BBC News | Africa | World Edition

27.05.2024 08:00 With 42% of voters under 40, the younger demographic could play a big role in Wednesday's poll.

27.05.2024 03:00 Nigerian officials say gunmen spent hours in the village and had time to drink tea before abducting people.

26.05.2024 21:10 Hospitals and markets in El Fasher are experiencing "violent artillery shelling", a resident says.

26.05.2024 17:00 Military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré breaks his promise to restore civillian rule by 1 July this year.

26.05.2024 12:10 The governing party wraps up its campaign for a seventh term with a rally in Soweto.

25.05.2024 11:51 The ruling ANC party has not delivered the change in South Africa that some had hoped for.

25.05.2024 06:50 The BBC sat down with Kenya's president during his three-day trip to Washington DC to talk about Haiti and other crises.

25.05.2024 01:30 The BBC's Fergal Keane returns to South Africa to follow up on a woman's story that stuck with him for over 30 years.

24.05.2024 21:20 Muhammadu Sanusi II is reinstated after being dethroned four years ago for "insubordination".

24.05.2024 21:20 At least 100 young women were married off in individual ceremonies in north-western Nigeria.

24.05.2024 21:20 Jaci the rottweiler had been with the family for nearly two years and leaves her twin Laser behind.

24.05.2024 16:30 Sudan is facing a genocide as the world's attention is focused on Ukraine and Gaza, a UN expert warns.

24.05.2024 16:30 Kenya is the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to enter the special military alliance with the US.

24.05.2024 16:30 It is the first State Dinner at the White House for an African president in 16 years.

24.05.2024 16:30 The Basketball Africa League is laying the foundations for a premier women’s league on the continent with world governing body Fiba.