Mauritius country profilepublished at 13:10 British Summer Time 9 October
Provides an overview of Mauritius, including key facts about this Indian Ocean island nation.
Read MoreMauritius country profilepublished at 13:10 British Summer Time 9 October
Mauritius media guidepublished at 12:45 British Summer Time 9 October
An overview of the media in Mauritius, including links to newspapers and broadcasters.
Read MoreAlgeria media guidepublished at 08:58 British Summer Time 9 September
An overview of the media in Algeria, as well as links to broadcasters and newspapers.
Read MoreAlgeria country profilepublished at 08:53 British Summer Time 9 September
Provides an overview of Algeria, including key dates and facts about this north African country.
Read MoreWhat is the UK's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda?published at 09:31 British Summer Time 13 June
Plans to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda were passed by Parliament, but still face legal challenge.
Read MoreCape Verde country profilepublished at 13:26 British Summer Time 11 September 2023
Provides an overview of Cape Verde, including key facts about this island state off west Africa.
Read MoreZimbabwe media guidepublished at 10:01 British Summer Time 30 August 2023
An overview of the media in Zimbabwe, including links to broadcasters and newspapers.
Read MoreZimbabwe country profilepublished at 08:45 British Summer Time 30 August 2023
Provides an overview of Zimbabwe, including key dates and facts about this southern African country.
Read MoreNigeria country profilepublished at 13:16 British Summer Time 28 July 2023
Provides an overview of Nigeria, including key dates and facts about this west African country.
Read MoreSao Tome and Principe country profilepublished at 17:17 British Summer Time 19 July 2023
Provides an overview of Sao Tome and Principe, including key facts about this African island state.
Read MoreReunion profilepublished at 12:50 British Summer Time 19 July 2023
Provides an overview of Reunion, including key facts about this French Indian Ocean territory.
Read MoreBola Tinubu - the 'godfather' who now leads Nigeriapublished at 16:50 British Summer Time 29 May 2023
After fighting military rule in the 1990s, Bola Tinubu feels entitled to become Nigeria's president.
Read MoreWho is Nigeria's new president?published at 16:50 British Summer Time 29 May 2023
Veteran politician, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been sworn in as Nigeria’s new president.
Read MoreTanzania country profilepublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 2 May 2023
Provides an overview of Tanzania, including key dates and facts about this east African country.
Read MoreSenegal media guidepublished at 08:51 British Summer Time 26 April 2023
An overview of the media in Senegal, including links to broadcasters and newspapers
Read MoreEritrea and Ethiopia reject war crime accusations from USpublished at 17:17 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2023
Marcus Erbe
BBC World Service NewsEritrea has joined Ethiopia in accusing the United States of unfairly apportioning blame for crimes committed during two years of civil war in the Tigray region.
On Monday the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Ethiopian, Eritrean and Amhara regional forces had committed crimes against humanity, but he did not accuse the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) of this crime.
He did accuse the TPLF of war crimes, along with the other parties in the conflict.
Eritrea said the allegations were defamatory.
The Ethiopian foreign ministry described the US approach as partisan, ill-advised and unwarranted.
Anthony Blinken made his first visit to Ethiopia last week, since a peace deal was signed in November last year between the federal government and Tigrayan rebels.
Nigeria must punish election bullies - USpublished at 16:46 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2023
Image source, AFPImage caption, Not everybody who wanted to vote was able to do so
The US is calling on Nigeria to prosecute people who intimidated voters and tried to stop them casting their ballots in last weekend's governorship and state assembly elections.
Its embassy says there was evidence of this happening in Lagos, Kano, and other states and that "the use of ethnically charged rhetoric before, during, and after the gubernatorial election in Lagos was particularly concerning", external.
Similar concerns were voiced by EU observer mission chief Barry Andrews, who said Lagos was among several states troubled by violence, ballot snatching and the intimidation of voters, election officials, observers and journalists.
At least 21 people were killed in the violence, the EU says.
These latest polls come three weeks after a contentious presidential election, which at least one opposition leader is now challenging in court.
Nigeria's two biggest political parties, the governing APC and the main opposition PDP, have won control of most of the states in the governorship election. But there were some upsets.
The New Nigeria People’s Party, formed just months to the poll, defeated the APC to win the governor seat in Kano - the economic hub of the north.
West Indies in South Africa 2023published at 16:20 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2023
Reports, results and scorecards from West Indies' tour of South Africa, featuring two Tests, three ODIs and three Twenty20 internationals.
Read MoreActor says working women should stay at homepublished at 15:15 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2023
BBC Monitoring
The world through its mediaEgyptian actor Mostafa Hashish has been quoted by several Egyptian outlets as saying he does not believe that women should work, and that it was better for them to stay at home to take care of their children.
The remarks created a row on social media, especially among some prominent pundits.
Writer Ibrahim Eissa said that "women were qualified to lead a country".
Media outlets also highlighted remarks made by President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, during a ceremony marking International Women's Day, including his belief that Egypt's women deserve greater representation at all levels of public life and for progress towards equal pay.
Emotional return home for freed French hostagepublished at 13:35 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2023
BBC World Service
Image source, AFPThe French journalist Olivier Dubois has made an emotional return home after being held captive for nearly two years by militants in West Africa.
He was warmly embraced by family members and President Emmanuel Macron on the tarmac of an air base near Paris.
Mr Dubois disappeared in Mali's northern city of Gao in April 2021.
He was released on Monday along with the American aid worker Jeffrey Woodke, who had been held for six years.
Details about their release remain unclear.
Image source, AFPImage caption, Mr Dubois was met on the tarmac by overjoyed relatives
Image source, AFPImage caption, He was also embraced by President Macron