Entries by BBC News

Hundreds of Nigerian homes seized in huge anti-graft case

The anti-graft agency says they belonged to an ex-top government official but has not revealed who.

Cambridge finds 350,000 African artefacts in storage

The vast majority are in stores and they range from Maasai armlets and dodo skeletons to fossils.

‘Dead bodies everywhere’ – villagers mourn children killed in drone strike

Villagers remain scarred a year after the military mistook them for jihadists, killing 85 people.

A father’s grief after daughter killed in accidental drone strike

Villagers remain scarred a year after the military mistook them for jihadists, killing 85 people.

A father’s grief after daughter killed in accidental Nigeria drone strike

Villagers remain scarred a year after the military mistook them for jihadists, killing 85 people.

Biden’s Angola visit aims to showcase his attempts to rival China

Joe Biden will highlight a massive new railway project to help transport critical minerals to the US.

Biden’s Angola visit aims to showcase his attempts to rival China

Joe Biden will highlight a massive new railway project to help transport critical minerals to the US.

Malaria vaccine rolled out in world’s worst-affected country

It could save the lives of thousands of children in Nigeria, where 180,000 died from malaria in 2022.

Dozens killed in crush at Guinea football match

Prime Minister Oury Bah pays tribute to the victims and announces an inquiry into the "tragic" disaster.

Biden’s Angola visit aims to showcase his attempts to rival China

Joe Biden will highlight a massive new railway project to help transport critical minerals to the US.