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Wednesday 08 July 2020 : Ethiopia's minister for democratisation claims that the TPLF could have had a hand in the killing of the Oromo singer and activist, but...
Tuesday 07 July 2020 : In Ethiopia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been addressing Parliament after a week of protest and tension following the killing of the Oromo...
Monday 06 July 2020 : A government representative in Cameroon has met several anglophone separatist leaders, a tentative first step in trying to find a peaceful...
Friday 03 July 2020 : People have been protesting against the lack of security in Central Darfur, Sudan. Algeria has today received the skulls of former fighters...
Thursday 02 July 2020 : The funeral has been held for Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa as unrest over his death has spread from the Oromia region where he was seen...
Wednesday 01 July 2020 : At least 50 people have been killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region during violent protests over the killing of a popular musician and...
Wednesday 01 July 2020 : Malawi's main opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera has been sworn as president after he won the country's rerun vote. In Guinea,...
Tuesday 30 June 2020 : Tens of thousands of people are staging demonstrations in towns and cities across Sudan to press for greater political reform. The...
Friday 26 June 2020 : Sudan has announced that donors have pledged $1.8 billion towards the country’s economic revival. A Tanzanian commercial tricycle rider...
Thursday 25 June 2020 : The worst-ever outbreak of Ebola in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has officially been declared over, almost two years after it...
Wednesday 24 June 2020 : Votes are being counted in Malawi following a re-run of last year's election on Tuesday. Police in Nigeria have rescued more than 100...
Tuesday 23 June 2020 : Malawian voters defy the coronavirus pandemic to return to the polls for the second time in just over a year after President Peter...
Monday 22 June 2020 : There's outrage and anger in Sierra Leone after the rape and defilement of a five year old girl and her baby sister. Activists demand that...
Friday 19 June 2020 : Nigeria has taken another step towards being declared wild polio-free after it met the robust surveillance criteria for ensuring that the...
Thursday 18 June 2020 : Burundi's newly elected president, Evariste Ndayishimiye, has been sworn in two months earlier than planned. More than 20 top African...
Wednesday 17 June 2020 : Dexamethasone, a cheap and widely available steroid, cut the risk of death by a third for patients on ventilators The English Premier...
Tuesday 16 June 2020 : Uganda's Electoral Commission has banned mass campaign rallies and encouraged aspiring candidates to campaign through the media. We speak...
Monday 15 June 2020 : Malawi's Courts tell the government to stop interfering with the judiciary after the President orders the Chief Justice to take leave, a...
Friday 12 June 2020 : In Libya, reports have emerged of the discovery of eight mass graves in the hilltop town of Tarhouna.The area had been occupied by General...
Thursday 11 June 2020 : Burundi held an extraordinary cabinet meeting on Thursday to discuss a way forward after the sudden death of long-serving ruler Pierre...
Wednesday 10 June 2020 : Cameroon's three displacement crises have been rated as the most-neglected in the world for the second year running, by the Norwegian...
Tuesday 09 June 2020 : Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died of a heart attack, the government says. Nigeria's Health Minister Osagie Ehanire...
Monday 08 June 2020 : After a weekend in which thousands of demonstrators around the world have taken to the streets to protest against racism, we ask if some...
Friday 05 June 2020 : People have taken to the streets in Abuja and Lagos to raise awareness about sexual violence. On World Environment Day, we speak to...
Thursday 04 June 2020 : In Senegal, more than 200 people have been detained for questioning by police, following spontaneous demonstrations in several towns across...
Africa Today
BBC World Service
Ethiopia: Who was behind the killing of Hachalu Hundessa?
Ethiopia's minister for democratisation claims that the TPLF could have had a hand in the killing of the Oromo singer and activist, but...
Ethiopia: PM Abiy Ahmed addresses parliament
In Ethiopia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been addressing Parliament after a week of protest and tension following the killing of the Oromo...
Government and separatists talk in Cameroon for the first time
A government representative in Cameroon has met several anglophone separatist leaders, a tentative first step in trying to find a peaceful...
Sudan: Darfur protesters hold sit-ins
People have been protesting against the lack of security in Central Darfur, Sudan. Algeria has today received the skulls of former fighters...
Hachalu Hundessa: Ethiopia singer buried amid ethnic unrest
The funeral has been held for Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa as unrest over his death has spread from the Oromia region where he was seen...
Fifty killed in protests over Ethiopian singer’s shooting
At least 50 people have been killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region during violent protests over the killing of a popular musician and...
New Malawi president sworn in after historic win
Malawi's main opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera has been sworn as president after he won the country's rerun vote. In Guinea,...
Protesters in Sudan demand political reform
Tens of thousands of people are staging demonstrations in towns and cities across Sudan to press for greater political reform. The...
Donors pledge $1.8 billion to Sudan
Sudan has announced that donors have pledged $1.8 billion towards the country’s economic revival. A Tanzanian commercial tricycle rider...
DR Congo's deadliest Ebola outbreak declared over
The worst-ever outbreak of Ebola in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has officially been declared over, almost two years after it...
Malawi awaits results from historic re-run election
Votes are being counted in Malawi following a re-run of last year's election on Tuesday. Police in Nigeria have rescued more than 100...
Malawi:How did presidential election re-run go?
Malawian voters defy the coronavirus pandemic to return to the polls for the second time in just over a year after President Peter...
Sierra Leone: protests over the murder and rape of 5 year old Kadija
There's outrage and anger in Sierra Leone after the rape and defilement of a five year old girl and her baby sister. Activists demand that...
Nigeria edges towards wild polio-free status
Nigeria has taken another step towards being declared wild polio-free after it met the robust surveillance criteria for ensuring that the...
Burundi’s new president Evariste Ndayishimiye is sworn in
Burundi's newly elected president, Evariste Ndayishimiye, has been sworn in two months earlier than planned. More than 20 top African...
Coronavirus: dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug
Dexamethasone, a cheap and widely available steroid, cut the risk of death by a third for patients on ventilators The English Premier...
Uganda bans mass campaign rallies ahead of elections
Uganda's Electoral Commission has banned mass campaign rallies and encouraged aspiring candidates to campaign through the media. We speak...
Malawi courts stop forced retirement of chief justice
Malawi's Courts tell the government to stop interfering with the judiciary after the President orders the Chief Justice to take leave, a...
Eight mass graves found in Libya
In Libya, reports have emerged of the discovery of eight mass graves in the hilltop town of Tarhouna.The area had been occupied by General...
Burundi waits for new leader
Burundi held an extraordinary cabinet meeting on Thursday to discuss a way forward after the sudden death of long-serving ruler Pierre...
Cameroon conflict 'world's most-neglected crisis'
Cameroon's three displacement crises have been rated as the most-neglected in the world for the second year running, by the Norwegian...
Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza dies
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died of a heart attack, the government says. Nigeria's Health Minister Osagie Ehanire...
Black Lives Matter protests in Africa
After a weekend in which thousands of demonstrators around the world have taken to the streets to protest against racism, we ask if some...
Protesters call out sexual violence in Nigeria
People have taken to the streets in Abuja and Lagos to raise awareness about sexual violence. On World Environment Day, we speak to...
Senegal: more than 200 people detained after curfew protest
In Senegal, more than 200 people have been detained for questioning by police, following spontaneous demonstrations in several towns across...
