New Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirms the scheme is now "dead and buried".

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso hope to form closer ties and move away from the wider regional group, Ecowas.

Hundreds of marriages collapse each month in the northern city of Kano.

In a historic move, President Ruto hosts an online forum for young people to air their complaints.

William Ruto deals with challenging and angry questions following last week's deadly protests.

The 24-year-old painter outraged some Tanzanians but critics say the punishment is too harsh.

The president of the Cameroonian Football Federation has been found guilty of an ethics breach over his relationship with a betting company.

An abandoned baby who appears to be of mixed race creates difficulties for authorities in apartheid South Africa.

Two decades of increased immigration means that Africa has had a profound influence on the 2024 European Championship in Germany.

Mauritanian coastguards say nine people - including a young girl - are rescued, but dozens are missing.

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

Africa's top football sides discover their opponents in the qualifying draw for the 2025 Nations Cup with Nigeria handed a tricky group.

Twenty-five soldiers are sentenced for fleeing battles against the notorious M23 rebel group.

Amina Noor, from Harrow, loses a Court of Appeal bid to reduce her seven-year sentence.

Ebenezer Smith showed off a certificate but Guinness World Records say it's nothing to do with them.

The rise of Gayton McKenzie from a former bank robber to a politician in the new unity government.

How endangered species are smuggled out of Africa and what is being done to prevent it.

2024 is the year of elections and already hundreds of millions of people around the world have been to the polls. A few months ago The Briefing Room looked ahead to elections in South Africa and India. Both have since delivered shocks to their ruling parties which failed to win parliamentary majorities. So why did the main parties in both countries do worse than expected? And what does this mean for the governments they’ve formed and the immediate future of both South Africa and India?

Guests:

David Everatt, Professor at the Wits School of Governance in Johannesburg

Dr Ayesha Omar, British Academy international fellow at SOAS.

Rohan Venkat, editor of the “India Inside Out” newsletter

Louise Tillin, Professor of Politics in the India Institute at King's College London.

Produced by: Kirsteen Knight and Caroline Bayley Edited by: Richard Vadon Sound engineer: Rod Farquhar Production co-ordinator: Gemma Ashman

Protesters last week forced William Ruto to scrap planned tax rises, saying public money was being wasted.

Homosexual acts are outlawed in the county and carry punishments of up to five years in jail.