How Wafcon 2024 will be 'a dream' for underdogs Botswana

03.07.2025 18:15 Botswana's Keitumetse Dithebe says the lowest-ranked side at Wafcon 2024 carry belief after reaching the last eight on their debut.

Ancient Egyptian history may be rewritten by DNA bone test

03.07.2025 18:15 A DNA bone test on a man who lived 4,500 years ago sheds new light on the rise of Ancient Egypt.

Tidjane Thiam: It is not for the regime to eliminate opposition leaders

03.07.2025 07:45 Tidjane Thiam has been banned from standing in October's elections in Ivory Coast. So what is his next move?

Ugandan military helicopter crashes at Somalia airport, official says

02.07.2025 12:00 Eight people were on board the helicopter, an aviation official says.

How 'blood gold' is fuelling conflict in West Africa

02.07.2025 12:00 Gold appears to be a lifeline for military juntas and jihadist groups in the Sahel region, analysts say.

'Everyone wants this title back' - Nigeria eye 10th Wafcon win

02.07.2025 12:00 Nigeria travel to Morocco bidding for a record-extending 10th Women's Africa Cup of Nations title, having last lifted the trophy in 2018.

Jihadist fighters stage series of attacks on Mali military posts

02.07.2025 01:45 Tuesday's attack marks the third major assault on army positions over the past month.

Congolese army destroys plane rebels claim was carrying aid

02.07.2025 01:45 It is the latest violent incident since a peace deal was signed in Washington last week.

Outcry after Algeria sentences French sports journalist to seven years in jail

02.07.2025 01:45 The sentence comes off the back of a souring of relations between French and Algeria.

'I lost a baby and then rescued a child dodging air strikes in Sudan's civil war'

01.07.2025 15:00 A 19-year-old tells the BBC how she miscarried as she fled attacks in the western Darfur region.

Dozens of Ghanaians trafficked in football job scam rescued in Nigeria

01.07.2025 15:00 The victims, mostly young men, were lured with promises of football contracts or other jobs abroad.

Liberian president killed in coup to get state funeral after 45 years

01.07.2025 15:00 William Tolbert was killed during the 1980 coup - his body was then believed to be dumped in a mass grave.