Pesticide-sprayed tomatoes suspected to have killed 15 elephants in Kenya
Fifteen elephants found dead in southern Kenya outside the Amboseli National Park are suspected to have been poisoned by eating…
Veteran Ugandan opposition leader collapses in court and in ICU, his wife says
During Wednesday’s hearing at the High Court in Kampala witnesses in court said Besigye repeatedly shouted “stop” about his legal…
New dinosaur discovered in Zimbabwe
The late Triassic was when dinosaurs were beginning to spread around the planet before they became the dominant animals on…
My son’s not just a champion South African swimmer – he made me change my life
Bert said his son had set world records and won gold on a bigger stage – but the freestyle relay…
The athlete from Cameroon who has never held her Olympic medal
Ngake was born in Douala, the largest city in Cameroon, around 200 miles to the west of the nation’s capital…
Ghana hit by nationwide blackout as power plants fail
A major fault on Ghana’s national power grid has triggered widespread outages, leaving the capital, Accra, the commercial hub of…
‘No safe options’ for thousands sheltering in key Sudan city as RSF fighters advance
Thousands of people who have poured into the city of el-Obeid hoping to find shelter from Sudan’s raging civil war…
How Mexican drug cartels have outsourced meth labs to Nigeria
These laboratories, where Mexicans have been working, have since been uncovered in Kenya, Mozambique and in South Africa. Since 2023…
Ghana mourns its tallest man – a ‘generous and popular giant’
Kudus told the BBC the sores on Ache’s legs were not directly caused by Marfan syndrome – but likely to…
Can lightning strike twice? Cape Verde set for Wafcon debut
Martins won her first international cap in the first leg of the Wafcon qualifier against Mali last October, a 1-0…