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The vastness of the building site was at first overwhelming for the young Ethiopian mechanical engineer. Hundreds were already digging the foundations in tough conditions for what is now Africa’s largest hydro-electric dam, straddling the Blue Nile. Moges Yeshiwas was 27 when he arrived in that remote corner of western Ethiopia in 2012, eager to […]
Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui claimed victory in the Great North Run women’s race as Britain’s Eilish McColgan finished third. The Scot trailed Chepkirui and Vivian Cheruiyot in the final stages and, despite a late push, she failed to overhaul the Kenyan pair. Chepkirui won in one hour nine minutes and 32 seconds, with her compatriot Cheruiyot […]
Second Metro Bank one-day international, Lord’s South Africa 330-8 (50 overs): Breetzke 85 (77), Stubbs 58 (62); Archer 4-62 England 325-9 (50 overs): Root 61 (72), Buttler 61 (51): Burger 3-63 South Africa won by five runs, lead three-match series 2-0 Scorecard England’s poor form in white-ball cricket continued as they were beaten by South […]
At least 15 people have died in a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s health ministry has said. The presence of the virus had been confirmed in a 34-year-old pregnant woman who was admitted to hospital last month after showing symptoms that included a high fever and […]
Aid workers on donkeys have delivered the first humanitarian supplies to survivors of a landslide that reportedly killed hundreds of people in a remote mountain village in Sudan’s western Darfur region. Heavy rains and flash floods that hit Tarasin village triggering the disaster on Sunday have continued, meaning donkeys are the only way to reach […]
Coming up this hour, we turn our attention to an exciting and ambitious Pan-African initiative. As Africa looks to unlock the promise of the $3.3 trillion African Continental Free Trade Area, a bold campaign is pushing for something many believe is long overdue visa-free travel across the continent. Leading this movement is Ras Mubarak, a […]
South African authorities say “extreme poverty and a severe lack of affordable housing” were major factors in a deadly Johannesburg building fire two years ago. In August 2023, 77 people died and many more were injured after a fire gutted the Usindiso building in Marshalltown, where many poor people were living. The tragedy shocked the […]
In the wake of his abduction on a highway in Tanzania’s main city Dar es Salaam, social media activist Edgar Mwakabela, better known as Sativa, says he came close to death. He describes in an interview with the BBC how, after kidnapping him on 23 June last year, his captors interrogated him and then ferried […]
An aid worker supporting rescue efforts after the devastating Sudan landslide which reportedly killed hundreds of people has told the BBC that it had caused a “mountain to collapse”, leaving just one known survivor so far. “We have so far managed to recover nine bodies,” said Abdul Hafeez Ali, head of the Coordinating Council of […]