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24.05.2024 11:00 Kenyan President William Ruto is currently on a US state visit, the first in 16 years for an African leader.

24.05.2024 11:00 A project in Mozambique is trying to reverse the alarming rate of deforestation there.

24.05.2024 11:00 The BBC's Anne Soy questions the former leader about corruption allegations that have dogged his career.

24.05.2024 01:50 Rival groups are clashing abroad, leading some nations to ban Eritrean Independence Day celebrations.

24.05.2024 01:50 A selection of the best photos from across the African continent this week.

23.05.2024 20:50 El Fasher residents in the firing line as satellite images show camp targeted by paramilitary fighters.

23.05.2024 20:50 The genetically-engineered and non-biting mosquitoes are hoped to stop the spread of the invasive Anopheles stephensi species.

23.05.2024 20:50 The battle for control of the western city has intensified over the last few days as the RSF group advances.

23.05.2024 16:20 The Ghanaian toddler broke the record at the tender age of one year and 152 days.

23.05.2024 16:20 Among the dead are citizens of Kenya, Brazil, India and China, official say.

23.05.2024 16:20 It comes as police say they will summon the former leader over his remarks about regime change.

23.05.2024 11:01 Kenya's William Ruto becomes the first African leader to make an official state visit to the US in 15 years.

23.05.2024 11:01 The 40-year-old mountaineer disappeared on Wednesday with his Nepalese guide, who is yet to be found.

23.05.2024 11:01 Ademola Lookman etched himself into Atalanta folklore with a Europa League final hat-trick that he says didn’t catch him by surprise – although boss Gian Piero Gasperini admitted nobody could have expected his progress.

22.05.2024 20:30 South Africa's ex-president speaks to the BBC after being barred from standing in next week's election.