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Tanzania’s report on election violence sparks debate
Tanzania is under growing scrutiny after a government report revealed there were 518 deaths during the October 2025 elections. The report says 197 of…
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Why more men are getting paternity tests
One testing centre in Nigeria told the Focus on Africa Podcast that the number of paternity tests it conducted rose by 28.8% in 2025 compared to the …
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Madagascar: Gen Z arrests fuel doubts over military rule
In Madagascar, the arrest of Gen Z protesters is fuelling growing doubts about the military leadership that emerged after the 2025 uprising, as young…
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What does the Morocco–Nigeria gas pipeline involve?
A major gas pipeline is being planned from Nigeria to Morocco, running along the Atlantic coast through countries including Ghana and Senegal, before…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Controversy over US deportees in DR Congo
More than a dozen deportees from the US, reportedly from South America, have arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At the beginning of Apr…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Kenyan children in search for British soldier dads
BBC Africa Eye follows Kenyans at the centre of a groundbreaking legal battle to track down their British soldier fathers using novel DNA methods. Na…
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ADHD and me
Across the globe, diagnoses of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are on the rise, including in Africa. An estimated 7% of children and …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Electric vehicles - fixing Africa's fuel crisis?
Kenya is the latest African country to increase fuel prices citing the US-Israel war with Iran. While announcing one of the steepest pump price incre…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Sudan war three years on
It's three years today, April 15, since the war in Sudan erupted triggered by a power struggle between the army and paramilitary group, Rapid Support…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Charmain and the Ghanaian prophet
A BBC Disclosure investigation has uncovered significant questions about what happened at the hotel where Charmain Spiers died. In 2015, Charmain's b…
1 month, 3 weeks ago