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Aged just 19, Alawia Babiker Ahmed miscarried as she was fleeing on foot the devastating war that has ravaged Sudan’s western region of Darfur. “I was bleeding on the way,” she told the BBC, before hastening to add that she saw people who were “worse off” during her traumatic three-day walk of about 70km (45 […]

Morocco has established itself as the home of women’s football in Africa and over the next month its national team will look to realise its burgeoning potential on the pitch while the country continues to advance at pace off it. The kingdom plays host to the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) from 5-26 […]

Civic rights groups say at least seven people have been killed during a crackdown on protesters who are calling for Togo’s leader, Faure Gnassingbé, to step down and release political prisoners. Reports say dozens more people were injured – some severely. It comes weeks after Gnassingbé – who was president for two decades and whose […]

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has signed four finance bills into law in a set of major reforms aimed at restructuring the tax system in Africa’s most populous nation. The government says the new laws will simplify revenue collection, reduce the tax burden on some individuals and businesses, while also helping to raise much-needed government income […]

Kenya’s interior minister has denied that the police used excessive force during Wednesday’s protests in which at least 10 people were killed, describing them as “terrorism disguised as dissent” and an “unconstitutional attempt” to change the government. Kipchumba Murkomen thanked security agencies for their “remarkable restraint amid extreme provocation” crediting them with helping to “foil […]

Twenty-nine children who were taking their school exams in the Central African Republic have been killed in a crush after a nearby explosion caused panic, a hospital director told the BBC. The blast, on the second day of the high-school finals on Wednesday, occurred at an electricity transformer, said Abel Assaye from the Bangui community […]

Faith Kipyegon fell short in her bid to become the first woman in history to run a sub-four-minute mile. The Kenyan, 31, clocked four minutes 06.42 seconds in perfect conditions at Stade Charlety in Paris – a time 1.22 seconds faster than her world record – in pursuit of the momentous feat. The time will […]

Kenya has been hit by a recent wave of repression, tarnishing its reputation as a beacon of democracy in East Africa. Critics fear that it is sliding down the path of her neighbours – Uganda and Tanzania, both of which are notorious for cracking down on dissent. Kenya’s laws are widely regarded as being more […]

Twenty-nine children who were taking their school exams in the Central African Republic have been killed in a crush after a nearby explosion caused panic, a hospital director told the BBC. The blast, on the second day of the high-school finals on Wednesday, occurred at an electricity transformer, said Abel Assaye from the Bangui community […]

At least eight people have been killed and 400 injured as thousands took to the streets in a day of protests across Kenya against President William Ruto’s government. Police clashed with protesters in the capital Nairobi and other cities exactly a year on from the wave of deadly anti-government demonstrations that hit the nation in […]