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African women turning gaming into a living
Africa's video gaming industry is booming. The sector generated more than $1 billion in revenue in 2024, with mobile gaming making up around...
Burkina Faso's Traore on religious extremism
In Burkina Faso, the military-led government has launched a controversial campaign targeting what it describes as religious extremism. Trans...
South Africa proposes strategic oil reserve expansion
South Africa has announced plans to expand its strategic oil reserve for the first time since the apartheid era. this is in its response to...
Ethiopians on death row in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has executed five more Ethiopian migrants after convicting them of smuggling hashish, a concentrated form of cannabis. The Saud...
WAFCON officially kicks off in Morocco
The Women's African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) has kicked off in Morocco, with an expanded 16-team tournament bringing together the continent's...
Yemi Alade: beyond the music
Grammy-nominated Yemi Alade is one of Africa's biggest music stars and a trailblazer who has helped take Afrobeats to audiences around the w...
Mali insecurity escalates amid jihadist attacks
At least 50 soldiers have been killed in the latest attack in Mali as insecurity mounts in the country. The ambush took place near the north...
Deadly wildfires ravage Algeria
The Algerian government has said that six people have died in wildfires in several provinces in recent days, as a deadly heatwave ravages th...
Ebola: Kenya denies hosting US aid workers
Kenyan authorities have denied reports that seven aid workers are quarantined in an Ebola facility in Central Kenya. Members of the public a...
Remembering the Nelson Mandela legacy
Every year, July 18 is marked as the Nelson Mandela International Day. It is a moment not only to celebrate the life of South Africa's first...
'Inside our polygamous marriage'
You may have heard about South Africa’s viral Netflix show, The Polygamist. The series has been trending across the continent, sparking conv...
Sierra Leone drops treason charge against ex-president
Sierra Leone's government has dropped its charges, including treason, against ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma, who was arrested in connection...
Nigeria abducted teachers and pupils speak
Days after the rescue of 48 school children and their teachers from kidnappers in Nigeria's Southwest Oyo State, authorities call for invest...
Sudan court sentences RSF leader Hemedti. What next?
A Sudanese court has sentenced the leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo - known as Hemedti - to deat...
Wife of Tanzania's Lissu speaks to BBC
Once the target of an assassination attempt, Tanzania's opposition leader Tundu Lissu is now behind bars awaiting trial for treason. His cas...
"I'm 23 and losing my hair"
Alopecia, the medical term for hair loss, affects an estimated 160 million people worldwide. Some forms of the condition disproportionately...
Nigeria investigates AI and tech firms
A compliant submitted by the Nigerian Press Organisation, which represents newspaper owners, journalists’ unions, broadcasters and online...
UN warns of Sudan's El-Obeid siege
The UN's humanitarian coordinator for Sudan, Denis Brown has warned that the humanitarian crisis in Sudan's besieged city of El-Obeid is wor...
DRC: Tshisekedi's third term bid contested
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Senate adopted a constitutional revision bill in June, which has raised fierce controversy as it...