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Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:25:31 GMT
Mali Islamist jailed for nine years for Timbuktu shrine attacks

An Islamist militant who destroyed ancient shrines in Timbuktu is jailed by an international court for nine years in the first case of its kind.
Tue, 27 Sep 2016 16:50:06 GMT
TB drug designed for children launched in Kenya

Kenya launches the world's first child-friendly drug, raising hopes for thousands affected by the world's deadliest infectious disease.
Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:21:03 GMT
Fifa says anti-racism taskforce had 'completed work'

Fifa defends its decision to scrap an anti-racism taskforce with critics branding the move "shameful" and "perplexing".
Mon, 26 Sep 2016 11:40:49 GMT
Soap actor Znah-Bzu Tsegaye flees Ethiopia

Prominent Ethiopian actor Znah-Bzu Tsegaye says that he has has sought asylum in the US after leaving the country about two months ago.
Mon, 26 Sep 2016 11:14:23 GMT
Ivorian footballer Aurier gets jail term

Ivory Coast footballer Serge Aurier, who plays for Paris St-Germain, is sentenced to two months in jail for assaulting a police officer.
Sun, 25 Sep 2016 09:31:18 GMT
Boko Haram's Shekau says he is 'in good health' following claim of his death

The disputed leader of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram releases a video denying claims he had been killed or badly wounded in air strike.
Tue, 27 Sep 2016 16:13:46 GMT
What Afropunk says about identity

When Brooklyn's Afropunk music festival came to London it raised questions about black identity.
Tue, 27 Sep 2016 09:36:00 GMT
Timbuktu : The rescue of vital ancient manuscripts

Following a landmark trial at the International Criminal Court in the Hague, an Islamist militant will be sentenced on Tuesday for destroying cultural sites in Timbuktu.
Sun, 25 Sep 2016 23:08:05 GMT
Pangolin: The most trafficked mammal in the world

A conference in South Africa could make the trade in pangolin illegal.
Sun, 25 Sep 2016 22:47:21 GMT
South Africa's second-hand toy rental market

The Smart Toy Club collects, sterilises and rents old toys to new customers.
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 11:53:21 GMT
Kenyan craftsman turns waste whisky bottles into glasses

Kenyan Harrison Menza takes things like discarded whisky bottles and coconut shells and makes items that can be used again and again.
Tue, 20 Sep 2016 23:32:26 GMT
Could the next sumo star come from Senegal?

The Senegalese wrestlers bringing the art of sumo from Japan to West Africa.
Tue, 27 Sep 2016 10:39:05 GMT
Fifa: Man City's Yaya Toure criticises scrapping anti-racism taskforce

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure says players and fans may "suffer" following Fifa's decision to scrap its anti-racism taskforce.
Mon, 26 Sep 2016 18:33:25 GMT
Stephane Sessegnon: Montpellier sign ex-West Brom midfielder

Former West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland midfielder Stephane Sessegnon signs for Montpellier on a two-year contract.
Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:31:39 GMT
Didi Akinyelure: The six lives of Boko Haram's leader

Abubakar Shekau, leader of Islamist group Boko Haram has once more released a video to reject reports that he had been killed. He has been reported dead five times already.
Mon, 19 Sep 2016 23:20:10 GMT
Oluwashina Okeleji: What is the secret of Nigerian powerlifters' success?

As Nigeria's Paralympians return from Rio victorious, BBC Sport's Oluwashina Okeleji asks what the faltering national football team could learn from them.
Tue, 20 Sep 2016 17:14:44 GMT
Nesrine Abdelrahim: Video sparks Arabic v French war of words

A teacher in Algeria, where most people speak French, is disciplined after leading her class in a celebration of Arabic at the start of the new school year.
Wed, 14 Sep 2016 23:43:16 GMT
Isa Sanusi: Can Buhari get Nigerians to queue again?

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari recently launched a behaviour change campaign similar to his successful war against indiscipline in the 1980s. The BBC's Isa Sanusi asks if it will work.
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:17:40 GMT
Africa's top shots: 16-22 September 2016

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.
Thu, 08 Sep 2016 07:15:28 GMT
Spectacular Botswana

Spectacular landscape and wildlife provide some stunning images from Botswana.
Sun, 28 Aug 2016 09:47:21 GMT
Vaccine sprint

Africa's worst yellow fever outbreak in 30 years prompts a race to protect millions of people from the disease, complicated by a shortage of vaccines.
Sun, 21 Aug 2016 23:46:04 GMT
Portraits from India

Photographer Mahesh Shantaram documents the lives of Africans living in India.
Tue, 05 Jul 2016 23:10:44 GMT
Child's first sight

Criscent Bwambale, six, sees for the first time after an operation to remove cataracts in Uganda.
Tue, 21 Jun 2016 23:49:21 GMT
Everyday Eritrea

Images of Eritrea by the BBC's Mary Harper.
Thu, 09 Jun 2016 09:58:17 GMT
In pictures: Muhammad Ali's love affair with Africa

From Muhammad Ali's most famous fight to his friendship with Nelson Mandela, photos that tell the story of the boxer's relationship with Africa.
Sun, 05 Jun 2016 23:12:36 GMT
In pictures: Play, prayers and power explored at Dak'Art

Contemporary African art is showcased at a biennale in Senegal every two years. Photographer Ricci Shryock met the artists behind the works.
Wed, 25 May 2016 03:12:52 GMT
The barbers of Freetown

Photographer Olivia Acland's pictures of the barbers who shape the hair of the residents of Freetown in Sierra Leone.
Thu, 21 Apr 2016 07:06:59 GMT
In pictures: The squatters of Mozambique's Grande Hotel

The Grande Hotel in Mozambique's coastal city of Beira is home to 3,500 squatters. Photojournalist Fellipe Abreu visited the building once dubbed the "Pride of Africa".
Sun, 18 Sep 2016 23:57:32 GMT
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani: Hairy subject

Nigerian novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani questions whether a South African school's hair rules really were racist or if something else was at play.
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 00:04:29 GMT
Elizabeth Ohene: The wheelchair gap

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene considers the gap between Paralympic wonder and the reality for wheelchair users in Ghana.
Tue, 13 Sep 2016 15:28:32 GMT
Joseph Warungu: Parental bliss

In our series of letters from African journalists, social commentator Joseph Warungu asks why the governing coalition has launched a new political party.
Tue, 30 Aug 2016 23:48:31 GMT
Farai Sevenzo: Truth tests

A plan to give Nigerian police recruits lie-detector tests is no guarantee of trustworthy officers, writes film-maker and columnist Farai Sevenzo.
Tue, 23 Aug 2016 23:35:52 GMT
Elizabeth Ohene: Switching allegiances

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene ponders whether it matters that Olympians have switched nationalities.
Wed, 17 Aug 2016 01:15:24 GMT
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani: 'She is my daughter'

In our series of letters by African journalists, Nigerian novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at a mother’s desperate battle to recover her kidnapped toddler.
Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:20:42 GMT
Weighty issue

Former Miss Universe Alicia Machado claims Donald Trump, who owned the beauty contest, called her "Miss Piggy" after she gained weight.
Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:05:52 GMT
Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi: The vandal of Timbuktu

Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi has pleaded guilty to destroying sacred sites in Timbuktu, Mali, in the first case concerning cultural artefacts at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:04:42 GMT
'People are dying'

The lucrative counterfeit drugs trade causes hundreds of thousands of deaths every year. Technology can help fight it, but are big pharma and governments doing enough?
Sun, 25 Sep 2016 23:52:57 GMT
Italy's African village

Once heading for the status of ghost town, Riace is now growing as migrants have moved into abandoned homes.
Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:36:38 GMT
Nellie the enemy?

As the Cites conference on endangered species meets in Johannesburg, Matt McGrath travelled to Zambia to hear the voices of people with first-hand experience of conflicts between humans and wildlife.
Sat, 24 Sep 2016 23:15:03 GMT
Foolish prince

Ethiopian prince Lij Iyasu was deposed after fears he had converted to Islam. But it also put an end to the threat of Ethiopia entering into World War One, writes Martin Plaut.
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 23:47:29 GMT
Danger ahead

A mother-of-three inspires thousands by walking 250km across Somalia to prove the country finally has peace.
Mon, 26 Sep 2016 08:37:13 GMT
Leadership goals

Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura says more must be done to make all elements of the football industry more open to women and minorities.
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 23:03:44 GMT
Get off my land!

Up to a billion people in Africa derive their main income from farming, but many get embroiled in disputes over whether they really own their land. Can tech help?
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:10:04 GMT
King of Pop inspires

After Ghana's president John Mahama quoted lines from Michael Jackson's Heal the World at the UN, here are five more politicians who used their favourite lyric to make a point.
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 00:09:53 GMT
Gandhi the racist?

Some academics in Ghana have started a petition to take down a statue of ‘racist’ Gandhi.
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 12:11:29 GMT
Fearful future

As the security situation in DR Congo appears to be deteriorating, the BBC looks at the reasons behind the protests against President Kabila's rule.
Mon, 19 Sep 2016 23:04:33 GMT
Testing for Ebola

Early diagnosis of disease is literally a matter of life and death, so the race is on to produce cheaper, faster, lighter kits to help doctors and nurses in the field.
Sat, 17 Sep 2016 23:20:11 GMT
Gone in three hours

A few days ago on the way to the office, BBC Nigeria reporter Stephanie Hegarty grabbed breakfast at a new juice bar on the Lagos street where she lives. Three hours later, it was gone.

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Mali Islamist jailed for nine years for Timbuktu shrine attacks

TB drug designed for children launched in Kenya

Fifa says anti-racism taskforce had 'completed work'

Soap actor Znah-Bzu Tsegaye flees Ethiopia

Ivorian footballer Aurier gets jail term

Boko Haram's Shekau says he is 'in good health' following claim of his death

What Afropunk says about identity

Timbuktu : The rescue of vital ancient manuscripts

Pangolin: The most trafficked mammal in the world

South Africa's second-hand toy rental market

Kenyan craftsman turns waste whisky bottles into glasses

Could the next sumo star come from Senegal?

Fifa: Man City's Yaya Toure criticises scrapping anti-racism taskforce

Stephane Sessegnon: Montpellier sign ex-West Brom midfielder

Didi Akinyelure: The six lives of Boko Haram's leader

Oluwashina Okeleji: What is the secret of Nigerian powerlifters' success?

Nesrine Abdelrahim: Video sparks Arabic v French war of words

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Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi: The vandal of Timbuktu

'People are dying'

Italy's African village

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