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Why are Ethiopia and Egypt joining BRICS?

BRICS developing nations to admit six new countries including Ethiopia and Egypt

• 27 mins

Zimbabwe election dispute analysis: The role of electoral observers

What's the role of an electoral observer?

• 25 mins

Sierra Leone considers health emergency over illegal drug Kush

Sierra Leone is grappling with a serious substance crisis. A synthetic drug called Kush

• 24 mins

What led to the Gabon coup?

Senior officers in Gabon announced a coup

• 27 mins

Climate change: 15 truck drivers die on Egypt-Sudan border

At least 15 Egyptian truck drivers stuck at Sudan border have died from heat stroke

• 26 mins

South Africa fire: What are Johannesburg's hijacked buildings?

More than 70 people were killed including 12 children during a fire in Johannesburg

• 25 mins

First ever African Climate Summit begins

Thousands of delegates have gathered in Kenya for the first ever Africa Climate Summit

• 27 mins

DR Congo: What's behind the instability?

43 people were killed last week during a protest

• 29 mins

Taiwan's president visits last African ally Eswatini

Taiwan's president visits last African ally - Eswatini. Is Taipei's influence dwindling?

• 27 mins

Nigeria: Are election petitions relevant?

Election tribunal rejects Nigeria presidential election challenge

• 25 mins

Gabon coup latest

The transitional authorities have held talks with dissidents jailed under Ali Bongo

• 30 mins

What caused Morocco's earthquake?

The earthquake resulted from a geological phenomenon called a reverse fault

• 25 mins

Why Morocco is selective over earthquake aid

Many countries have offered aid, but Morocco has accepted help from just four

• 26 mins

Libya floods: What you need to know

Entire neighbourhoods in Derna have been dragged into the sea

• 27 mins

Mali: Tuareg ex-separatists resume hostilities

Mali crisis: Fears of further instability as former separatists resume hostilities

• 26 mins

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger sign defence pact

What does the ‘Sahel defence’ pact signed at the weekend really mean?

• 31 mins

Is Ivory Coast at risk from extremist groups?

With growing insecurity in West Africa, is Ivory Coast under threat from jihadist groups?

• 26 mins

Kenya: Westgate attack ten years on

Al-Shabaab militants attacked a shopping mall in Nairobi leaving 67 people dead

• 31 mins

Why is rapper Mohbad’s death controversial?

Controversy surrounds the death of Nigerian Afrobeats star MohBad

• 27 mins

French troops pulling out of Niger: What does it mean?

France says it will withdraw its troops and ambassador from Niger

• 31 mins

Who is fighting in Ethiopia’s Amhara region?

Renewed fighting in Ethiopia’s Amhara region between military and local militiamen

• 24 mins

Kenya ready to face Haiti gangs

Kenya says it's ready to face Haiti gangs

• 29 mins

The silent killer: hypertension in Africa

The African continent has the highest prevalence of the "silent killer" hypertension

• 31 mins

Youth displacement by the Sudan conflict

How young people are affected by the ongoing conflict in Sudan

• 30 mins

One year since Burkina Faso’s latest coup

Security challenges persist in Burkina Faso, a year on from the country’s latest coup

• 25 mins

Inside Sierra Leone's justice system

Focus on Africa takes you inside Sierra Leone's overcrowded prisons

• 33 mins

Seychelles opposition leader denies witchcraft charges

Seychelles opposition leader Patrick Herminie is one of eight charged with witchcraft

• 30 mins

Egypt: A Testimony of alleged torture

We hear from an Egyptian woman in exile who alleges she was tortured in prison

• 26 mins

Why Morocco wants the World Cup

Morocco will be the second African country to host the FIFA World Cup.

• 30 mins

The Arab-Israeli conflict: Africa's reaction

The recent developments in the Arab-Israeli conflict. How is Africa reacting?

• 32 mins