage in Kenya where he abused girls for more than a decade.
Fri, 05/02/2021 - 12:55
The male Brookesia nana, or nano-chameleon, was discovered on Madagascar and is the size of a seed.
Pages