Expelled from the US and now in limbo in Sierra Leone
Image caption Saren Idaho (L) and Prince Latoya were held for five months in a police cell in Sierra Leone’s…
Egyptian troops killed at checkpoint
Image copyright AP Image caption Egyptian security forces – pictured here in Cairo – have been targeted by militants since…
Bobi Wine: The pop star seeking ‘people power’
Image copyright AFP Image caption Bobi Wine beat candidates from the main political parties in last year’s by-election to become…
Piracy in West Africa: The world’s most dangerous seas?
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Tankers carrying oil and gas provide rich pickings for pirates The seas off West…
Football Leaks: Suspected hacker charged in Portugal
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Rui Pinto was arrested in Hungary in January and later extradited to Portugal A…
Zimbabwe sanctions: Who is being targeted?
Image copyright EPA Friday is a public holiday in Zimbabwe to mark a day of protest against sanctions which the…
DR Congo taxi service puts women in the driver’s seat
Issued on: 07/03/2020 – 12:48Modified: 07/03/2020 – 12:48 In the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital of Kinshasa, the first all-female,…
How did an international footballer become a wanted man – then disappear?
Babacar Sarr is a 29-year-old footballer who’s played in top teams across the globe, including in one of the world’s…
Senegal health authorities adopt measures to contain spread of coronavirus
Issued on: 07/03/2020 – 08:40Modified: 07/03/2020 – 08:40 Senegal has so far seen four people contract the novel coronavirus, with…
Dos Santos: Whistleblower named a Football Leaks author
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Rui Pinto is currently awaiting trial in Portugal The author of the Football Leaks…
Coronavirus: A Cameroon student on how he recovered
Image copyright Alamy Image caption Kem Senou Pavel Daryl is the first African to contract the virus in China When…
Ethiopian 18th Century crown returns home from Netherlands
Image copyright @AbiyAhmedAli Image caption The crown has depictions of Jesus Christ An 18th Century Ethiopian crown has been returned…
Coronavirus: Watch how germs spread
Coronavirus has been seen in more than 30 countries. The virus can spread from person to person and officials recommend…
Coronavirus: Could Africa cope with an outbreak?
Image copyright AFP Africa now has more than 30 cases of the new coronavirus, ranging from Egypt to South Africa…
Coronavirus: Nigeria confirms first case in sub-Saharan Africa
Image copyright AFP Image caption Nigerian officials have been screening passengers arriving at the country’s main airports The first case…
South Africa’s rhino orphanage: A sanctuary in the war against poaching
Issued on: 06/03/2020 – 15:28Modified: 06/03/2020 – 15:29 Bottle-feeding time for this young rhino. Like many others in this orphanage…
Gender study finds 90% of people are biased against women
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The report analysed areas of bias such as politics, education, reproductive rights and integrity…
Tunisia: Suspected terror attack near the US embassy in Tunis
A militant on a motorbike blew himself up outside the US embassy in Tunisia on Friday, wounding several police officers.…
Blast reported near US embassy in Tunisia’s capital
Issued on: 06/03/2020 – 12:02 An explosion rocked a district of the Tunisian capital home to the US embassy Friday,…
Africa’s week in pictures: 28 February-5 March 2020
Image copyright AFP Image caption Prayers are held at a mosque in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, on Wednesday to ask for…