Ghanaians are preparing to vote in their presidential election this Saturday. The election is being contested between vice-president Mahamudu Bawumia and former president John Mahama. What are the key issues voters will be focusing on? Also, Sierra Leone’s desire to return to being a rice exporter, instead of importing the country’s most favourite food. And French…
Nigeria air strikes: Tudunbiri village continues to mourn dozens of deaths and cope with injuries one year later on We look at the impact of mercury poisoning caused by illegal mining in southwestern Ghana And how easy is it for you to travel to another African country? 00:01 Intro 00:56 The tragedy of Tudunbiri, a year on, 08:22…
US President Biden is in Angola for what is likely to be the final foreign trip of his presidency. It’s his first visit to Sub- Saharan Africa and it’s part of a promise the president made, during the US-Africa Leaders Summit in 2022, to travel to the continent. But, it comes almost at the end…
Band Aid’s single ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ is celebrating 40 years. The classic charity song, whose funds were meant to fight famine in Africa, was performed by a music supergroup and paved the way for a series of charity concerts and records. But decades later, some artists now believe it depicts Africa in a…
Russia vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution which called for a ceasefire in Sudan. It was proposed by the UK and Sierra Leone, calling on both sides to immediately halt hostilities and start talks aimed at agreeing a national ceasefire. Why did Russia veto it? Also, the online trend that has Nigerians furiously tapping their…
Harrison Poku drove to Pennsylvania in a last-minute dash to get African Americans and African migrants who have become citizens, to vote for Kamala Harris in the upcoming US election. It’s one of the key battleground states in the electoral race and a razor’s edge currently separates the Democrat and Republican presidential nominees. BBC Africa’s…
Amid rising nationalism, police violence and social tensions in France, some young French Africans are turning to the continent in search of, what they say, is a better life. BBC Africa Eye investigates. 🎥 Watch the documentary ‘The Homecoming’, here: https://youtu.be/ZbABHnXDiXE Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/ #Senegal #France #BBCDocumentary #ReverseMigration…
The leading opposition party in Mozambique files a lawsuit demanding a recount of this month’s election results because of alleged irregularities, and deposits three hundred kilos of documents at the country’s highest court. Also, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, visits Morocco; we take a look at relations between the two countries, and why young French Africans…
Russia’s embassy in Sudan has said it is investigating reports that a cargo plane with Russian crew was shot down in Darfur, a key battle ground in the civil war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Kenya’s all women SWAT squad heads to Haiti And will the junta in Gabon step aside once…
The Kenya government will send close to 1,000 peacekeeping police officers under a UN mission to Haiti, aimed at helping the country’s transitional authorities restore order. For weeks, gangs in Haiti had been carrying out deadly co-ordinated attacks, demanding the resignation of the then Prime Minister Ariel Henry. He agreed to step down in March.…