Africa

Kenya's openness ranking worsens despite visa-free policy
An AU-backed report says new rules mean the country has made things harder for most African visitors.
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Africa
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2 hours ago
Is Namibia going to elect its first female leader?
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Africa
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15 hours ago
Zambia's Banda voted BBC Women's Footballer of the Year
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Women's Football
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9 hours ago
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Five survivors found day after tourist yacht sank in Red Sea
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World
‘Pregnant’ for 15 months: Inside the 'miracle' fertility scam
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Africa
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1 day ago
South African anti-apartheid writer Breytenbach dies
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Africa
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1 day ago
Sudan in danger of becoming a failed state, aid chief warns
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Africa
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2 days ago

Features and analysis

'We knew Christmas before you' - the Band Aid fallout
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Africa
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2 days ago
Burning old TVs to survive: The toxic trade in electrical waste
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Africa
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2 days ago
Children shot dead after joining pot-banging protests in Mozambique
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Africa
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3 days ago

BBC visits mpox clinic as WHO says DR Congo cases 'plateauing'
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Africa
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3 days ago
How Kenya's evangelical president has fallen out with churches
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Africa
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4 days ago
Inside South Africa's 'ruthless' gang-controlled gold mines
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Africa
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5 days ago
Pageant queens and daring dancers: Africa's top shots
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Africa
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4 days ago
The former president seeking to lead Ghana once more
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Africa
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6 days ago

Sport

Life begins at 40? Africa's legendary veteran footballers
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Africa Sport
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22 hours ago
TP Mazembe win African Women's Champions League in upset
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Africa Sport
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2 days ago
All out for seven - Ivory Coast set men's T20I record
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Cricket
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1 day ago
Hosts Morocco draw Zambia in Wafcon 2024 group
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Africa Sport
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3 days ago
Ex-Super Falcon says Fifa putting money 'over humanity'
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Africa Sport
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4 days ago

Watch/Listen

The courageous father in jail for 23 years. Video, 00:03:35
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Africa
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15 November
The people making the case for tourists to visit Africa
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Africa
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12 November
Prince William plays rugby with children in Cape Town. Video, 00:00:33
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UK
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4 November
Mpox - what we know... and what we don't. Video, 00:03:57
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25 October
'My farm was destroyed by drought then floods - I am confused' Video, 00:02:34
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Africa
Posted
17 October

Programmes and podcasts

Live: World Service for Africa
Focus on Africa Podcast. Audio
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BBC World Service
Africa Daily podcast
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BBC World Service
The Comb podcast
This is Africa

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