Ethiopian minister says deadline to Tigray fighters has expired
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Melinda Gates on vaccine hesitancy
Melinda Gates talks to BBC Africa about why some people are hesitant to take the Covid-19 vaccine, and what the world can learn from Africa...
Shock after Cameroon schoolboy killings
Residents of Bamenda in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions are coming to terms with the killing of four teenagers by soldiers. In...
Mozambique Cyclone Eloise aftermath
Thousands have been displaced and at least six people killed. It's the grim outcome of cyclone Eloise. Speaking from one of the worst...
CAR: State of emergency declared as rebels advance
The anti-government fighters, who now control two-thirds of the country, have surrounded the capital, Bangui. Mozambique gets prepared as...
Biden reverses Trump's travel ban
Joe Biden flips and reverses some of the executive orders previously signed by former President Trump - including a travel ban on countries...
Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States
Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States together with his Vice-President Kamala Harris who made history by becoming the...
Ethiopia: Alarm over Tigray hunger
As the TPLF is deregistered as a political party in Ethiopia, aid agencies are sounding the alarm that food is hard to come by in the Tigray...
How billions are lost in internet shutdowns in Africa
As internet services are slowly being re-instated in Uganda after a bitterly contested election, we take a look at the economic costs of...
Uganda: Robert Kyagulanyi alleges fraud in vote counting
Uganda's opposition presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi also known as Bobi Wine, is alleging fraud in the electoral process. Vote...
Uganda: Vote count under way in presidential election
Earlier ballot boxes had arrived late at polling stations and biometric voter verification machines failed. The chairman of Uganda's...
Uganda: The latest ahead of Thursday's elections after a tense campaign
On the eve of Uganda’s presidential election, we get the latest from the capital Kampala, and examine why Facebook took the decision to...
UN condemns human rights abuses ahead of Uganda elections
As campaigns close in Uganda ahead of elections on Thursday, we hear a special report from our correspondent in Kampala about claims that...
Facebook shuts accounts linked to Uganda's top officials
Pressure builds on Facebook as the social media platform takes down several accounts linked to President Yoweri Museveni’s campaign....
Northern Cameroon insecurity flares up
Our correspondent Killian Ngala reports on the latest attack in the town of Mozogo, in north Cameroon, where according to the Mayor of the...
US power handover... from the point of view of a Kenyan satirist
Kenyan journalist Patrick Gathara shares his views on a mob storming a symbol of American democracy-Capitol Hill Covid 19 cases continue to...
Claims and counterclaims over Mali airstrike
There are conflicting accounts of French airstrike in Mali, which France says was on jihadist militants but witnesses claim a wedding party...
Nigeria rolls out ambitious jobs plan
The government of Nigeria is launching a nationwide public works programme seeking to employ three quarters of a million people. The...
Kenyan students back in the classrooms after nearly a year
New COVID-19 measures allow Kenyan students to be back in the classrooms after months spent e-learning from home. We hear about the...
2020 Review: How has Africa handled the big challenges?
The Covid-19 crisis has been the big story of 2020 but how has Africa handled the pandemic, and amid the serious set backs have there also...
When will South Africa begin Covid vaccinations?
South Africa's ministerial adviser on coronavirus vaccine development says negotiations are going on with various vaccine manufacturers but...
Covid: South African hospitals under pressure
After South Africa’s president announces more than one million Covid-19 cases, a frontline nurse tells us hospitals lack the capacity to...
Chad approves its first-ever asylum law
We hear from a UNHCR representative in Chad who tells us about a game-changing law recently approved in the country, that aims at providing...
Africa Today: Highlights from 2020
From a prestigious award for standing up for science, to breaking barriers to become the highest ranking woman in the Nigerian police force,...
Ghana’s main opposition still challenges election results
The chairman of Ghana’s NDC opposition party says ‘wrongs have been perpetuated against them” and the party will continue to fight the...
Uganda arrests leading human rights lawyer
Police in Uganda have arrested a prominent human rights lawyer over alleged money laundering. The United Nations says the town of Bambari...
Melinda Gates on vaccine hesitancy
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Shock after Cameroon schoolboy killings
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Mozambique Cyclone Eloise aftermath
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