More than 40 people are known to have died since last week, according to officials.

President Samia faced little opposition with key rivals either imprisoned or barred from running.

The US president says his threat is over killings of Christians - though experts say there is no evidence they are disproportionately targeted.

An AI chatbot and app for victims of abuse to get help is being piloted in South Africa.

The 3,500-year-old stone head was likely stolen during the Arab Spring uprising.

Kenya's government says 30 other people are missing following downpours in the west of the country.

The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.

Demonstrations continued on Friday as young protesters denounced the election as unfair.

A 12-year-old tells the BBC that in the chaos he lost contact with his family and is now on his own at a camp.

Blood spilled in Sudan's el-Fasher massacre is visible from space. What led to the latest dark turn of events that took place after the Rapid Support Forces seized the city in Northern Darfur from the Sudanese Armed Forces?

In this episode, first recorded in 2024, we dig into the prehistory of Sudan’s civil war. We focus on the power struggle between two men: Hemedti, in charge of the RAF, and Burkhan, the general leading the SAF. We ask who are the foreign powers aiding them, and why.

Producer: Kriszta Satori, Elchin Suleymanov Presenter: Krassi Twigg

A diplomatic source tells the BBC there is credible evidence that at least 500 people have been killed.

El-Fasher is under the control of paramilitaries accused of mass executions and crimes against humanity.

Pretoria rubbishes claims of a white genocide and quotes prominent Afrikaners who dub Trump's plans racist.

Some are warning of a genocide unfolding in Darfur - violence that is linked to killings there 20 years ago.

The court sets aside the 1967 inquest that found that the anti-apartheid hero was hit by a goods train.

The president sets the limit at 7,500 for the coming year, a dramatic cut from 125,000.

Harrowing accounts from people who have escaped an RSF assault on the besieged city of el-Fasher.

Opposition supporters are angry that the president's main challengers are in jail or have been disqualified.

The announcement comes after growing reports of mass killings, including of patients at a hospital.