Provides an overview of Chad, including key dates and facts about this African country.

Teesside University students have struggled to pay tuition fees since currency in Nigeria crashed.

The BBC tracks the crucial issues facing South Africans ahead of the 29 May general election.

The price of hiring the luxury private jet was reportedly around $1.5m (£1.2m).

Health workers are striking because they face such dire conditions, the union says.

Mali's Mohamed Camara is criticised by France's sports minister after covering up anti-homophobia logos while playing for Monaco.

Étienne Fakaba Sissoko's book accused the military of using propaganda to sway public opinion.

Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.

Egypt captain Mohamed Salah hints he will remain at Liverpool after the Premier League club appoint Arne Slot as manager.

An overview of the media in Togo, including links to broadcasters and newspapers.

Provides an overview of Togo, including key dates and facts about this west African country.

Previous members include Martin Luther King Jr, Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill and Nelson Mandela.

We discuss the menstrual cycle - turning period poverty to period dignity. From free and locally produced sanitary products to the No Pad Tax campaigns.

Sophia Smith Galer and Scaachi Koul explore menstruation education, legislation and cultural change, as they meet two people from different countries to explore how period equity can be achieved for everyone. And is education on reproductive health up to scratch?

Guests: Ailsa Colquhoun from Hey Girls in Scotland, and menstrual hygiene advocate, Lilipearl Baaba Otoo, in Ghana.

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BBC Sport Africa profiles the players who caught the eye, for better or for worse, over the 2023-24 Premier League season.

Ex-President Jacob Zuma's 15-month prison sentence disqualifies him from being a lawmaker.

An overview of the media in Chad, including links to broadcasters and newspapers.

The Democratic Republic Congo army said they have stopped an attempted coup involving Congolese and foreign soldiers.

The country has the world's highest unemployment, leaving many cynical about this month's election.

Stephen Sackur speaks to Gillian Slovo, whose acclaimed fiction, plays and memoirs reflect an extraordinary backstory. The daughter of South African parents whose struggle against apartheid brought prison, exile and, in her mother’s case, assassination. Has her writing exorcised demons?

(Photo: Gillian Slovo in the Hardtalk studio)

The US says its soldiers will be out by 15 September, after the junta-led government asked them to leave.