South African court rules that Zambia can repatriate body of ex-president

A South African court has ruled that Zambia’s government can repatriate the body of former President Edgar Lungu and give him a state funeral, despite his family’s opposition. The Pretoria…

President John Mahama promises full investigation

Thomas Naadi BBC News in Accra Danai Nesta Kupemba BBC News Khanyisile Ngcobo BBC News EPA Ghana is in a period of national mourning after the helicopter crash Ghana’s President…

Trump praises Liberian president’s English, the country’s official language

President Donald Trump has complimented Liberian President Joseph Boakai on his English-speaking, during a meeting with several African leaders at the White House. Trump told Boakai he speaks “such good…

Wafcon 2024: Tanzania’s Clara Luvanga on ‘icon’ Cristiano Ronaldo

Clara Luvanga reveals details of her meeting with Al-Nassr team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo and explains how Tanzania are gaining “experience” during their second appearance at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.…

'I am the queen of the cage'

Nigerian police officer Juliet Ukah will make history when the Professional Fighters League holds its first event in Africa. Source link

Wafcon 2024: The Morocco midfielder who is also a doctor

Morocco’s Salma Bouguerche says medicine “chose her” as a career, having qualified as a doctor last year. The 26-year-old midfielder has been part of the Atlas Lionesses’ squad at the…

BBC goes inside M23-held city in DR Congo

Six months after M23 rebels took the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma, there are signs of a return to normality. But the emotional scars still run deep…

Zambia’s Stary Mwaba mines the toxic legacy of the Copperbelt’s ‘black mountains’

Stary Mwaba Zambia’s notorious “black mountains” – huge heaps of mining waste that scar the Copperbelt skyline – are deeply personal to Stary Mwaba, one of the country’s leading visual…

DR Congo’s would-be saint murdered ‘mafia style’ for refusing bribes

Didier Bikorimana BBC Great Lakes AP Two days after he was kidnapped in July 2007, the bloodied and battered corpse of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi was dumped outside a…

How Trump wants US companies to cash in

Getty Images The Trump administration is spearheading an ambitious, but controversial, peace initiative aimed at ending the long-running conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that has also drawn in…

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