1. Mbeumo says player of the season nomination is 'crazy'published at 16:24 British Summer Time 16 May

    Cameroon forward Bryan Mbeumo did not expect to be nominated for the Premier League player of the season award despite an impressive campaign with Brentford.

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  2. 'I don't want it to die' - The black teen pioneer preserving cavalry sportpublished at 12:14 British Summer Time 16 May

    South African teenager Khosi Dlomo wants to encourage others to take up her little-known equestrian sport of tent pegging.

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  3. Tigray party says ban threatens Ethiopia peace deal published at 10:39 British Summer Time 16 May

    The TPLF fought a two-year civil war against the federal government, which ended in 2022.

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  4. Why is Timbuktu Famous?published at 01:00 British Summer Time 16 May

    What's the story of the famed city of Timbuktu?

  5. 'I didn't come here for fun' - Afrikaner defends refugee status in USpublished at 23:28 British Summer Time 15 May

    Charl Kleinhaus tells the BBC he had no choice but to leave his farm in South Africa after receiving death threats.

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  6. Blank questions, power cuts and a suicide: Nigeria's exams fiascopublished at 17:56 British Summer Time 15 May

    Nearly 80% of the 1.9 million students who sat the exams did not get high enough marks to get into university.

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  7. Gambia probes sale of ex-leader's luxury cars, cows and boatspublished at 13:11 British Summer Time 15 May

    An investigative report says some state officials sold Jammeh's assets to themselves at low prices.

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  8. Congo-Brazzaville cleared to return to international footballpublished at 11:40 British Summer Time 15 May

    Congo-Brazzaville's suspension from international football is lifted after conditions requested by world governing body Fifa were met.

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  9. Drone attacks raise stakes in new phase of Sudan's civil warpublished at 09:58 British Summer Time 15 May

    Experts tell the BBC the air strikes showcase the growth of advanced drone warfare in Africa.

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  10. Do Afrikaners want to take Trump up on his South African refugee offer?published at 02:43 British Summer Time 15 May

    Claims of a white genocide are widely discredited, so how do Afrikaners feel about Trump's claims – and offer of refugee status?

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  11. 'I don't want it to die': The teen black pioneer preserving cavalry sportpublished at 16:39 British Summer Time 14 May

    Makhosazana Dlomo is South Africa's only black participant in the traditional cavalry sport of tent pegging.

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  12. Military rulers in Mali dissolve all political partiespublished at 15:30 British Summer Time 14 May

    All political meetings have also been banned as the junta intensifies its grip on power.

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  13. White South Africans going to US are cowards, Ramaphosa sayspublished at 10:37 British Summer Time 14 May

    South Africans are resilient and don't run away from their problems, President Ramaphosa says.

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  14. El Chapo & Deputy Jesus - why Kenya's president has so many nicknamespublished at 00:31 British Summer Time 14 May

    William Ruto has the uncanny ability to attract numerous alternative handles, most are unflattering.

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  15. Ghanaian journalist's $18m defamation award slashed to $500published at 16:56 British Summer Time 13 May

    An ex-MP was ordered to pay $18m, but a judge rules that the amount was "disproportionate".

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  16. More than 100 dead after floods hit eastern DR Congopublished at 14:19 British Summer Time 13 May

    Torrential rains have triggered deadly flash floods in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing more than 100 people and leaving many others missing.

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  17. Zambia warns diplomats after US reveals 'systematic' aid theftpublished at 13:23 British Summer Time 13 May

    The foreign minister says raising concerns publicly amounts to interference in domestic affairs.

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  18. Watch: Why US is granting white South Africans refugee statuspublished at 00:58 British Summer Time 13 May

    A US-funded flight carrying a group of 59 refugees landed in Virginia on Monday after leaving Johannesburg on Sunday.

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  19. Dozens of white South Africans arrive in US under Trump refugee planpublished at 00:13 British Summer Time 13 May

    Donald Trump says they are victims of "racial discrimination", which is strongly denied by South Africa.

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  20. Top Cricket Malawi official dies after 'heartless violence'published at 13:24 British Summer Time 12 May

    Tributes are paid to Cricket Malawi operations manager Arjun Menon, who died aged 48 in Blantyre on Saturday.

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