It is the latest setback to hit the newly opened pipeline as Niger starts to export crude oil.

The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations will be held in December 2025 and January 2026, but the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations will be in 2025.

This marks the second fatal elephant attack on a US tourist in the southern African country this year

Michael Usi replaces his mentor Saulos Chilima, who died in a plane crash earlier this month.

The 29-year-old is the first person to die in the youth-led demonstrations against tax-hikes.

In a landmark ruling, laws banning same-sex acts between men are ruled unconstitutional.

The move comes amid strained relations between France and Niger's military government.

Sextortion is the fastest-growing scam affecting teenagers globally and has been linked to more than 27 suicides in the US alone. Many of the scammers appear to be from Nigeria - where authorities are under pressure to do more.

It’s feared that sextortion is under-reported due to its sensitive nature. But US crime figures show cases more than doubled last year, rising to 26,700. But what types of sextortion crimes are on the rise and what’s being done to stop them?

In this episode, Katya Adler is joined by our Cyber correspondent, Joe Tidy and Alex Goldenberg, Director of Intelligence at the Network Contagion Research Institute at Rutgers University.

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Wild chimpanzees seek out medicinal plants to eat when they are sick or injured, a study says.

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

A deadly attack in the north has snowballed into speculation soldiers tried to usurp Capt Traoré.

With hundreds thought dead, one victim's family say unregistered pilgrims have been failed by travel agents.

Many Kenyans are angry over a slew of proposed tax rises, which parliament is currently debating.

The MP is from the Democratic Alliance, which has just joined the ANC in a coalition government.

South Africa have the skill and leadership to qualify for the men’s rugby sevens at the Paris Olympics, according to Bryan Habana.

The two lions are said to have killed 16 cows in a span of two weeks.

Young people angered by tax storm Nairobi in a surprise revolt devoid of ethnic or political allegiances.

Latif Madoi was arrested for possessing military uniforms, which may be linked to opposition leader Bobi Wine.

The Caribbean country of Haiti has been blighted for years by groups of armed gangs, who have proved more than a match for the national police force, who have struggled to confront them.

Now as the country descends further into lawlessness, a response to Haiti’s plea for international assistance may finally be at hand, in the form of a United Nations backed multi-national security force led by Kenya and supported financially by the United States. This East African country has volunteered to lead the mission with their own elite police unit, to help Haiti’s transitional authorities restore order. But the Kenyan government’s decision to involve itself in another country’s problems has raised some questions back home about the deployment. So, on this week’s Inquiry, we’re asking ‘Why is Kenya getting involved in Haiti?’

Contributors: Robert Fatton Jr, Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Virginia, USA. Dismas Mokua, Political Risk Analyst, Tricarta Advisory Limited, Nairobi, Kenya Professor Karuti Kanyinga, University of Nairobi Institute for Development Studies, Kenya Michelle Gavin, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, USA

Presenter: Charmaine Cozier Producer: Jill Collins Researcher: Matt Toulson Technical Producer: Nicky Edwards Production Coordinator:Tim Fernley Editor: Tara McDermott

Image/Credit: Haiti awaits the arrival of Kenyan led international security support mission, Port Au Prince/ORLANDO BARRIA/EPA-EFE/REX Shutterstock via BBC Images

Tadikira Mafubza was arrested after dozens of suspected Ethiopian migrants were found in mass graves.