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…
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.…
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The much-anticipated boxing match between MMA superstar Francis Ngannou and former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, already attracting a surge in online search traffic. Ahead of the clash, we visited Ngannou’s hometown of Batié in Cameroon to find out more about this “champion of champions”, discovering that he used to be a sand miner and…
“The president cannot extend his term of office, not even by one day”. These were the words of Senegal’s president, Macky Sall before his election in 2012, but has he gone back on his word? Senegal is in political turmoil since its leader postponed the February 2024 elections, with critics saying the move is just another way…
Kenya is deploying a force of 1,000 police officers to Haiti to fight criminal gangs that have taken control of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. However, Kenya is not the first foreign intervention in Haiti; Brazil led a mission from 2004 to 2016, with a mixed outcome. But can Kenya succeed where others have failed? And what…
African students in Sudan share the realities of finding themselves in a war zone, after moving to the country for a new chapter and education. “Just imagine waking up the morning with bomb blasts.” “Very, very, very scary,” says Fauziya Idris Safiyo. #sudan #sudanwar #bbcafrica 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/
The five Brics countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are holding their 15th annual summit in Johannesburg. However one of the nations leaders, Vladimir Putin, will not be there. The G7 nations have been very critical of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the Brics nations, including South Africa, less so. The BBC’s Kim Chakanetsa…