Entries by BBC News

Several hundred feared dead in Tanzania crackdown on election protests /in /by

A diplomatic source tells the BBC there is credible evidence that at least 500 people have been killed.

Apartheid police assault killed Nobel laureate Luthuli, South Africa court rules /in /by

The court sets aside the 1967 inquest that found that the anti-apartheid hero was hit by a goods train.

‘We saw people murdered in front of us’ – Sudan siege survivors speak to the BBC /in /by

Harrowing accounts from people who have escaped an RSF assault on the besieged city of el-Fasher.

‘We saw people murdered in front of us’ – Sudan siege survivors speak to the BBC /in /by

Harrowing accounts from people who have escaped an RSF assault on the besieged city of el-Fasher.

Trump caps refugee admissions at record low – with most to be white South Africans /in /by

The president sets the limit at 7,500 for the coming year, a dramatic cut from 125,000.

Tanzania tells civil servants to work from home after protests mar election /in /by

Tensions remain with protests expected to continue, after demonstrations were reported in some towns overnight.

Protests spread across Tanzania after elections marred by unrest /in /by

Opposition supporters are angry that the president's main challengers are in jail or have been disqualified.

Reports of mass killings in Sudan have echoes of its dark past /in /by

Some are warning of a genocide unfolding in Darfur - violence that is linked to killings there 20 years ago.

Reports of mass killings in Sudan have echoes of its dark past /in /by

Some are warning of a genocide unfolding in Darfur - violence that is linked to killings there 20 years ago.

Sudan RSF chief promises investigation as anger mounts over el-Fasher killings /in /by

The announcement comes after growing reports of mass killings, including of patients at a hospital.