BBC News - Africa
Updated: 15 hours 40 min ago
Thu, 04/30/2020 - 01:21
Long jump world champion Malaika Mihambo is hosting online workouts for children during lockdown.
Thu, 04/30/2020 - 01:12
How African researchers are using the continent's languages to help spur innovation in Artificial Intelligence.
Wed, 04/29/2020 - 19:53
The discovery that the badger-like animal lived alongside dinosaurs challenges ideas about mammals.
Wed, 04/29/2020 - 18:21
UK-based Africans explain how Covid-19 is affecting their ability to send money to family back home.
Wed, 04/29/2020 - 17:25
The Supreme Court halts criminal's return amid concerns his life would be shortened, changing UK law.
Wed, 04/29/2020 - 15:28
Malawi announces cash handouts for the poorest, after the courts blocked the proposed lockdown.
Wed, 04/29/2020 - 13:36
Devastated by hunting and logging, the chimps now face threats from coronavirus, says conservationist.
Wed, 04/29/2020 - 01:14
Rights groups say coronavirus restrictions are leaving vulnerable trans people even more exposed.
Wed, 04/29/2020 - 01:01
Online retailer Jumia is struggling, a year after its debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
Tue, 04/28/2020 - 18:57
The ex-PM and presidential hopeful Guillaume Soro was tried for embezzlement in absentia.
Tue, 04/28/2020 - 14:01
An international aid group warns that vulnerable countries need urgent help to avoid major outbreaks.
Tue, 04/28/2020 - 12:38
The two officers in Paris were filmed using an extremely offensive word for North Africans.
Tue, 04/28/2020 - 12:18
The authorities look at whether an apparent spike in deaths in the north is down to coronavirus.
Tue, 04/28/2020 - 01:22
What Africa countries are doing to help people to eat amid the lockdowns.
Tue, 04/28/2020 - 00:38
There will be new nationwide measures, including a night-time curfew and mandatory face masks.
Mon, 04/27/2020 - 18:07
An operation that killed two al-Shabab militants also killed two civilians and injured three more.
Mon, 04/27/2020 - 17:58
The photos spread after a model told women to download gay apps to see how common homosexuality is.
Mon, 04/27/2020 - 15:56
Queues stretch 30km at the Kenya-Uganda border after coronavirus tests were imposed for lorry drivers.
Mon, 04/27/2020 - 12:50
Zeinab Badawi mourns her cousin Dr Adil El Tayar, who died protecting others from Covid-19.
Mon, 04/27/2020 - 01:04
Ken Walibora died on 10 April and left behind a generation of Kenyans who grew up on his books.
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