1. Last-minute deal to protect African penguins from extinctionpublished at 15:59 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    No-go fishing zones agreed to stop vessels catching sardines and anchovies around breeding grounds.

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  2. Nigeria and Kenya among nations running out of HIV drugs - WHO published at 14:55 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    The warning comes as Africa begins to feel the impact of a massive review into US aid by Trump.

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  3. The expelled envoy at the heart of the latest US-South Africa rowpublished at 02:47 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March

    Pretoria's envoy to Washington Ebrahim Rasool riled officials after accusing Trump of white supremacism.

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  4. 'No-one can handle another war' - Tigrayans fear fresh Ethiopian conflictpublished at 21:55 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March

    Residents in Ethiopia's north tell the BBC they are stocking up and taking cash out as tensions deepen.

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  5. Rwanda severs ties with Belgium over 'neo-colonial delusions'published at 21:31 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March

    In a strongly worded statement, Rwanda accuses Belgium of "lies and manipulation".

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  6. What is in store as Africa's 2026 World Cup qualifying resumes?published at 11:55 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March

    World Cup qualifiers resume after a nine-month hiatus, but what is at stake over the next two rounds and which big names are in danger of missing out?

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  7. Rewind: The spy who wanted to bring down apartheid Part 2published at 00:00 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March

    ANC spy Sue Dobson infiltrated the South African government. Then her cover was blown.

    After training, Sue had got a job within the government's propaganda unit, and she was feeding back good intelligence to her ANC handlers. Then she got a phone call. The security services were on to her, and she was a long way from safety.

    Presenter: India Rakusen Producer: Harry Graham Editor: Deiniol Buxton Sound design: Joel Cox

  8. South Africa should not be 'bullied' by US in ambassador row, opposition sayspublished at 15:50 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March

    The calls come after South Africa's ambassador in Washington was given 72 hours to leave the country.

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  9. 'I was duped into leaving London for school in Ghana - but it saved me'published at 00:11 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March

    Going to school in Ghana was like prison for Londoner Mark Wilberforce, but he feels it kept him from jail.

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  10. South African ambassador 'no longer welcome' in US, Rubio sayspublished at 14:16 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March

    The US Secretary of State called the ambassador a "race-baiting politician who hates America".

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  11. 'Tortured and terrified' - BBC witnesses the battle for Khartoumpublished at 22:03 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March

    Residents allege terror and rape by retreating RSF fighters as the army makes gains in the capital.

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  12. Angola refuses entry to opposition leaders from across Africa published at 17:35 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March

    A host of political figures had been invited to attend a conference on democracy by the opposition.

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  13. Sudan bans all imports from Kenya after it hosted civil war rivalspublished at 16:59 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March

    The ban follows months of escalating diplomatic tensions between Kenya and Sudan.

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  14. British man killed by president's convoy in Kenya hit-and-runpublished at 16:32 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March

    The car did not stop after hitting Edgar Charles Frederick, 79, on a road in the capital, Nairobi.

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  15. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: I want my books to be read in Africapublished at 10:45 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March

    Nigerian-born author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says her books are becoming more available across Africa.

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  16. Saintfiet aims to 'write World Cup history' with Malipublished at 10:07 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March

    Mali coach Tom Saintfiet hopes to break new ground by guiding the Eagles to the Fifa World Cup finals for the first time.

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  17. Rival forces seize mayor's office in key Ethiopian town amid fears of new conflict published at 09:27 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March

    A power struggle within Tigray's ruling party raises the prospect of a resumption of civil war.

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  18. Fire, fairies, and festivities: Africa's top shotspublished at 08:55 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March

    A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.

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  19. 'They killed all these young people' - BBC investigates alleged massacre in rebel-held Congolese citypublished at 00:44 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March

    The BBC speaks to multiple sources who say M23 fighters hunted down and killed young men in Goma.

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  20. Bardo Museum attack in Tunisiapublished at 00:00 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March

    On 18 March 2015, 22 people, mostly foreign tourists, were killed at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia.

    Hamadi Ben Abdesslem, a tour guide who led tourists to safety, tells Anouk Millet what it was like that day.

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    (Photo: Bardo Museum after attack. Credit: Amine Landoulsi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images).