The latest round of qualifiers for Afrobasket 2021, the continent’s basketball championship, concluded over the weekend with events in Rwanda and Egypt.BBC Sport Africa’a Janine Anthony looks at what we have learnt from the
shareSharenocloseShare pagelinkCopy linkAbout sharingimage copyrightGetty ImagesEgyptian authorities have said they are “temporarily closing” the investigation into the 2016 murder of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni, with the killer “still unknown”.It comes as
Doreen Moracha was eight years old when she found out that she was born HIV positive. She’s had to learn how to live with it and about the challenges it brings to everyday life.As of 2020, 1.5 million Kenyans are
shareSharenocloseShare pagelinkCopy linkAbout sharingimage copyrightRinu OdualaRinu Oduala is 22 years old and outspoken — Nigeria’s government feels so threatened by her that her bank account has been frozen.She was among tens
Former Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp has said he was “lucky to have managed” Papa Bouba Diop.The ex-Senegal midfielder, who died on Sunday aged 42, spent three seasons at Fratton Park and was
On the 9th August, in 1956, four women- Lilian Ngoyi, Sophia Williams DeBruyn, Rahima Moosa and Helen Joseph — led a 20,000 strong, multi-racial women’s march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, which was the seat of the ruling apartheid
South Africa has had the highest number of Covid-19 cases in Africa.The backbone of the country’s response has been community health workers with a mission to test and identify the infected.Predominately women, these front line workers navigate the stark inequalities
The country has rebuffed African efforts to find a negotiated settlement to the Tigray conflict.
BBC correspondents across the east Africa region explain the impact for Ethiopia and its neighbours.
Families fleeing the conflict in Tigray tell the BBC they have been cut off from relatives.