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  1. Nigeria overhauls petrol sector

    Oil companies will be required to contribute cash to local community projects

  2. Nigeria Information Minister defends its country's security record

    It comes as the Governor of Katsina tells citizens to arm themselves to fight criminals.

  3. AFCON 2021: Team groups announced in Cameroon

    The team groups that will face each other have been announced during a draw ceremony

  4. Islamist attack in Niger kills at least 37 people

    More than 420 civilians have been killed in jihadist attacks this year alone.

  5. Uganda helps Afghans fleeing the Taliban

    Uganda will take in two thousand Afghan refugees fleeing the crisis in their country.

  6. Gunmen kidnap college students in Nigeria

    Since last December more than1000 students have been seized from schools

  7. Could traditional eldership be the key to resolve Tigray Conflict?

    Tigrayan rebels have been fighting the federal government since last November

  8. Zambia election: Hakainde Hichilema beats President Edgar Lungu

    Mr Lungu has accepted defeat and congratulated Mr Hichilema

  9. Algeria firefighters continue to battle 35 wildfires

    The number of fires in Algeria goes down to around 35 but the death toll is up

  10. Zambia elections: Preliminary results delayed

    Zambia’s electoral officials have been criticised for unverified results

  11. Zambia elections: Vote counting is underway

    Internet access in some parts of Zambia remains restricted as election votes are counted

  12. Ethiopia denounces Tigray-Oromia rebel alliance

    Ethiopia’s rebel Oromo Liberation Army agrees to an alliance with Tigrayan forces

  13. Long queues as Zambians vote in nationwide elections

    Zambians have voted in closely contested presidential and parliamentary elections

  14. Zambians vote in closely contested elections

    There are sixteen contenders for the presidency but the race is between two candidates

  15. Nigeria: 24 family members die of food poisoning

    The incident happened in a remote village in Sokoto state

  16. TPLF ‘will continue to pursue’ Ethiopian army

    Tigrayan rebel spokesperson Getachew Reda spoke to the BBC

  17. Dozens killed in Algeria wildfires

    The worst of the destruction has been in the Kabylie region

  18. Zambia prepares to vote

    Sixteen candidates are contesting Zambia’s presidential election

  19. Ebola-like Marburg virus found in Guinea

    A man who died in Guinea was found to have the Ebola-like, highly infectious disease

  20. Guinea confirms West Africa's first Marburg virus case

    A man who died in Guinea was found to have the Ebola-like, highly infectious disease

  21. 09/08/2021 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  22. Tanzania's president speaks to the BBC

    An exclusive interview with Tanzania's new president

  23. The President of Tanzania speaks exclusively to the BBC

    An exclusive BBC interview with Tanzania's new president

  24. UN emergency relief coordinator on situation in Tigray region

    The UN's emergency relief coordinator calls for a humanitarian ceasefire in Tigray

  25. 06/08/2021 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  26. Nigerian airforce: More than seventy criminals killed

    The Nigerian airforce says it killed over seventy criminal gang members

  27. Tigrayan fighters extend the conflict into Lalibela

    Fighters in the Ethiopian province of Tigray extend the conflict into Lalibela

  28. Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed refuses to meet with USAID chief

    Samantha Power, of the US Agency for International Development, was on a trip to Ethiopia

  29. 05/08/2021 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  30. Tigray rebels capture historic Lalibela town

    Rebels from Ethiopia's Tigray region say they have seized Lalibela in Amhara state

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