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Morocco want to be a “strong contender” at all levels of global football after becoming the first Arab country to win the Under-20 World Cup, having beaten Argentina 2-0 in the final on Sunday. A spokesperson close to the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has told BBC Sport Africa the victory proves “the vision worked” […]

The Nigerian police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters who had gathered in the capital, Abuja, over the continued detention of separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu. The protesters, led by activist and publisher of the Sahara Reporters news site, Omoyele Sowore, want the immediate release of Kanu, who is on trial on terrorism charges and […]

Cameroon’s influential Catholic Church has called for calm, as fears grow that violence could erupt once official results from the presidential election are declared. Opposition candidate and ex-government spokesman Issa Tchiroma Bakary has declared himself the winner of the 12 October election, saying he defeated 92-year-old President Paul Biya, who is seeking to extend his […]

A community clinic just north of Johannesburg has become the frontline of a battle in South Africa over whether foreigners can access public health facilities. What started as a small local action in one area in 2022 has spread, with activists from the avowedly anti-migrant group, Operation Dudula, picketing some hospitals and clinics in Gauteng […]

In October 1945, delegates from across the world descended on a town hall on the outskirts of Manchester city centre to attend a seismic event in African politics, the ripple effects of which still resonate 80 years later. The Fifth Pan-African Congress, held between 15 and 21 October 1945, was a key moment for the […]

Former Kenyan prime minister and revered long-time opposition leader Raila Odinga was buried in the west of the country after a service attended by thousands on Sunday. “Now finally Baba is home,” his son, Raila Odinga junior, said beside his father’s casket, draped in the Kenyan flag. The burial concluded days of memorials that at […]

Seychelles’ president-elect says that once sworn in, he will halt the construction of a controversial Qatari-funded luxury resort on an environmentally sensitive island. Speaking to the BBC, Patrick Herminie, who will come to power in the Indian Ocean nation on 26 October, said his country had “got peanuts in that contract” and added that the […]

ANGELA WEISS / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Ethiopian model Awar Odhiang takes to the catwalk in celestial headgear in the US on Wednesday. TONY KARUMBA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Upcycled fashion is the star of this event on Saturday in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi… TONY KARUMBA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Morgan Azedy […]

Thousands of mourners have gathered at a national stadium in the Kenyan capital for the state funeral of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Many carried national flags, portraits of the late leader, and wore T-shirts printed with his image to pay their final respects. Security remains tight in and around the stadium, with police and […]

Toting sub-machine guns and sometimes wearing masks as they drive along the streets of Uganda, members of an elite military unit are increasingly viewed as a private army to keep 81-year-old President Yoweri Museveni in power – along with his ever-growing family dynasty. Museveni has led Uganda since 1986, when his rebel forces marched into […]