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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Military rulers in Mali dissolve all political partiespublished at 15:30 British Summer Time 14 May
White South Africans going to US are cowards, Ramaphosa sayspublished at 10:37 British Summer Time 14 May
10:37 BST 14 MaySouth Africans are resilient and don't run away from their problems, President Ramaphosa says.
Read MoreEl Chapo & Deputy Jesus - why Kenya's president has so many nicknamespublished at 00:31 British Summer Time 14 May
00:31 BST 14 MayWilliam Ruto has the uncanny ability to attract numerous alternative handles, most are unflattering.
Read MoreGhanaian journalist's $18m defamation award slashed to $500published at 16:56 British Summer Time 13 May
16:56 BST 13 MayAn ex-MP was ordered to pay $18m, but a judge rules that the amount was "disproportionate".
Read MoreMore than 100 dead after floods hit eastern DR Congopublished at 14:19 British Summer Time 13 May
14:19 BST 13 MayTorrential rains have triggered deadly flash floods in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing more than 100 people and leaving many others missing.
Read MoreZambia warns diplomats after US reveals 'systematic' aid theftpublished at 13:23 British Summer Time 13 May
13:23 BST 13 MayThe foreign minister says raising concerns publicly amounts to interference in domestic affairs.
Read MoreWatch: Why US is granting white South Africans refugee statuspublished at 00:58 British Summer Time 13 May
00:58 BST 13 MayA US-funded flight carrying a group of 59 refugees landed in Virginia on Monday after leaving Johannesburg on Sunday.
Read MoreDozens of white South Africans arrive in US under Trump refugee planpublished at 00:13 British Summer Time 13 May
00:13 BST 13 MayDonald Trump says they are victims of "racial discrimination", which is strongly denied by South Africa.
Read MoreTop Cricket Malawi official dies after 'heartless violence'published at 13:24 British Summer Time 12 May
13:24 BST 12 MayTributes are paid to Cricket Malawi operations manager Arjun Menon, who died aged 48 in Blantyre on Saturday.
Read MoreBurkina Faso military accused of killing over 100 civilians in 'massacre'published at 11:58 British Summer Time 12 May
11:58 BST 12 MayMore jihadist attacks were reported over the weekend, said to have led to dozens of casualties.
Read MoreSouth Africa round off CHAN 2024 qualifierspublished at 10:43 British Summer Time 12 May
10:43 BST 12 MaySouth Africa become the final team to qualify for the 2024 African Nations Championship after beating Malawi 2-0 on Sunday to progress 2-1 on aggregate.
Read MoreWhy Burkina Faso's junta leader has captured hearts and minds around the worldpublished at 00:05 British Summer Time 12 May
00:05 BST 12 MayCapt Ibrahim Traoré, 37, is portraying himself as a champion of pan-Africanism.
Read MoreArt curator Koyo Kouoh dies at height of careerpublished at 15:04 British Summer Time 11 May
15:04 BST 11 MayA fierce advocate of African art, she was due to become the first African woman to lead the Venice Biennale.
Read More'Proud to be young' - Beauty queen, lawyer and Botswana's youngest cabinet ministerpublished at 02:26 British Summer Time 11 May
02:26 BST 11 MayLesego Chombo tells the BBC she was appointed by the president before he had even met her.
Read MoreEuropean leaders pressure Russia over 30-day Ukraine ceasefirepublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 10 May
13:41 BST 10 MayFrance, Britain, Germany and Poland met President Vlodomyr Zelensky to discuss an unconditional ceasefire.
Read More'I screamed': Nigerian Doctor Who fan thrilled show is coming to Lagospublished at 09:12 British Summer Time 10 May
09:12 BST 10 MayThe Doctor will be transported to Lagos in the first ever episode set primarily in an African country.
Read MoreAuthor risked torture to fight Apartheidpublished at 07:19 British Summer Time 10 May
07:19 BST 10 MayKen Keable was recruited to distribute literature into the country and his story is now on film.
Read MoreNo water, no power - Port Sudan reeling after week of attackspublished at 05:14 British Summer Time 10 May
05:14 BST 10 MayThe city, which has escaped the worst of the civil war, has been targeted in a series of bombardments.
Read MoreSouth Africa criticises US plan to accept white Afrikaners as refugeespublished at 22:09 British Summer Time 9 May
22:09 BST 9 MayReports say the first set of white South Africans could arrive in the US next week.
Read MoreMercenary and coup plotter Simon Mann diespublished at 21:06 British Summer Time 9 May
21:06 BST 9 MayHe was arrested in 2004 after being part of a failed coup to overthrow Equatorial Guinea's ruler.
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