UN rights chief deplores abuse reports in Ethiopia's Tigray
21 June 2021, 14:33 PM
Africa & rest of the world
Ghana plants 5 million trees in single day to combat deforestation
12 June 2021, 09:42 AM
Climate action
‘This IS INSANE’: Africa desperately short of COVID vaccine
9 June 2021, 07:44 AM
Coronavirus
Nigeria suspended Twitter days after president's post removed
5 June 2021, 06:52 AM
Careers
African Union suspends Mali after military coup and threatens sanctions
2 June 2021, 13:29 PM
Africa & rest of the world
Mali president and prime minister freed by military after resigning
27 May 2021, 13:39 PM
Africa & rest of the world
Suspected ADF militants kill 22 with knives, machetes in eastern Congo
26 May 2021, 19:54 PM
Africa & rest of the world
Mali's president and prime minister resign following military takeover
26 May 2021, 13:55 PM
Africa & rest of the world
Military detain Mali's president, prime minister and defence minister
25 May 2021, 02:11 AM
Africa & rest of the world
Court allows Suez Canal to keep holding container ship that blocked traffic
23 May 2021, 13:17 PM
Africa & rest of the world
Car bombs, assault on police base kill 6
Six people were killed in a gun and car-bomb assault on a police building in the centre of the Somali capital that also left seven
31 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Brazil's ex-leader Lula charged in graft probe
Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, Brazil's hugely popular former president, has been ordered to stand on trial on charges that
30 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Elephant poaching in Africa down
The illegal killing of African elephants for their ivory seems to have fallen from record peaks but poaching of the animal is still
28 July 2016, 18:11 PM
'Suicide bomber was ex-Somali MP'
A former Somali MP who joined the Shabaab group in 2010 was one of two suicide bombers who killed 13 people near
27 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Brazil arrests group planning terror acts
Brazilian police have arrested 10 members of a group allegedly planning terrorist attacks during the upcoming
21 July 2016, 18:00 PM
10 soldiers killed as gunmen attack Mali army base
Gunmen kill at least 10 soldiers and wound 38 in an attack on an army camp in central Mali, authorities say, and a movement within the Peul ethnic group claims responsibility.
19 July 2016, 15:10 PM
South Sudan VP leaves Juba, says not seeking war
South Sudan's vice president has withdrawn with his troops to outside of Juba but is not planning for war, his spokesman said on
13 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Ceasefire holding in S Sudan
A fragile ceasefire appeared to be holding in South Sudan's capital Juba after four days of gun battles that have left
12 July 2016, 18:00 PM
South Sudan is 'back to war', says Vice-President Riek Machar's spokesman
South Sudan is "back to war", a spokesman for the vice-president has told the BBC, as rebel factions clash and hundreds are reported killed.
10 July 2016, 12:36 PM
Gambia, Tanzania ban child marriage
Gambia and Tanzania bans child marriage, with tough penalties for those who breach the rulings.
9 July 2016, 05:09 AM
Uganda motorway pile up kills 20
A pile-up on a busy highway outside the Ugandan capital Kampala left at least 20 people dead yesterday and injured
3 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Ivory Coast's 'hero' professor backs student mothers
An Ivory Coast professor, who was photographed carrying a student's baby in class in a widely shared image, says being a mother should not stop women getting an education.
1 July 2016, 07:04 AM
18 killed by a roadside bomb in Somalia
At least 18 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb went off yesterday in Somalia's Lafole town, southwest of the
30 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Zika vaccine 'works very well' in mice
A single dose of an experimental vaccine can protect mice against the Zika virus, raising renewed hope of a vaccine for
29 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Zuma can be charged over graft charges
A South African court yesterday threw out President Jacob Zuma's attempt to appeal against a ruling that he should
24 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Algeria blocks social media to beat exam cheats
Algeria temporarily blocked access to social networks on Sunday to prevent cheating after leaked papers forced hundred of thousands of students to resit high school final exams.
20 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Niger says 34 migrants found dead in Sahara Desert
Niger says the bodies of 34 migrants, including 20 children, have been found in the Sahara Desert near the border with Algeria.
16 June 2016, 05:11 AM
Bill Gates launches chicken plan
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, speaking in front of chickens pecking and clucking in a New York City skyscraper,
9 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Liberia declares latest Ebola outbreak over
Liberia's health ministry yesterday said the country was free of Ebola, meaning there are now no known cases of the deadly
9 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Scores dead as militants attack Ethiopian base
Shabaab fighters attacked an Ethiopian army base in central Somalia yesterday, in the latest raid targeting foreign soldiers deployed as part of an African Union force in the country.
9 June 2016, 18:00 PM