THURSDAY, 03 APRIL 2025, 12:29
Lesotho will suffer from Donald Trump’s aid cuts and stands to lose up to 40,000 jobs if the US president also cancels a trade pact granting duty-free access to the American market, the monarch of the tiny southern African kingdom warned ahead of a t
It also warns of a return to civil war following fighting between the army and the White army militia.
Videos posted on social media show the smoking ruins of market stalls and charred bodies.
The South Sudan opposition said one of its army bases near the capital Juba was bombarded as the US warned it was “deeply concerned” by escalating violence between the rival factions.
A Kenyan citizen was facing execution in Vietnam. Her ordeal began with lax security at Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport
The two countries are on opposite sides in the war in their giant neighbour, DR Congo.
Bitcoin miners will go to remote locations to take advantage of cheap electricity.
Thomas Partey nets twice as Ghana strengthen their bid for a place at the 2026 World Cup, while Ivory Coast return to the top of their qualifying group.
Decorated test pilot James O’Connell was in a “good frame of mind” prior to the crash, the BBC is told.
Mozambique President Daniel Chapo met the main opposition figure Venancio Mondlane for talks in an effort to ease tensions following months of violent clashes between protesters and security forces.
Forty-four people have been killed in a terrorist attack by the “Islamic State” militant group on a mosque in Niger. The assault came midway through the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
Bournemouth forward Dango Ouattara says Islam helps him “stay on the right path”, as he discusses football, faith and fasting during Ramadan.
Bournemouth forward Dango Ouattara says Islam helps him “stay on the right path”, as he discusses football, faith and fasting.
No group has claimed responsibility, but an official said the attack followed a pattern of raids by Islamist militant group al-Shabab.
Uganda’s army chief claimed on Sunday that his troops or the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group would enter the key Congolese city of Kisangani in the coming days.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores twice as Gabon beat Kenya 2-1 to severely dent the East Africans’ hopes of reaching the 2026 World Cup.
After several bloody battles in January, the Samidrc soldiers, provided by South Africa, Tanzania, and Malawi, are effectively prisoners of war by the rebels.
Sudan hold Senegal to a draw in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup and remain top of their group despite civil war continuing in the country.
Sudan’s army has retaken the presidential palace from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), but what’s next after two years of war?
Victor Osimhen nets twice as Nigeria register their first victory in qualifying for the 2026 Fifa World Cup, while Algeria and Burkina Faso also win.
Namibia has sworn in its first woman president after Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won elections last year that extended the ruling party’s 35-year grip on power.