South Africa hits back at US refugee plan to favour white Afrikaners

31.10.2025 19:00 Pretoria rubbishes claims of a white genocide and quotes prominent Afrikaners who dub Trump's plans racist.

Several hundred feared dead as Tanzania election protests continue

31.10.2025 19:00 A diplomatic source tells the BBC there is credible evidence that at least 500 people had died.

Apartheid police assault killed Nobel laureate Luthuli, South Africa court rules

31.10.2025 08:45 The court sets aside the 1967 inquest that found that the anti-apartheid hero was hit by a goods train.

Trump caps refugee admissions at record low - with most to be white South Africans

31.10.2025 00:00 The president sets the limit at 7,500 for the coming year, a dramatic cut from 125,000.

'We saw people murdered in front of us' - Sudan siege survivors speak to the BBC

31.10.2025 00:00 Harrowing accounts from people who have escaped an RSF assault on the besieged city of el-Fasher.

'Football is life' - The Gambian administrator on a mission

30.10.2025 15:00 Sainey Mboge was labelled a "bad influence" as a child, just for playing football. But now the Gambian is having the last laugh, having built a career in the game.

The two generals fighting over Sudan's future

30.10.2025 15:00 Gen Burhan and Gen Dagalo's tense relationship has spiralled into conflict engulfing the country.

Sudan in danger of self-destructing as conflict and famine reign

30.10.2025 15:00 The war is in strategic stalemate, but Sudan is no-one's priority - an orphan in a region that is ablaze.

'Our children are dying': Rare footage shows plight of civilians in besieged Sudan city

30.10.2025 15:00 Parents are struggling to feed their children in war-hit Sudan's Darfur region.

South Africa thrash woeful England to reach World Cup final

30.10.2025 15:00 England suffer a 125-run defeat by South Africa in the World Cup semi-final after Laura Wolvaardt's majestic 169 and Marizanne Kapp's five-wicket haul.

Fresh protests hit Tanzania after elections marred by unrest

30.10.2025 15:00 Opposition supporters are angry that the president's main challengers are in jail or have been disqualified.

Reports of mass killings in Sudan have echoes of its dark past

30.10.2025 15:00 Some are warning of a genocide unfolding in Darfur - violence that is linked to killings there 20 years ago.

Sudan RSF chief promises investigation as anger mounts over el-Fasher killings

30.10.2025 15:00 The announcement comes after growing reports of mass killings, including of patients at a hospital.

Sudanese RSF militia killed 460 people at el-Fasher hospital, says WHO

30.10.2025 06:00 WHO chief "appalled and deeply shocked" after doctors say RSF killed "patients, their companions, and anyone else present".

New videos show executions after RSF militia takes key Sudan city

29.10.2025 20:32 RSF troops executed a number of unarmed people after seizing el-Fasher, videos reviewed by BBC Verify show.