Guinea’s coup leader enters presidential race
Col Mamadi Doumbouya has broken his promise to hand power to a civilian government.
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Public barred as Tanzanian president sworn in
President Samia faced little opposition with key rivals either imprisoned or barred from running.
I built this ‘AI aunt’ for women after family tragedy in South Africa
An AI chatbot and app for victims of abuse to get help is being piloted in South Africa.
Trump tells military to prepare for ‘action’ against Islamist militants in Nigeria
The US president says his threat is over killings of Christians – though experts say there is no evidence they are disproportionately targeted.
Kenyan landslide kills 21 after heavy rainfall
Kenya’s government says 30 other people are missing following downpours in the west of the country.
Egypt’s Grand Museum opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time
The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.
Tanzania president wins election as hundreds feared dead in unrest
Demonstrations continued on Friday as young protesters denounced the election as unfair.
‘I was accused of spying and beaten’ – a boy’s escape from captured Sudan city
A 12-year-old tells the BBC that in the chaos he lost contact with his family and is now on his own at a camp.
Several hundred feared dead as Tanzania election protests continue
A diplomatic source tells the BBC there is credible evidence that at least 500 people had died.
More than 60,000 flee Sudanese city after its capture by RSF militia – UN
El-Fasher is under the control of paramilitaries accused of mass executions and crimes against humanity.
South Africa hits back at US refugee plan to favour white Afrikaners
Pretoria rubbishes claims of a white genocide and quotes prominent Afrikaners who dub Trump’s plans racist.
Apartheid police assault killed Nobel laureate Luthuli, South Africa court rules
The court sets aside the 1967 inquest that found that the anti-apartheid hero was hit by a goods train.
‘We saw people murdered in front of us’ – Sudan siege survivors speak to the BBC
Harrowing accounts from people who have escaped an RSF assault on the besieged city of el-Fasher.
Trump caps refugee admissions at record low – with most to be white South Africans
The president sets the limit at 7,500 for the coming year, a dramatic cut from 125,000.
Sudan RSF chief promises investigation as anger mounts over el-Fasher killings
The announcement comes after growing reports of mass killings, including of patients at a hospital.
Protests spread across Tanzania after elections marred by unrest
Opposition supporters are angry that the president’s main challengers are in jail or have been disqualified.
Sudanese RSF militia killed many civilians at el-Fasher hospital, WHO chief and doctors say
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was “appalled” by reports that 460 civilians had been killed in el-Fasher.
Migrant sex offender given £500 after threat to disrupt deportation
Hadush Kebatu was given the money to avoid a “slower, more expensive process”, Downing Street said.
Curfew in Tanzania’s main city after protests mar election
Several people have been injured in demonstrations that saw roads blocked and vehicles set on fire.
New videos show executions after RSF militia takes key Sudan city
RSF troops executed a number of unarmed people after seizing el-Fasher, videos reviewed by BBC Verify show.