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The singer on life in the US with husband Adekunle Gold and what to expect from her newest album.
FRIDAY, 29 MARCH 2024, 10:18
The singer on life in the US with husband Adekunle Gold and what to expect from her newest album.
If Donald Trump wins November’s US presidential election and returns to the White House, what will it mean for American relations in Africa?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has resolved to lift a 21-year moratorium on death penalty executions as part of measures to stop its citizens, and serving military and police, from working with M23 rebels in the eastern part of the country.
“Peaceful” and “listening” monarch Oba Moshood Olalekan Balogun dies after two years on the throne.
Security forces say they have ended the 12-hour siege of a hotel in Mogadishu by killing all five gunmen.
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) says the medical tests were necessary for the tax enforcement work.
There are about 30 African countries where tontines are used, and 14 in Asia. In South Africa, it is known as a stokvel
While Nigerian soldiers search the forests in the northwestern state for the 280 learners kidnapped by gunmen riding motorbikes, desperate families are still waiting for news
Kenya, Eswatini, Ghana, Malawi, and Rwanda have joined together against a common enemy: Snakebites.
Despite spending months in prison, Bassirou Diomaye Faye is one of the favourites in this month’s election.
Senegalese opposition firebrand Ousmane Sonko and the presidential candidate he is backing in the March 24 election, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, were released from prison on Thursday, state broadcaster RTS said on its website.
Shipwreck survivors tell rescuers they had set sail from Libya a week earlier.
The leader of an apostolic sect in Zimbabwe was charged with exploiting minors on Thursday after police said hundreds of children were abused at his church’s farm.
About 50 people have died in Angola after being forced to drink a herbal potion to prove they were not practising witchcraft, police and local officials said on Thursday.
Outages have been reported in South Africa, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Ghana and Burkina Faso.
Memorabilia of late president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Laurent-Désiré Kabila, computers, and phones belonging to a foundation dedicated to his legacy have been confiscated in a raid by the state in Kinshasa.
A local chief tells the BBC some of the 280 abducted schoolchildren are in a “critical condition”.
While Senegal prepares for the upcoming presidential elections one school in Dakar went ahead and held its very own elections.
Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around the world are likely to soar.
Globally, more children are surviving today than ever before, as child mortality – the death of children under the age of five – hit historic lows in 2022.
Ghana is spending almost $250m hosting the African Games, and the country’s outlay amid a time of economic turmoil has brought scrutiny.