Benin vote count begins as 33 candidates fight for presidency
Votes are being counted in Benin, where 33 candidates are fighting to become president. Thomas Boni Yayi is stepping down […]
Africa
Mugabe: ‘I can punch you to prove I’m still here’
Zimbabwe’s long-serving President Robert Mugabe gave short shrift to a journalist’s question about who could succeed him during an interview to […]
Who is al-Shabab journalist Hassan Hanafi?
Somali journalist Hassan Hanafi was sentenced to death by firing squad by a Mogadishu court on Thursday after conspiring with the al-Shabab […]
Is this a turning point for Burundi?
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby just met Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza at a mountain-top hotel complex near Kayanza in northern Burundi. […]
‘Do not come to Europe’ – EU’s Tusk
European Council President Donald Tusk has warned economic migrants who do not have the correct papers against traveling to Europe, during […]
Record number of presidential candidates in Benin
On Sunday people in Benin are voting for their new president. And the ballot papers are going to have to be long […]
African peacekeepers implicated in UN sex abuse claims
Allegations of sexual exploitation or sexual abuse by United Nations peacekeepers have increased, according to a new UN report. There […]
Oscar Pistorius denied leave to appeal for Steenkamp murder
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been denied leave to appeal against his conviction for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. […]
British Airways pays pilot Simon Wood Africa abuse victims
British Airways has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of money to children who were sexually abused by one of […]
Nigeria fuel shortages ground flights
Around 200 Arik Air passengers were stranded as domestic and international flights from Nigeria’s biggest domestic airline were grounded earlier due to a lack of […]
East Africa mulls ban on used clothes
One of the issues being discussed by the leaders of the East African Community (EAC) today in Arusha, Tanzania, is […]
Africa’s richest man ‘gets richer’
Africa’s richest man, Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote, has risen up the annual Forbes list of world billionaires, with his fortune increasing to $15.4bn […]
Shell being sued over Nigeria oil spill
Oil giant Shell is being sued in London for the second time in five years over spills in the Niger […]
Zimbabwe soldiers charged over ‘bomb plot’
Prosecutors in Zimbabwe have reinstated charges against two soldiers accused of planning to petrol-bomb a dairy farm owned by President […]
Nigeria ‘abducted girl to be re-united with family’
A 13-year-old Nigerian girl who was allegedly abducted and forced into marriage is to be re-united with her family today in […]
Buhari anger over budget fiasco
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed “severe punishment” for officials who embarrassed the government by doctoring the record $31bn (£20.8bn) national budget […]
Komla Dumor Award 2016: Seeking a future star of African journalism
The BBC is seeking a future star of African journalism for the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award, now in […]
Kenya row over police woman assault
Kenya’s Inspector General of Police has ordered the prosecution of a white pilot who was captured on camera assaulting a […]