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21.03.2024 03:30 How one man is secretly helping families pay kidnappers to release their relatives.

20.03.2024 17:31 Customers who don't return money they withdrew face prosecution, an Ethiopian bank chief tells the BBC.

20.03.2024 13:00 He tells the BBC he won't apologise for attempting to delay the vote, a move that led to deadly protests.

20.03.2024 13:00 Macky Sall refuses to apologise for the deaths that followed the decision to postpone elections last month.

20.03.2024 03:20 BBC teams report from the devastated capital and hear accounts of rapes and street executions from refugees.

19.03.2024 17:10 Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has been accused of corruption while defence minister, which she denies.

19.03.2024 17:10 A social media video showing Amaechi Muonagor only able to utter a few words has elicited sympathy.

19.03.2024 17:10 Fulham first team coach Luis Boa Morte will leave his role with the Premier League side at the end of the season to take charge of Guinea-Bissau.

19.03.2024 12:40 Kenyans will now pay a 1.5% of their wages, intended to help build housing for the less well-off.

19.03.2024 12:40 ADF militants, blamed for a series of deadly attacks, entered Uganda on Saturday, the army says.

19.03.2024 12:40 Meet Matron Rose Amankwaah, a former medallist at the Commonwealth Games who has spent almost 50 years working for the NHS.

18.03.2024 21:41 Clients at Ethiopia's biggest commercial bank are being urged to return any money that isn't theirs.

18.03.2024 21:41 Shamiso Mosaka was removed from a flight by police officers after crew said she was being "abusive".

18.03.2024 16:50 Authorities say the extreme heat could last for two weeks and bring temperatures of up to 45C .

18.03.2024 06:40 President Tinubu vows justice for 16 soldiers killed while on a peace mission in Delta state last week - and more