The agriculture ministry calls on divine intervention to achieve food security, angering many.

South Africa's players show their mettle to ignore sledges from Australia's players as they go from chokers to World Test champions at Lord's.

South Africa beat Australia by five wickets in the World Test Championship final to end their long wait for a major global title.

These are the highest-profile peace talks the UN has led since M23 rebels took over the city of Goma.

US aid to Africa has been cut and now defence is in Trump's sights - but it may prove more costly.

In 1994, as the genocide in Rwanda against the Tutsi minority unfolded, goalkeeper Eric Murangwa Eugene’s life was in danger. Being a Tutsi, Eric had to beg for his life when five armed men showed up at his house to kill him. It was only when they recognised him as a footballer, and saw his photos as proof, that they left. Eric tells Jake Warren about spending the following months trying to evade capture and looks back at the moment that football helped save him. A Message Heard production.

Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive and testimony. Sporting Witness is for those fascinated by sporting history. We take you to the events that have shaped the sports world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes, you become a fan in the stands as we take you back in time to examine memorable victories and agonising defeats from all over the world. You’ll hear from people who have achieved sporting immortality, or those who were there as incredible sporting moments unfolded.

Recent episodes explore the forgotten football Women’s World Cup, the plasterer who fought a boxing legend, international football’s biggest ever beating and the man who swam the Amazon river. We look at the lives of some of the most famous F1 drivers, tennis players and athletes as well as people who’ve had ground-breaking impact in their chosen sporting field, including: the most decorated Paralympian, the woman who was the number 1 squash player in the world for nine years, and the first figure skater to wear a hijab. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the tennis player who escaped the Nazis, how a man finally beat a horse in a race, and how the FIFA computer game was created.

(Photo: Eric Murangwa Eugene. Credit: Katie Garner)

On 12 May, 59 Afrikaners arrived in Washington to receive “refugee” status. At a press conference, President Trump said he had acted because Afrikaners - the white minority community that ruled South Africa during apartheid - face an existential threat. His words echoed the views of his South African born former advisor, Elon Musk who has repeatedly used his X platform to amplify false claims of a “white genocide”. Many South Africans, including several Afrikaners that we’ve spoken to, dismiss the idea that they are under attack as wild misinformation. So where does the idea that white South Africans are being uniquely targeted come from? And what impact is it having on the diplomatic relationship between the White House and Pretoria? Presenter: Jonathan Griffin Reporter: Mpho Lakaje Editor: Flora Carmichael

A victory for South Africa in the World Test Championship final would be "massive for the country" as they head into day four looking to banish their chokers tag.

An investigation is under way into what really happened to Albert Ojwang in a police cell.

The deaths of the environmentalist and eight other campaigners sparked an global outcry in 1995.

Edgar Lungu's family says he left instructions that President Hichilema should not come near his body.

In March 2022, the senior pastor of The Redeemed Christian Church of God - Jesus House Parish, Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye, resigned from his position at a church in Washington DC, to ascend a traditional throne as Soun of Ogbomosho kingdom of Oyo state, in south-west Nigeria. His decision sent shock waves in the community as the role is considered part of traditional African spirituality - something an evangelical pastor is not expected to be linked with. But Ghandi insists that the same God who called him as a young man to become a pastor has called him now to become a king.

As a traditional ruler, he is expected to participate in all religious activities in his kingdom and give his royal approval for all religious rites - including elements of animism and ancestral worship of deities. Since ascending the throne, he has been drawn into a legal process by some of his cousins, who argue the throne is not for a pastor.

There is also pressure from local traditionalists, who are asking that the new king converts from Christianity to their traditional African religion. The role requires certain conventions, which some say do not correlate with traditional Christian values, but the king says at no time in the entire process of his enthronement was he asked to do anything that compromised his faith and values as a Christian. “As a shepherd, my duty is to steer the people in the right part of prosperity because that’s what a shepherd does”.

Producer/presenter: Peter MacJob Executive producer: Rajeev Gupta Editor: Chloe Walker Production co-ordinator: Mica Nepomuceno

(Photo: Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye. Credit: HRH Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye)

Burundi is set to have a one-party parliament following a poll that the opposition says was rigged.

The move comes as the continent's exports face the possibility of high tariffs from the US.

As four African sides prepare for the Club World Cup, BBC Sport Africa looks at what impact the expanded 32-team tournament could have on the continent.

Marine pilot Ian Lawrence and his family spent a year volunteering on a hospital ship.

A UN official warns that hundreds of thousands in the sprawling camp are "slowly starving".

South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada joins an elite Lord's club to increase the number of members to two, thanks to a five-wicket haul in the World Test Championship final.

Albert Ojwang did not die of self-inflicted injuries, pathologists say, contradicting the police.

The alleged rape is the latest allegation of misconduct made against soldiers at a controversial base in Kenya.