You are here

BBC Africa

Subscribe to BBC Africa feed BBC Africa
BBC News - Africa
Updated: 1 day 11 hours ago

Eritrean shot 'because of skin colour' in Germany

Tue, 07/23/2019 - 16:43
An Eritrean man was wounded in a drive-by shooting in what police condemn as a xenophobic attack.
Categories: Africa

Kenyan Finance Minister Henry Rotich denies corruption charges

Tue, 07/23/2019 - 12:15
Henry Rotich spent the night in police custody following his arrest on Monday.
Categories: Africa

Algerians Yacine Brahimi and Mehdi Abeid join new clubs

Tue, 07/23/2019 - 11:44
Algeria's Yacine Brahimi and team-mate Mehdi Abeid both join new teams after winning the Africa Cup of Nations.
Categories: Africa

Singapore seizes elephant ivory and pangolin scales in record $48m haul

Tue, 07/23/2019 - 11:36
They were bound for Vietnam in containers that were falsely declared to contain timber.
Categories: Africa

'Terrifying prospect' of resistant malaria spreading

Tue, 07/23/2019 - 01:31
Drug-resistant malaria parasites have moved from Cambodia to Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
Categories: Africa

JS Ondara: The Kenyan rising star singing about life in Trump's America

Tue, 07/23/2019 - 01:18
Rising singer talks Bob Dylan, touring with Neil Young and America's intolerance of immigrants.
Categories: Africa

Wheelchair basketball player Abdi Jama: I'm lucky to be alive

Tue, 07/23/2019 - 01:12
Abdi Jama was paralysed after a fall. Now he's an international wheelchair basketball player for Great Britain.
Categories: Africa

DR Congo health minister resigns in Ebola row

Mon, 07/22/2019 - 23:19
Oly Ilunga condemns moves to replace him as head of the Ebola response team and test a new vaccine.
Categories: Africa

Matine takes over from Xavier as new Mozambique coach

Mon, 07/22/2019 - 20:37
Victor Matine is named as the new coach of Mozambique, replacing Abel Xavier who has not had his contract renewed.
Categories: Africa

Busisiwe Mkhwebane: The corruption fighter surrounded by scandal

Mon, 07/22/2019 - 19:10
But Busisiwe Mkhwebane is herself accused of the very thing she is responsible for stamping out.
Categories: Africa

South Africa's anti-graft chief Busisiwe Mkwebane 'lied under oath'

Mon, 07/22/2019 - 18:08
Busisiwe Mkwebane is accused of being involved in a dirty-tricks campaign against President Ramaphosa.
Categories: Africa

Ethiopia referendum: Dozens killed in Sidama clashes

Mon, 07/22/2019 - 13:57
Activists from the Sidama ethnic group were set to declare their own federal state last week.
Categories: Africa

Kenya finance minister Henry Rotich faces arrest for corruption

Mon, 07/22/2019 - 11:53
The accusation comes from a police investigation into the misuse of funds meant for a dam project.
Categories: Africa

Refugee entrepreneurs flourish in Kakuma camp

Mon, 07/22/2019 - 01:57
Whether selling electricity, fish or data, these entrepreneurs are thriving in Kenya's Kakuma camp.
Categories: Africa

Is Zimbabwe's economy on track?

Mon, 07/22/2019 - 01:25
The return of the Zimbabwean dollar has raised fears about a return to hyperinflation.
Categories: Africa

South Africa's Cyril President Ramaphosa hits back in corruption row

Sun, 07/21/2019 - 19:19
Cyril Ramaphosa seeks a judicial review of a report that accuses him of misleading parliament.
Categories: Africa

Nigeria abductions: Four Turkish nationals kidnapped in Kwara State

Sun, 07/21/2019 - 18:32
The construction workers were captured by unknown gunmen, amid a wave of abductions in the country.
Categories: Africa

SOS Méditerranée resumes Mediterranean migrant rescues

Sun, 07/21/2019 - 17:48
SOS Méditerranée restarts work off Libya with a new vessel, after the last one was forced to stop.
Categories: Africa

Herve Renard: Morocco coach steps down after Africa Cup of Nations

Sun, 07/21/2019 - 14:31
Herve Renard resigns as Morocco head coach after their early exit from the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
Categories: Africa

Cairo flights: Lufthansa resumes services but BA cancellations continue

Sun, 07/21/2019 - 11:02
But British Airways says flights from Heathrow to the Egyptian capital remain cancelled.
Categories: Africa

Pages

THIS IS THE NEW BETA VERSION OF EUROPA VARIETAS NEWS CENTER - under construction
the old site is here

Copy & Drop - Can`t find your favourite site? Send us the RSS or URL to the following address: info(@)europavarietas(dot)org.