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Gabon partially suspended from Commonwealth after coup

Wed, 09/20/2023 - 02:21
The African nation has been partially suspended following a coup that took place in late August.
Categories: Africa

Seal pups trapped in fishing nets cut free by beachgoers

Tue, 09/19/2023 - 23:46
This is the moment two baby seals tangled up in fishing nets are rescued on a South African beach.
Categories: Africa

Libya flood: Video appears to show Libya mayor's house set on fire

Tue, 09/19/2023 - 14:31
The mayor's home was burnt to the ground as protesters demanded answers for last week's catastrophic flood.
Categories: Africa

Libya flood: Derna mayor's house burnt down in protests

Tue, 09/19/2023 - 13:16
Derna's mayor is targeted a week after devastating floods many residents blame on incompetence.
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Mohammed Usman: UFC heavyweight tries to 'embrace the emotions' after losing son to drowning accident

Tue, 09/19/2023 - 10:25
UFC heavyweight Mohammed Usman speaks to BBC Sport about how personal tragedy fuels him and why he has to "embrace the emotions".
Categories: Africa

Invictus Games 2023: Nigeria debut, supported by Meghan, shows 'power of sport' to help African veterans

Mon, 09/18/2023 - 18:54
Nigeria becomes the first African nation to take part in Prince Harry's Invictus Games for injured members of the armed forces.
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Caf Women's Champions League 2023: Prize money frozen while men's Super Cup sees big jump

Mon, 09/18/2023 - 18:32
Africa's Women's Champions League sees prize money frozen by the continent's governing body while the men's Super Cup is boosted by 130%.
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Inside South Africa's Operation Dudula vigilantes: 'Why we hate foreigners'

Mon, 09/18/2023 - 01:16
BBC Africa Eye gains rare access to Operation Dudula, South Africa's prominent anti-migrant movement.
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Libya: Greek rescuers among those killed in road collision

Mon, 09/18/2023 - 01:09
Members of a Libyan family also died in the crash and several other people were seriously injured.
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Libya floods: The bodies left unrecognisable by disaster

Sun, 09/17/2023 - 22:40
Doctors are struggling to identify the remains which have been found as the death toll rises.
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Diamond League finals: Gudaf Tsegay smashes women's 5,000m world record by almost five seconds

Sun, 09/17/2023 - 22:10
Watch the moment Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay breaks the women's 5,000m world record by nearly five seconds, running 14.00.21 to beat Faith Kipyegon's 14.05.20 and win the Diamond League title.
Categories: Africa

Morocco earthquake: The scars, the rubble and the spirit to rebuild

Sun, 09/17/2023 - 19:15
Morocco's earthquake destroyed lives but survivors are picking themselves up, James Copnall finds.
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Hundreds of Eritrean opposition supporters arrested in Stuttgart

Sun, 09/17/2023 - 17:52
There have been a series of clashes between Eritrean regime supporters and opposition supporters abroad.
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Sudan conflict: Landmark skyscraper in Khartoum engulfed in flames

Sun, 09/17/2023 - 17:32
Dark smoke rises from the cone-shaped tower as several government buildings come under attack.
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Khartoum: Fire guts landmark skyscraper

Sun, 09/17/2023 - 15:36
The Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company Tower had been engulfed in flames in the Sudan's capital.
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Sudan conflict: Risking lives to bury the dead in Omdurman

Sun, 09/17/2023 - 01:05
Zeinab Mohamed Salih writes about how dangerous it was to bury her grandmother in war-hit Sudan.
Categories: Africa

Libya floods: 'This was a riverbed, it's just a wasteland now'

Sat, 09/16/2023 - 22:07
The BBC's Anna Foster describes the devastation in the Libyan city of Derna after floods a week ago.
Categories: Africa

Libya floods: A barren wasteland with a lingering smell of death

Sat, 09/16/2023 - 20:36
With lives in Libya washed away, anger mounts as people ask why they were told to stay at home.
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Libya flood: 'There's a smell of decay and death in the air'

Sat, 09/16/2023 - 16:42
The BBC's Anna Foster is in Libya, a week on from devastating floods in the region.
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Libya flood: Drone images show extent of Derna destruction

Sat, 09/16/2023 - 10:55
Video footage from the city of Derna shows wide-scale destruction following Libya's deadliest storm in decades.
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