BBC Komla Dumor Award 2025 launched
The BBC is seeking a rising star of African journalism for the BBC News Komla Dumor Award, which is…
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The ‘hero’ ship fixing Africa’s internet blackouts – the BBC goes aboard
A ship the size of a football field, crewed by more than 50 engineers and technicians, cruises the oceans…
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‘They took all the women here’: Rape survivors recall horror of DR Congo jailbreak
Warning: This article contains distressing content, including descriptions of rape, from the start.…
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‘People will starve’ because of US aid cut to Sudan
The freezing of US humanitarian assistance has forced the closure of almost 80% of the emergency food…
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The Kenyans saying no to motherhood and yes to sterilisation
For as long as Nelly Naisula Sironka can remember she has never wanted children – and with one…
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Sudan army ends two-year siege of key city
The Sudanese army says it has broken a near two-year siege imposed by the paramilitary Rapid Support…
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Netherlands to return stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
The Netherlands says it will return more than 100 Benin Bronzes that British troops looted from Nigeria…
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‘Grave robbers took my daughter’s cross and my mother’s – twice’
Grave after grave after grave in this cemetery in the eastern Tanzanian city of Morogoro has been vandalised.…
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Rebels leave families devastated in wake of DR Congo advance
Heshima winces in pain as he tries to shift his weight, sweat beading on his face. The slight 13-year-old…
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Dozens killed in Mali illegal gold mine collapse
More than 40 people, mostly women, were killed after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Mali on Saturday.…
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