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Benin stars test their chemistry- BBC Africa
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- Benin stars test their chemistry- BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Benin stars Junior Olaitan and Tosin Aiyegun take on a fun challenge with Isaiah Akinremi from BBC Sport Africa.
No peeking allowed - just quick reactions, big laughs, and a glimpse of the duo’s off-pitch chemistry.
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- 'After eight miscarriages I chose surrogacy' | The Conversation | BBC Focus on Africa
- Runtime
- 21:59
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Well-known influencer and entrepreneur, Nancy Umeh, has spent the past year sharing her experience of welcoming her third child through surrogacy.
While the practice remains legally unrecognised in many African countries - and is often surrounded by stigma - Nancy has spoken openly about her journey on social media.
In this episode of Focus on Africa: The Conversation, host Charles Gitonga spoke with Nancy Umeh about why she chose surrogacy and how the journey has been for her. We also heard from family lawyer, Eliud Ngugi, on what laws are needed in Africa to protect both the surrogate and the commissioning parents.
00:00-00:43 Coming up
00:44-02:39 Introduction
02:40-03:21 Nancy’s family
03:21- 04:10 Why Nancy decided on surrogacy
04:19-04:49 How do you find a surrogate?
05:00-05:28 The relationship between Nancy and her surrogate
05:30-06:48 What did Nancy look for in a surrogate?
06:53-0...
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- Sudan: 'We're trying to free our country the football way' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:36
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Sudan’s footballers achieved something remarkable even before the start of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), currently taking place in Morocco.
Simply qualifying for the tournament was a victory in itself, given the ongoing civil war at home. For many Sudanese, football has become more than a game - each match is a chance to lift spirits, to unite, and to remind the world that Sudan is still fighting, this time on the pitch.
Produced by @cjkaroney
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- Lojay reacts to AI's attempt at writing his lyrics - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:36
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Nigerian Afrobeats star Lojay joins DJ Edu during his UK visit for an intimate conversation on his journey and music creativity.
His monster hit “Mona Lisa”, produced by Sarz and remixed featuring US superstar Chris Brown back in 2021 went on to amass hundreds of millions of streams worldwide, catapulting him onto the global stage.
In this episode of This is Africa, Lojay shares his thoughts on AI in music and whether technology could ever replace real artists.
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- Born in Bethlehem amidst a war - BBC Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 1:35
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- #BBCEye Investigations follows staff and expectant mothers through a year at the Holy Family Hospital, Bethlehem, which serves all women regardless of religion or ethnicity.
📽 Watch the documentary Born in Bethlehem, here: https://youtu.be/bJ2WvtlJmLU
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- Five of the greatest players never to win Afcon - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool future may be uncertain, but his success at Anfield is not. With Afcon still missing from his trophy cabinet, he joins a list of African greats who never won the continent’s biggest prize.
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- 'I'm not retiring, I am evolving': Eliud Kipchoge starts world marathon tour - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 4:31
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Legendary marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge says global athletics bodies and other sports federations are failing to do enough to protect athletes and nurture talent.
The Kenyan star - who has won almost everything there is to win, including two Olympic gold medals, a world title, and 11 major marathons in a career spanning more than two decades - believes the current system creates a dangerous divide, where a small elite earns disproportionately while the majority struggle to survive, often without education, guidance, or long-term support.
In an interview with BBC Newsday’s Anne Soy at his home in Eldoret, he talks 'retirement', his new world tour, athlete welfare, and reflects on the highs and lows of life in elite athletics.
🎤 Presenter: Anne Soy
🎬 Produced by Kelvin Kimathi
🎞️ Edited by Gloria Achieng
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- Will it be amala or pounded yam for Nigeria's Osimhen? - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 0:35
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Nigeria is looking to seal early qualification for the round of 16 when they face Tunisia in their next Group C fixture in Fes on Saturday.
BBC Sport Africa’s Isaiah Akinremi caught up with Super Eagles' Victor Osimhen for a rapid-fire round!
From his favourite dish to his favourite city, how many questions can the striker smash?
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- Mulatu Astatke: The Father of Ethio-jazz - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 4:07
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Mulatu Astatke is known as the father of Ethio-jazz, and for changing the face of Ethiopian music during the so-called “Swinging Addis” years of the 1960s and 70s. Now, at the age of 81, he played in London as part of a farewell show celebrating his remarkable career.
Produced and edited by Marta Pausilli
Filmed by Marta Pausilli, Jenna Abaakouk and Maher Nakhla
Senior Producer: Bruno Ferreira Garcez
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- Why is Ghana's former finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta facing extradition from the US? - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:36
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Ghana has requested the extradition of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta from the US over corruption charges.
The 66-year-old was declared a fugitive this year after failing to attend interviews in relation to his case — he stands accused of causing financial losses while he was in government. Interpol issued a red notice, alerting law enforcement agencies to locate and detain Ofori-Atta, soon after.
He has denied any wrongdoing.
Reporter: Daniel Dadzie
Edited and Produced by Brian Khisa
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- Who is Aaron Wan-Bissaka's football hero? - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 0:53
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- DR Congo began their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a narrow win over Benin in Group D in Rabat.
Ahead of the Leopards’ first game, Aaron Wan-Bissaka was put on the spot by BBC Sport Africa’s Isaiah Akinremi.
Guess his African football hero?
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- Osimhen on Super Eagles struggling in his absence - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 0:33
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen believes the squad fielded at the 2025 Africa Cup of nations is talented and will win back their fans.
The team has been facing backlash from fans after failing to qualify for 2026 World Cup.
Nigeria is preparing for their first match against Tanzania on Tuesday which will kick off at 1730 GMT at the Fes Stadium.
They are drawn in Group C also alongside Tunisia and Uganda.
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- 'I blame my taba addiction for the loss of my baby' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:51
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Women in The Gambia are getting addicted to a local tobacco powder called taba, with unintended consequences.
While taba is commonly snorted, smoked or chewed across parts of West Africa, some women use it in secret by inserting a paste made from the powder into their vaginas, believing it can help with weight loss, fertility or infections.
Despite being designated a harmful substance by the Gambian government in 2020, taba remains widely available through a discreet network of sellers, often operating in local markets.
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- Ras Mubarak: 'Why I am driving 600 hours across Africa' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:33
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Travelling within Africa on an African passport remains a challenge, according to the African Development Bank Group.
Their research shows that Africans can travel without a visa for only 28% of intra-African trips, while 51% of Africans need a visa before crossing borders within the continent.
In this episode of Focus on Africa: The Conversation, @charliegitonga spoke with Ras Mubarak, a former Ghanaian MP, who is currently on a road trip across Africa to highlight the difficulties of the African visa systems.
We also heard from travel content creator, Alma Asinobi, on her challenges travelling across the continent.
🎤 Presenter: Charles Gitonga
🎬 Producers: Carolyne Kiambo and Ly Truong
🎬 Senior Producer: Priya Sippy
Editors: Maryam Abdalla and Sam Murunga
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- All you need to know about Afcon 2025 - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:58
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- The countdown is on for the kick off of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat, Morocco.
Afcon is a competition deeply rooted in African cultural identity as it is in football.
With this year's competition shining on the world stage during the festive season, the BBC’s Isaiah Akinremi lays down some quick facts you should know about it.
Reporter: Isaiah Akinremi
Video Producer: Njoroge Muigai
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- My journey to open Africa’s borders | The Conversation | BBC Focus on Africa - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 23:22
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Travelling within Africa on an African passport remains a challenge, according to the African Development Bank Group.
Their research shows that Africans can travel without a visa for only 28% of intra-African trips, while 51% of Africans need a visa before crossing borders within the continent.
In this episode of Focus on Africa: The Conversation, host Charles Gitonga spoke with Ras Mubarak, a former Ghanaian MP, who is currently on a road trip across Africa to highlight the difficulties of the African visa systems.
We also heard from travel content creator, Alma Asinobi, on her challenges travelling across the continent.
00:00 Coming up
00:23 Introduction
01:08 Ras’s journey to get to Kenya
02.45 The inspiration behind the road trip
04:11 How close is the continent to being visa-free?
05:47 Ras's experiences of getting visas
08:00 What has been the hardest country to enter?
09:17 Wh...
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- Mulatu Astatke: ‘Africa is not being recognised’ - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:23
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Mulatu Astatke is known as the father of Ethio-jazz – and for changing the face of Ethiopian music during the so-called ‘Swinging Addis’ years of the 1960s and 70s. Now, at the age of 81, he’s decided to retire from performing, playing his farewell show in London.
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- Why is Madagascar’s first motorway so controversial? - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:25
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Madagascar recently unveiled the opening part of its first ever highway.
Authorities hope it can turbocharge the country’s economic development by speeding up trade.
But environmental campaigners are concerned about how the motorway will affect the island’s unique and fragile ecosystem.
The BBC’s Andre Lombard travelled to Madagascar to find out more.
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- The cracks in Trump’s DRC-Rwanda peace deal - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:19
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Just days after US President Donlad Trump brokered a peace deal to end three decades of conflict between DR Congo and Rwanda, fighting erupted again in eastern DRC as M23 rebels seized the key city of Uvira in South Kivu - though the group has now announced its withdrawal.
M23, widely believed to be backed by Rwanda - an allegation Kigali denies - was not part of the peace process.
As cracks in Trump’s deal begin to show, the BBC’s Emery Makumeno asks whether the fissures were there from the start - and what it would take for the peace to truly hold.
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- Diamond mining companies in South Africa accused of neglect by the Nama community - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 14:00
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Almost 18 million dollars due to a community on South Africa’s so-called Diamond Coast cannot be accounted for, according to a report by MPs.
The money was part of a restitution deal in 2007 agreed between the government and the local Nama community in the west of the country.
The Nama accuse big mining companies - like the state-owned Alexkor - of leaving behind significant economic and environmental damage. This is despite a law requiring mining companies to rehabilitate the areas where they’ve operated.
Alexkor says it disagrees that it has not complied with its socio-economic responsibilities but admits that the Nama have not received the full economic benefit from mining operations.
Karnie Sharp reports from South Africa’s west coast.
🎤 Reporter: Karnie Sharp
🎬 Producers: Christine Otieno & Kathy Harcombe
🎞️ Edited by Kathy Harcombe
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- Are weight-loss drugs a magic bullet? | The Conversation | BBC Focus on Africa podcast - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 23:12
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- 🎬Weight-loss drugs are everywhere at the minute... from Hollywood red carpets to your TikTok feeds.
These are drugs that were initially designed to treat diabetes, but along the way experts realised they could also help you shed some kilos.
Since then, they have exploded in popularity, with millions of people using them in countries like the UK and the US.
The World Health Organisation recently issued guidance on their use for the treatment of long-term obesity.
Despite this, experts have also warned against using them without medical supervision for quick, cosmetic results.
While South Africa is the only country on the African continent to approve their use for weight-loss, they are becoming more accessible in other countries.
So, what is it really like to be on them? And what is the medical research saying so far?
Focus on Africa’s host, Nkechi Ogbonna, sat down with Ciru Muriuki, a...
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- Nigeria abduction: ‘I thought I’ll never see my son again’ - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Elizabeth Samuel’s son is among 100 students who have been released after the abduction of 253 students from St Mary’s Catholic School in Niger State, north-central Nigeria.
She spoke to the BBC about the anguish she endured in the aftermath of the kidnapping, and the relief at being reunited with her child.
The released schoolchildren were received by state authorities on Monday. A total of 153 students and 12 officials of the school are still in captivity.
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- Sierra Leone mining: Two young lives that ended in the search for gold - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:27
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Illegal gold mining can be a lifeline for many in Sierra Leone, where an estimated 60% of people live in poverty, according to the UN.
But the conditions are dangerous and can be sometimes fatal. In eastern Sierra Leone, 16-year-old Yahya and his friend Mohammed died while mining in an abandoned gold pit in the village of Nyembadu.
As the BBC’s 2025 Komla Dumor Award winner, Godwin Asediba finds out, despite the deaths, young people continue to abandon their education at an early age to follow their parents in search of gold.
🎤 Reporter: Godwin Asediba
🎬 Producers: Andre Lombard and Umaru Fofana
🎥 Camera: David Wilkins
🎞️ Editor: Gloria Achieng
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- Tanzania ban on planned protest leaves streets deserted - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:42
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Tanzania’s police say the country remains calm, with security agencies reinforcing safety measures.
In a statement, police spokesperson David Misime assured the public of their safety and the protection of their property, saying the situation remained calm nationwide.
He also urged citizens to dismiss old photos and video clips circulating on social media that falsely suggest protests are taking place.
A planned peaceful protest was banned today for not meeting legal requirements.
The BBC has not seen any protesters in Dar es Salaam and is verifying reports from elsewhere.
Reporter Sammy Awami
Filmed by Eagan Salla
Produced and edited by Jelilat Olawale
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- White Asylum: America's South African Refugees - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 52:00
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- In February 2025, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order offering prioritised refugee status to Afrikaner farmers hoping to escape what he described as a “genocide” in South Africa.
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With America’s 2026 refugee intake capped at just 7,500 people, President Trump’s move to prioritise resettlement of white South African farmers reignited global controversy when he referenced widely disputed claims of forced appropriation of land and a “genocide” against white farmers - claims amplified online by South Africa’s richest man, Elon Musk.
#BBCAfricaEye reporter Claire Mawisa travels to South Africa’s Free State to uncover the truth behind these claims. She meets farmers fearing for their lives after brutal attacks, and others who insist the “white genocide” narrative distorts a far more complex story of crime, inequality, and fear that sp...
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- How deepfake porn destroys the lives of young women - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:24
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Her photos were stolen. Her image was manipulated. Her life was changed.
This is the story of 23-year-old Debra Nashipae - and the growing threat of deepfake pornography.
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🎬 Produced by Carolyne Kiambo and Priya Sippy.
🎞️ Edited by Brian Khisa
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- "All Frozen”: Egypt says dam negotiations with Ethiopia are over - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:54
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- The Grand Renaissance Dam sits on the Blue Nile and has long been a flashpoint between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan.
Now Egypt’s Foreign Minister tells the BBC they’re stepping away from negotiations altogether.
🎤 Reporter Waihiga Mwaura
🎞️ Edited by Chiamaka Dike
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- “My deepfake nightmare” I The Conversation I BBC Focus on Africa Podcast
- Runtime
- 21:55
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- What does it feel like when your photos are taken, manipulated, and shared online without your consent?
That’s the reality for 23-year-old Debra Nashipae, a Kenyan student and aspiring musician whose images were turned into deepfake pornography - a form of digital abuse that experts say is rapidly increasing.
According to UN Women, 90–95% of all deepfakes online are non-consensual pornographic images, and around 90% of those depict women. UN Women also highlights that half of the world’s women and girls lack legal protection against this kind of digital harm.
In this episode of Focus on Africa: The Conversation, host Nkechi Ogbonna spoke to Debra about her experience, along with her lawyer, Mercy Mutemi, who is advocating for justice and stronger digital protection.
0:00 Coming up
0:47 Introduction
2:34 Debra’s first deepfake experience
4:27 Her recent deepfake videos
6:11 People's reactions ...
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- What do AI chatbots really think about Africa? - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:46
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Do AI chatbots have a bias against Africa?
A recent study from the German Agency for International Cooperation found that just 2% of data used to train global AI models comes from Africa.
This means that chatbots do not fully reflect African voices or experiences, and tend to be biased towards stereotypical narratives about the continent.
With over 2000 languages and a growing but uneven digital footprint, how does Africa built AI that truly reflects the continent’s diversity?
🎤 Reporter Daniel Dadzie
🎞️ Edited by Basma El Atti
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- South Sudan: How a rivalry sparked a political crisis - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 8:59
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- More than a decade after independence, South Sudan is still struggling to secure lasting peace. President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar have signed deals, broken them, and returned to the negotiating table time and again. Now, with tensions rising once again, the choices the two leaders make could determine whether the country moves toward stability or slides back into crisis - an outcome that would affect not only their citizens but the wider region.
Presenter: Yemisi Adegoke
Senior Producer: Christine Otieno
Producer and Editor: Marta Pausilli
Executive Producer: Marko Zoric
#southsudan #africanews #explainervideo
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- What's behind Trump's 'garbage' remarks on Somalis- BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:16
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- US President Donald Trump sparked a wave of reactions to his remarks describing members of the Somali-American communities as "garbage" and adding that they should go back to their country and fix it. Some of the criticism was aimed at Ilhan Omar, the congresswoman who became first Somali-American representative in US Congress. Trump's jabs also come in the wake of a likely ICE operation to be held in Minnesota, the US state that holds the biggest Somali community in the country and one of the largest Somali diasporas in the world.
🎤 Abdinasir Ali
🎥 🎬 Njoroge Muigai
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- Egypt's foreign minister denies role in Sudan conflict - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- Sudan’s war has killed thousands and displaced millions, and questions keep arising about who’s fuelling the fighting.
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty tells the BBC that neither Egypt nor the UAE is backing the warring sides, saying mediators remain focused on a peace deal.
Reporter: Waihiga Mwaura
Edited by Chiamaka Dike
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- Amputees in Sierra Leone learn to farm: 'You'll not see me beg' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:24
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- An estimated 30,000 people lost their limbs during Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war in the 1990s.
Many have struggled to overcome the mental as well as physical burdens of the conflict and been unable to find work.
But now some amputees are being trained in agricultural skills, which they can use to start their own farms and teach others in their communities.
#SierraLeone #BBCAfrica
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- My week investigating the school kidnapping in Niger State - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:21
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- There are still a number of schoolchildren missing from a Catholic boarding school in Nigeria’s Niger State, after an attacked by armed men last week.
The Christian Association of Nigeria initially said over 300 were kidnapped, although that number is disputed as many are claimed to have run into a nearby forest during the attack.
The BBC’s Madina Maisharu has been trying to find out what happened to the children and what authorities are doing to rescue them all.
Reporter Madina Maishanu
Filmed by Gift Ufuoma
Edited by Kathy Harcombe
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- Title
- South Africa: 'We’ll be at G20 in the US, but with Trump you never know’ - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:35
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- South Africa will still attend next year’s G20 summit in Miami despite President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of this year's meeting and his remarks that South Africa should be removed from the bloc.
Speaking in Johannesburg during the summit, Deputy President Paul Mashatile told the BBC's Waihiga Mwaura that despite tensions, South Africa wants to protect its deep trade ties with the United States and hopes they will not be denied visas.
Reporter 🎤 Waihiga Mwaura
Edited by 🎞️ Basma El Atti
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- Title
- 11 children rescued after Catholic boarding school abduction in Nigeria - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:23
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- The governor of Niger State, where over 300 students from a Catholic boarding school were kidnapped last Friday, has told the BBC that 11 students have now been rescued.
Governor Umar Bago also said that claims of a Christian genocide in Nigeria are ‘an attempt to blackmail’ the country.
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- Title
- Russian mercenaries accused of cold-blooded killings in Mali - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:56
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- Eyewitnesses have shared shocking testimonies of alleged war crimes committed by Russia's Wagner group in Mali.
Refugees told the BBC that civilians were brutally tortured and executed in military bases in central Mali.
Wagner ended its mission in Mali in June this year. But about 80% of the newly formed Africa Corps, now under the control of Russia’s ministry of defence, are former Wagner soldiers.
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- Title
- Nigeria police: 'By God's grace we'll get those children back’ - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:44
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- The Niger state police chief, Adamu Abdullahi Elleman has insisted he has deployed enough officers to Papiri, the community where kidnappers abducted over 300 pupils from a Catholic boarding school last Friday.
He was responding to claims from a BBC team who witnessed only one checkpoint, with unarmed security personnel, when they visited the area.
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- Title
- Hunting down those who kill people to sell their body parts for 'magic charms' - BBC Africa Eye
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- An undercover BBC Eye investigation in Sierra Leone has exposed people who claim to supply human body parts. Sold for thousands of dollars, the parts are used in witchcraft ceremonies in the belief that it guarantees power, success or wealth. The scale of the problem is unknown, but alleged ritual killings are regularly reported on national news and social media across Africa.
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- Title
- 'It would have been better if they'd killed me' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 5:34
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- Warning: This report contains descriptions of rape and sexual violence.
Thousands of women are believed to have been sexually assaulted and raped in Ethiopia’s Amhara conflict.
Since violence between the Ethiopian army and Fano started in August 2023, sexual violence has largely gone undocumented.
But the BBC has collated data showing there have been thousands of reports of rape between July 2023 and May 2025, with victims as young as eight and as old as 65.
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- Title
- Money Rituals: Africa’s Deadliest Taboo - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 44:53
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- #BBCAfricaEye goes undercover to investigate Sierra Leone’s secretive “money ritual” network - exposing criminals exploiting belief for profit, and the communities living in fear.
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Across parts of Africa, a long-held belief endures that using human body parts in magic ritual practices can grant power, wealth, or protection. This belief fuels a hidden criminal trade that leaves fear and grief in its wake.
The true scale of the practice remains difficult to quantify. Few African countries have laws that directly address ritual killings, and although hundreds of suspected cases were reported across local and social media in 2025, reliable statistics on its prevalence is scarce.
Having witnessed the aftermath of a killing in 2021, Africa Eye reporter Tyson Conteh investigates the problem of ritual murders in his own country of Sierra Leone. Going under...
- Title
- Inside the Nigerian school where 315 children were kidnapped. #news #nigerianews #nigeriannews
- Runtime
- 1:38
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- Title
- Nyege Nyege: Ten years of one of Africa's top festivals - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- Thousands of partygoers have gathered in Uganda for the annual Nyege Nyege festival, celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2025.
The 3-day music and cultural event has seen over 300 artists performing, including global icon Skrillex and Kampire, DJ Travella, as well as international collectives such as Moonshine and Maraboutage.
The BBC was this music extravaganza, with our man Roncliffe Odit reporting from Kalagala Falls, in Jinja, Uganda.
🎤 Reporter: Roncliffe Odit
🎥🎬🎞️ Filmed, edited and produced by Anna Okumu
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- Title
- G20: Is Africa under-represented in this 'exclusive club'? - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:45
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- Our @BBCAfrica team is at one of the most exclusive and influential club meetings in the world: the G20 summit. This year the meeting of the nations that amount for 85% of the world's economic output is being hosted for the very first time in an African nation, in Johannesburg, South Africa.
But although the continent is home to more than 1.4 billion people — that's almost a fifth of the world's population — among African nations, only South Africa sits as a full member. And since 2023, the African Union has a seat at the table.
So is the continent under-represented?
🎤 Reporter: Daniel Dadzie
🎥 Filmed by: Manqoba Nkosi
🎬 Produced and edited by: Daniel Dadzie, Mpho Lakaje and Brian Khisa
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- Title
- What's behind the spate of attacks and kidnappings in Nigeria? - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:27
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- Nigeria has faced a renewed wave of attacks by armed groups in recent days.
In the most recent incident, an unknown number of pupils were abducted by armed men from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, marking the second school kidnapping in less than a week. This is the same week in which a church was attacked.
So, what is happening? The BBC’s Chiagozie Nwonwu explains.
🎤 Reporter: Chiagozie Nwonwu
🎬 Produced by: Kathy Harcombe
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- Title
- The South African women arming themselves against femicide - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:48
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- With an almost 34% rise in the number of killings of women in just a year, women in South Africa are increasingly worried that they could be victims of gender-based violence.
The issue will be highlighted at the G20 meeting in Johannesburg on Friday 21 November with a series of silent protests – and rights groups are urging social media users to turn their profile pictures purple to increase pressure on the government to declare the issue a national disaster.
As a precaution, some women and survivors of GBV are taking to the firing range to learn how to use and carry guns to defend themselves in case of attack. They told the BBC that the government and society as a whole needs to do more to change attitudes when it comes to violence perpetrated against women.
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- Title
- Olamide on music, business, and his relationship with Asake - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- Nigerian rapper and founder of one of Nigeria’s biggest independent record labels, YBNL Nation, Olamide, otherwise known as Badoo, speaks with BBC Africa about music, business, and his relationship with former label artist and Afrobeats star Asake. Nearly a decade after his last show in London, Olamide returns this weekend, 23 November to promote his latest album.
Filmed by Jenna Abaakouk and Marta Pausilli
Produced and edited by Jelilat Olawale
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- Title
- Why are social media users 'going purple' ahead of the G20 summit? - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:49
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- Social media is being taken over by profile pictures with either the purple colour or with users placing purple filters on their pictures. But what’s this all about? Behind it lies a South African NGO called Women for Change who’s calling for a national shutdown on 21 November. It’s calling for gender-based violence to be declared a national disaster in the country.
#purpleforSA #femicide #GBV
🎤 Reporter: @bushra_nuur
🎥 🎬: Filmed and produced by @bella_she_go
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- Title
- What we know about Kebbi school girls attack - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:42
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- At least two of the 25 students abducted from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Nigeria’s north-western Kebbi State have managed to escape.
Authorities have condemned the attack and vowed decisive action to rescue the girls. The BBC’s Chimezie Ucheagbo explains what we know so far about the situation.
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- Title
- South Sudan blind football team makes history - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- "People do not respect visually impaired people, but with this football now we have that respect"
In a country long defined by conflict, a group of athletes is rewriting the rules of possibility. South Sudan’s national blind football team has just made history, winning the African Championship Division Two in their very first international tournament. From the dusty pitches of Juba to standing on an international podium, their journey is changing how the young nation sees disability.
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