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The military has taken over but some say the overthrow of the president was not what it seemed.

Nigeria says it is sheltering Fernando Dias in its embassy in Bissau, citing an imminent threat to his life.

His departure on health grounds coincides with a spate of mass abductions across the West African state.

Known as “One Boss Lady”, Ethel Chisono Edwards has become known for her rants about the president.

We are not poor. We have been impoverished—first by extraction, then by a narrative of need that became a cage for our potential. They call it aid. A hand up. A partnership for development. But peel back the language of benevolence, and you will find the most durable colonial construct of the 21st century. It … Read more

Chinese companies provide jobs and much needed revenue in Zambia, where the disaster took place.

The group has been charged under a law which prohibits people from joining foreign armies.

Anicet Ekane’s lawyer says the family was given little explanation – “his wife was just presented the corpse”.

A church is raided in central Nigeria and a wedding party in the mostly Muslim north.

The BBC visits a camp where people are taking refuge after the fall of el-Fasher city.

We have been fighting the wrong war with the wrong weapons. The narrative of “youth unemployment” is a strategic trap—it keeps us begging for positions in a system designed to keep us as tenants on our own continent. The data is undeniable: Africa needs 15-20 million new jobs annually while our current systems generate only … Read more

The most dangerous plantation is in the mind. While we remain focused on breaking systems, the Harvesters of Chaos profit: the crisis capitalists, geopolitical brokers, and media demagogues who thrive on instability.

Our true liberation lies not in the hammer, but in the trowel. Not in what we break, but in what we build.

Parents of kidnapped children know where the bandits hide out, but are too scared to inform the authorities.

South Africa boss Rassie Erasmus admits Eben Etzebeth’s eye gouge “didn’t look good” after the legendary lock was red-carded against Wales.

Analysts instead blame criminal gangs for the kidnapping of more than 250 schoolchildren last week.

The war is being fuelled by regional powers and the US president may have some leverage over them.

Senegal’s prime minister and Nigeria’s former leader say they do not believe the military takeover was genuine.

Umaro Sissoco Embaló has arrived in Senegal “safe and sound” on a chartered military plane, authorities say.