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What Kenyan youth make of deputy president's sacking
There was drama in Kenyan politics this week which ended with the impeachment of deputy president Rigathi Gachagua. Young people voted in big number…
1 year, 7 months ago
Nigerian fuel tanker crash kills 153 people
An explosion from an overturned fuel tanker in northern Nigeria has killed more than 150 people, including several children. Many others were injure…
1 year, 7 months ago
Fears of food insecurity in northern Nigeria
On World Food Day we consider how changing weather patterns due to climate change are worsening Nigeria's food insecurity.
BBC journalist Mohanad Hash…
1 year, 7 months ago
What's the dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Gabon?
Equatorial Guinea and Gabon have asked the International Court of Justice to help settle a dispute. They are both laying claim to oil rich Islands n…
1 year, 7 months ago
Africa’s deadliest migration route
Why would a migrant embark on a journey on Africa's deadliest migration route?
A French-Cameroonian writer on trial in Paris for contesting the 1994 g…
1 year, 7 months ago
Why Eritrea hosted leaders from Egypt and Somalia
The leaders of Egypt, Somalia and Eritrea, countries which all have strained relations with Ethiopia, have been meeting in the Eritrean capital, Asma…
1 year, 7 months ago
Zimbabwe in major land ownership shift
Zimbabwe announces a major shift in its land tenure. Black farmers will get titles for land seized from white farmers but can only sell to "indigenou…
1 year, 7 months ago
Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast's rocky relationship
Burkina Faso has allegedly withdrawn all its diplomats from Ivory Coast, worsening ties between the neighbours. The relationship has been rocky of l…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ethiopia's first female president leaves office?
Ethiopia's first female head of state replaced - meanwhile clashes continue in the Amhara region.
How the relationship between Israel and African stat…
1 year, 7 months ago
Will Mozambicans in Cabo Delgado vote?
Mozambicans will vote for a new president this week, who many hope will bring peace to a country that has faced a jihadist insurgency in the north fo…
1 year, 8 months ago