Category: Africa

Source: BBC Burkina Faso has opened its first gold refinery as the military-led government seeks to process more of the country’s mineral wealth at home

Source: BBC Tributes are pouring in for a veteran South African sports broadcaster who was found dead on Wednesday hours after being abducted when his

Source: BBC Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has been re-elected for a second five-year term after securing a 60% share of the vote, the electoral commission

Source: Reuters Weeks after xenophobic protests drove thousands of migrant workers from South ​Africa, rows of sewing machines stood idle at a clothing factory in Newcastle, a

Source: Reuters A Senegalese court sentenced three TikTok influencers to serve prison time and pay a fine for ​insulting the president, their lawyer said in

Source: BBC Sixteen students have been killed in a fire at a boarding school in Gilgil, about 120km (77 miles) north-west of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi,

Source: BBC Kenyan President William Ruto has faced a social media backlash after publicly suggesting that Nigerian-accented English was incomprehensible and required a translator.  Addressing Kenyans living

Source: BBC South African opposition politician Julius Malema has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of the illegal possession of

Source: BBC Benin’s Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni has won the presidency with an overwhelming majority of the vote, provisional results show.  He secured more than

Source: BBC hirty-one civilians held hostage following a Sunday morning church attack in north-west Nigeria have been rescued, the army has said.  Five others were