Kenya government condemns ‘shameful’ shoe-hurling at president
The footwear hit the president on his outstretched arm as spoke at a public rally.
Africa
News24 | Will Africa’s financial stability fund rise to the debt challenge?
Angola will use its chairmanship of the African Union this year to advance the creation of a continental financial stability mechanism, its finance minister said, to cushion economies from sliding into a liquidity crisis due to e
Ethiopian Nigussie breaks Belfast Marathon record
Ethiopian Tilahun Nigussie wins the Belfast Marathon in a new event record of two hours, 13 minutes and 37 seconds after dominating the race.
Polygamy and pageantry on display at a mass wedding in South Africa
“He is a God [who approves] of polygamy,” rang out as a congregation celebrated 55 marriages over Easter.
Seven killed in attack on South Sudan hospital and market, charity says
MSF said its hospital was attacked as fears grow of a return to civil war in South Sudan.
Tidjane Thiam: It is not for the regime to eliminate opposition leaders
Tidjane Thiam has been banned from standing in October’s elections in Ivory Coast. So what is his next move?
Ugandan judge jailed in UK for keeping housekeeper as slave
Lydia Mugambe kept a young woman as an unpaid nanny and maid at her home in Oxfordshire.
News24 | Uganda’s military chief says missing Bobi Wine’s bodyguard is ‘in my basement’
Uganda’s military chief, the son of President Yoweri Museveni, says he is holding an opposition activist in his basement and has threatened violence against him, after the man’s party said he was abducted by armed men last week.
Meta threatens to cut off Facebook in Nigeria over huge fines
The social media giant has challenged demands to pay $290m over regulatory violations.
‘I was born Ivorian’ – bank boss barred from running for president tells BBC
Tidjane Thiam is challenging a court decision removing him from the electoral roll ahead of October’s poll.
News24 | Nigeria state leaders demand action against Islamist attacks
Governors in northeastern Nigeria have called for measures to tackle the roots of a 16-year-long Islamic militant insurgency. A recent uptick in violence has sparked calls for action.
South African woman convicted of kidnapping daughter Joshlin Smith
Joshlin Smith’s disappearance last year sent shockwaves across South Africa. She is yet to be found.
Rouge, racers and rage: Africa’s top shots
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond.
Tracking a smuggler behind deadly Atlantic migrant crossing
BBC Verify tracks a man accused of selling places on a migrant boat which left dozens dead after getting lost at sea.
Tanzanian priest – and government critic – brutally attacked
The attack on a Catholic priest comes amid rising political tensions ahead of October’s elections.
DR Congo seeks to remove ex-President Kabila’s immunity
He is accused of backing M23 rebels in the east but he has previously denied links to the group.
Kenyan MP shot dead in ‘targeted’ attack in Nairobi
The opposition legislator had just left parliament when he was attacked by gunmen on a motorcycle, police say.
Why the trees behind ‘women’s gold’ beauty creams are under threat
One man’s struggle to save Uganda’s once-profitable trees that produce shea butter.
News24 | Kenyan lawmaker shot dead in Nairobi
A Kenyan lawmaker was shot dead on Wednesday night in the capital Nairobi by gunmen on motorcycles.
News24 | Trump envoy meets DRC, Rwanda representatives in Doha
US President Donald Trump’s senior Africa adviser met with Congolese and Rwandan representatives in Doha on Wednesday, the envoy said, after the two sides agreed to negotiate an end to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s east.
South Africa sets up inquiry into apartheid prosecutions
Several apartheid-era atrocities, like murder, have been uncovered but few have made it to court.