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Hajj: How Mecca's Grand Mosque managed to fit 3 million per day - BBC Africa
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- Hajj: How Mecca's Grand Mosque managed to fit 3 million per day - BBC Africa
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Millions of Muslims from around the world are expected to make the journey to Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage this year, which takes place between 4 and 9 June this year. Muslims are required to make the journey at least once in their life if they are physically able and can afford to do so. Here is an explainer on how the Hajj takes place.
#Mecca #GrandMosque
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- 🇨🇲 Inside Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis - #BBCAfricaEye #Shorts
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- For nearly a decade, there has been a violent crisis unfolding in Cameroon. It’s a conflict between Cameroon’s security forces and armed separatists over the country’s two English-speaking regions; a conflict that has subjected the local population to property destruction, unlawful killings, rapes, abductions and much more.
Cameroonian journalist Blaise Eyong, who has been reporting on this story since the unrest began in 2016, takes us into the heart of one of the world’s most neglected crises, bringing us face to face with both its victims and its perpetrators.
🎥 Watch the documentary: 'The Land That Bleeds' on the BBC Africa YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/5POaGNE5NYQ
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- Trump visa halt: Harvard student in limbo after investing $200K - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:49
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Fatou Wurie and her community raised $200,000 to pay for her education at Harvard University in the United States and is months away from graduating, but now everything hangs in the balance for the Sierra Leonean student.
Students across Africa are facing new hurdles to studying in the U.S. It's after the Trump administration has directed U.S. embassies worldwide to halt the scheduling of student visa appointments, as it moves to expand social media vetting for international applicants. This directive comes amid a broader crackdown on some of America’s most prestigious universities. President Trump has criticised these institutions as being overly left-leaning, accusing them of inadequately addressing antisemitism—particularly in response to recent pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the pause on visa appointments will last “until further guidance is issued.” However, there is no clarity yet on what the vetting process ...
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- Chanda Na Kay will teach you the viral Kopala moves - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Kopala is a style originated from Zambia’s Copperbelt Province. It’s a mixture of Afrobeats, Amapiano and Bemba drum patterns and has some catchy dance moves to go along with it, which have gone viral on TikTok. Check out the moves by Chanda Na Kay and see if you can keep up with them!
#thisisafrica #kopala #TIA
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- "I need to go outside the country to play para-soccer" - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:35
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- In Kano, Northern Nigeria, a unique ball sport is rewriting the story of disability. Skatesoccer isn’t just a game - it’s a symbol of resilience, pride, and hope for players like Abdulwasiu Ibrahim and Idris Muktar. Once street beggars, they’re now stars on the pitch, dreaming of the African Games and Paralympics.
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- The dirty sport giving former orphans a bright future - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:06
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Videos of mud-covered wrestling fights from a Ugandan town have racked up over 500 million hits on social media. But Uganda's Soft Ground Wrestling has not only become a viral online sensation, it's also providing opportunities to its fighters, many of whom are orphans from poor families.
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- The Land That Bleeds: Inside Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 27:42
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- #BBCAfricaEye exposes the violent realities of Cameroon's Anglophone Crisis — a conflict that has gripped the country's two English-speaking regions for nearly a decade.
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For nearly a decade, there has been a violent crisis unfolding in Cameroon. It’s a conflict between Cameroon’s security forces and armed separatists over the country’s two English-speaking regions; a conflict that has subjected the local population to property destruction, unlawful killings, rapes, abductions and much more.
Cameroonian journalist Blaise Eyong, who has been reporting on this story since the unrest began in 2016, takes us into the heart of one of the world’s most neglected crises — bringing us face to face with both its victims and its perpetrators.
00:00 The Land That Bleeds: Inside Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis
01:17 Funeral of Johnson Mabia
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- 'We don't judge the US by the police that kills black people' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 5:25
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa's former ambassador to the US, was expelled from the US just months into the job, following comments he made about the Trump administration and the MAGA movement. In an exclusive interview with the BBC's Focus on Africa, Rasool spoke openly about the recent tense meeting between South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Donald Trump in Washington and on his views about the Trump administration.
🎤 Reporter: Waihiga Mwaura
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- Afrobeats suspertar Davido invests in e-bikes for Africa - BBC Africa
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Afrobeats superstar Davido is taking his influence beyond the stage into the fast-growing world of electric mobility. In an interview with BBC Africa, the Nigerian-American star opens up about his new partnership with e-bike company Spiro despite 600 million still living without electricity on the continent the emotional journey after losing his son in 2022 and how staying connected to home grounds both his music and his mission. From Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Davido spoke to the BBC's Kelvin Kimathi.
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- Burkina Faso: How AI is turning Traoré into a modern day 'hero’ - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Viral videos of Burkina Faso military leader portray him as a pan-African hero, while experts point out his junta has cracked down on dissent
The BBC Global Disinformation Unit examines the deepfakes and misinformation that are part of the propaganda campaign touting Mr Traoré as an example for African leaders and building on disillusionment with local governments.
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- The moment Trump ambushed Ramaphosa - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- During a meeting at the Oval office on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump confronted South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa over discredited claims of a "white genocide" taking place in South Africa.
Trump showed a video and some printed articles which, in his view, showcased the supposed crimes perpetrated against South Africa’s white minority. Ramaphosa rejected the claims of a white genocide, noting that most crime victims in South Africa are black.
#trumpramaphosa #trumpramaphosawhitehouse
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- Afrikaner refugee: 'I didn't come to the US for fun' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:56
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Charl Kleinhaus was one among 59 Afrikaners to arrive in the United States as refugees under Donald Trump’s controversial resettlement programme. The Afrikaners are a white South African minoirty of mainly Dutch descent, who have been in South Africa for centuries. He has told the BBC his farm property was destroyed and he fled to the US so that they could be safe.
President Trump says the Afrikaners are suffering race discrimination and are victims of what he calls a ‘white genocide’, claims which have been widely discredited.
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- Can Ramophosa out-negotiate Trump? - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is due to meet Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday in an attempt to reset relations between the two countries. Tensions have been growing since Trump claimed the South African government was doing ‘terrible things’, saying its land reform policy discriminates against white Afrikaners, a claim that has been widely discredited. Mr Trump has also been angered by South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Criminal Court. Trump likes to describe himself as a master negotiator, but will he meet his match in Cyril Ramaphosa?
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- Pope Leo XIV: 'The new Pope is my WhatsApp buddy' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- “[Pope Leo] was ‘Big Bob’ and I was ‘Little Bob.’”
In the Augustinian Parish of Baba Dogo in Nairobi, excitement over the new pope remains high. That’s in part due to the fact that Pope Leo XIV, made several trips to Kenya while he was Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost and was head of the Augustinian order.
Only a few months ago he visited the Sacred Heart Catholic Church — a visit his friend Father Bob Karanja Ireri said Pope Leo recalls warmly.
#popeleoxiv #PopeLeoXIVinAfrica
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- Chimpanzees filmed using forest 'first aid'- BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:07
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Chimpanzees in Uganda have been observed using medicinal plants - in multiple ways - to treat open wounds and other injuries. University of Oxford scientists, working with a local team in the Budongo Forest, filmed and recorded incidents of the animals using plants for first aid, both on themselves and occasionally on each other. Their research builds on the discovery last year that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate.
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- Tent pegging: Teenager on a mission to grow the sport - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- At 19 years old, Makhosazana "Khosi" Dlomo is breaking barriers in one of South Africa’s least diverse sports. The teenager is not only the country’s sole black participant in tent pegging - a traditional cavalry sport - but also the only registered black female competitor across sub-Saharan Africa.
Often seen as an elite pursuit dominated by white, middle-class riders, tent pegging remains on the fringes of South Africa’s sporting culture. But Dlomo is determined to change that - bringing fresh energy, visibility, and a fierce passion for the sport she has come to love.
BBC Sport Africa caught up with Khosi to learn more about her journey, and vision for the future of tent pegging in South Africa.
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- Why are white South Africans the only refugees Trump is taking in? - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:29
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- A group of 59 white South Africans has arrived in the United States as refugees under its settlement programme. President Trump says South Africa’s land reform act means the minority Afrikaner ethnic group is suffering race discrimination and ‘genocide’, which the South African government says is based on misinformation. It comes as the Trump administration has instituted a wider freeze on refugee settlement, rejecting arrivals from several warzones.
#AfrikansintheUS #Afrikanrefugees
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- The history of the Afrikaans language - Focus On Africa Podcast
- Runtime
- 23:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The United States said it was pulling the plug on millions of dollars’ worth of aid to Zambia's health sector after the country failed to tackle 'systematic' theft of much needed medicines. The US Ambassador to Zambia, Michael Gonzales' said that the "difficult" decision was made after repeated warnings to the Zambian government, to safeguard vital drugs meant for the country's most vulnerable patients. We'll hear analysis.
Also, why did the International Court of Justice dismiss Sudan's case of genocide against the United Arab Emirates?
And the history behind one of South Africa's official languages, Afrikaans, which celebrates 100 years this year!
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- Shea butter: Is your beauty cream under threat from climate change? - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Shea butter is known as ‘women’s gold’. It is a trade that provides an income for millions of women across Africa. The creamy produce from the shea nut tree is used in skincare and food – with the US and EU being the biggest importers. However, environmentalists say climate change is affecting the growth and yield of the trees because of prolonged droughts. Some locals in northern Uganda are turning to an alternative way of making a living from the trees - felling them for charcoal – but that in turn is harming the environment.
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- Why is the day that marked the end of WWII a tragic date for Algeria? - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- This week, the countries that joined forces to defeat Nazi Germany in World War II, celebrated 80 years of the unconditional surrender of the German forces, that put an end to the conflict on May 8. But the date that meant a victory for freedom in European nations, amongst them, France, is a bleak date for Algeria, the North African nation which was once a French colony.
BBC News Arabic's Ahmed Rouaba breaks it down.
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- What do African youth want from Pope Leo XIV? Focus on Africa Podcast
- Runtime
- 22:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The Roman Catholic Church has a new leader, Pope Leo XIV. What do youth from the world's youngest Catholic population want?
Why did billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates decide to close his foundation in 2045?
And how are parts of Zimbabwe's capital tackling an infestation of bed bugs
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- Conclave: New Pope Leo XIV revealed (Live) – BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:25:04
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- White smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel in Rome, and the name of the new pope has announced: US cardinal Robert Prevost. He lived many years abroad, having left the United States in his youth. He's lived in Peru, has Peruvian nationality, and his papal name will be Leo XIV.
#PopeLive #conclavelive #vaticanlive
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- Conclave: What do cardinals do during secretive pope election? - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:40
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Many eyes in the world have been turned to a chimney in Rome. Located at the top of the Sistine Chapel, the moment that white smoke comes out of it is when we will know that the Catholic Church has a new pope. But that's just one of the secretive rites that are taking place as cardinals from all over the world gather to elect the new head of the Catholic Church. Our reporter in Rome, Anthony Irungu breaks it down: Where are the clerics staying? Where are they going to vote? And what is their rigid routine like?
#conclave #popefrancis
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- ‘Cardinals fear women's power’, says top African faith expert - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:44
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Sister Josée Ngalula, the only African woman appointed to the Vatican’s International Theological Commission, advises on the Church’s teachings. The Congolese theologian told Pope Francis personally why more women should lead the Church. She told the BBC that although many roles in the Catholic clergy are technically open to women, fear among cardinals and bishops is blocking their participation.
#sisterngalula #conclave
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- Conclave: Congolese Catholics in Rome root for ‘son of country’ Ambongo - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:25
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Congolese Catholics in Rome have spoken of their hopes that the next pope will be from their country. Cardinal Ambongo from DRC is one of the key candidates for the papacy and is one of 17 Africans taking part in the conclave to elect the successor to Pope Francis at the Vatican in Rome.
#conclave #conclave2025 #cardinalambongo
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- The 'digital teachers' helping children learn to read - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:16
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- In a country where 90% of 10-yr olds cannot read a simple sentence, a rural school in Malawi is turning to technology to improve the literacy level of its pupils. For 30 minutes per day, kids learn reading and maths on a tablet, in their own language and at their own pace. The tablets are also used to assess their level - with the help of an avatar virtual teacher.
#digitaleducation #malawi
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- Conclave ‘insider' opens up about pope election process - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:03
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- South African cardinal Wilfrid Napier has an inside knowledge of what it’s like to select a new pope. He has taken part in two conclave processes – the ancient and somewhat secretive system that selects a new pope, involving cardinals from all over the world, and that can take up to several days. He shared with BBC News Africa what it’s like to elect a new pope.
🎤 Interview by: Waihiga Mwaura
🎥 Filmed by: Anthony Irungu
🎞️ Edited by: Rajni Boddington
🎬 Produced by: Marco Oriunto
#conclave #pope #vatican
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- The country betting on tablets to help its ailing students - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:29
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- 🇲🇼 These primary school children in Malawi have a digital teacher.
Malawi has free primary schools - but almost 90% of 10 year olds are unable to read properly. So the government is distributing electronic tablets to schools up and down the country.
Myra Anubi finds out how the software is helping kids learn maths and reading at their own speed and in their own language.
Tests have shown that literacy and numeracy are improving and the children come to school more often.
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- 'They aimed to kill' - #BBCAfricaEye identifies security forces who shot Kenya anti-tax protesters
- Runtime
- 1:58
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- 🇰🇪 In 2024, a protest at Kenya’s legislature was ended by the gunfire of security forces.
To this day, those shooters’ faces have remained hidden.
But now, #BBCAfricaEye can expose the men who spilled blood on the grounds of Kenya’s parliament.
📽️ Watch the full documentary, "Blood Parliament" here: https://youtu.be/qz0f1yyf_eA
Nothing stays hidden forever.
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- 🇰🇪 Who shot at Kenya's anti-tax demonstrators during the 2024 Finance Bill protests? #BBCAfricaEye
- Runtime
- 1:34
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- 🇰🇪 Last June, blood was spilled on the grounds of Kenya’s parliament, bringing the #FinanceBill2024 protest to a harrowing end.
Who pulled the trigger has been a mystery.
But now, ten months later, #BBCAfricaEye can show you who they are.
📽️ Watch the full documentary, "Blood Parliament" here: https://youtu.be/qz0f1yyf_eA
Nothing stays hidden forever.
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- Blood Parliament: MP say Kenya has “moved on” - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Members of parliament in Kenya have accused the BBC of trying to portray the country in negative light with its Africa Eye investigation into who killed anti-tax bill protesters last year. The documentary was raised in parliament as a matter of national interest, with some MPs saying that they had sympathised and already moved on from the killings. However human rights organisations say the film is an accurate representation of what happened and have called for action to be taken against the security personnel identified in the documentary.
The Kenya Defence Forces and the police told the BBC that they had not received any enquiries for an investigation into the killings. The police oversight authority says it has investigations ongoing.
Kenya's government spokesman - Isaac Mwaura- said "every life is important", the police watchdog is conducting an investigation and criticised the BBC documentary for being "one-sided".
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- Blood Parliament - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 37:11
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- #BBCAfricaEye investigates the shootings of three demonstrators during the Kenya Finance Bill 2024 protest in Nairobi on June 25th.
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On June 25th 2024, blood was spilt at Kenya’s parliament.
That day, thousands of protestors headed there to stop the 2024 finance bill being passed into law. En-route they were met with tear gas, truncheons, and even gunfire. When they got there, and stormed the legislature, some of that gunfire turned lethal. At least three people were killed: students, shopkeepers, and Sunday school teachers. Since then, no one has been held to account for their deaths.
Now, using open-source intelligence (OSINT) and forensic techniques, #BBCAfricaEye can expose the men who spilled blood on the grounds of Kenya’s parliament.
00:00 June 25th: Protesting a finance bill, livestreaming a revolution
01:10 “The People’s ...
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- Inside the stunning basilica where mourners bid farewell to Pope Francis - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Following Pope Francis’ funeral service, St Peter's Basilica, in Rome, finally reopened to the public, and our reporter in the Italian capital, Tony Irungu, joined the crowd and takes us on a tour inside the sumptuous 16th basilica - the world's largest church - where the Pope’s body laid in state.
Hundreds of thousands of mourners from all over the world had lined up for hours throughout different days to catch a glimpse of Pope Francis’ body in a simple wooden coffin placed at the main altar of the basilica, that hosted the funeral service and masses.
Ahead of the funeral, the coffin of Pope Francis was sealed in St Peter’s Basilica on Friday and the square was blocked to the public until Saturday.
It is believed that over 200,000 people attended Pope Francis’ funeral in St Peter’s Square, where the basilica is located, on Saturday.
In a break with tradition, the pope was buried in a private ceremony in the Santa Mar...
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- Pope Francis a 'champion of mercy' for migrants - BBC Africa
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- 1:14
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- 2 years ago
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- Kenya’s Archbishop Anthony Muheria is one among several Catholics clerics from all over the world currently in Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral this Saturday.
In an interview with @BBC Africa, Muheria the archbishop of the Nyeri Catholic Archdiocese, in Kenya, said that Pope Francis was a ‘champion of mercy’ which he displayed towards migrants and even in the figh against climate change.
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- 'Africa not a pizza to be sliced': Nigerian priest leader recalls Pope Francis- BBC Africa
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- 1:08
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- 2 years ago
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Father Chinedu Achusim, Association of Nigerian priests, religious and seminarians in Rome (NIPRELS) , an association of clerics from the West African nation based in the Italian capital, spoke passionately to @BBCAfrica about Pope Francis’ stance on Africa.
“Those words of his ‘hands off Africa’ will continue to re-echo,” says father Achusim. He added that “the Pope was deeply prophetic with his words” when he said that “Africa is not [a continent] to be striped of”.
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- Pope Francis funeral at St Peter's Square Vatican (Live) – BBC Africa
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- 3:32:53
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- 2 years ago
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- You are watching the funeral of Pope Francis at the St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.
Dozens of world leaders and thousands of mourners are in St Peter's Square in the Vatican for the funeral of Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday aged 88.
The service will begin at 10:00 local time
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- Pope Francis: Inside the church where he will be buried - BBC Africa
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- 0:50
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- 2 years ago
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- Pope Francis will be laid to rest at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, one of the four major basilicas in Rome. In a break from tradition, he will be the first Pope in over a century to be buried outside of the Vatican. The basilica, which was built in 400 A.D., held deep personal significance for him, making it a poignant and meaningful final resting place.
We are offering a short video showing the basilica and highlighting its special connection to Pope Francis, as well as the significance of this historic decision.
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- 🇰🇪 Blood Parliament - coming soon from #BBCAfricaEye
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- 0:35
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- 2 years ago
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- 🇰🇪 Last June, blood was spilt at Kenya's Parliament.
To this day, those who spilt it have remained hidden to the world.
But on Monday, #BBCAfricaEye will expose them.
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Nothing stays hidden forever.
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- 'What we want to build is bigger than basketball' - BBC Africa
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- 1:31
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- 2 years ago
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- The relationship between music and basketball is a long-standing tradition, with instances of basketball stars exploring music ventures and artists drawing inspiration from players. Very much two sides of the same coin, the fusion of music and basketball has a powerful impact.
It's no surprise that just like the NBA, Basketball Africa League @bal is leveraging on the power of music to grow the game of basketball on the continent. In just four seasons, The Basketball Africa League has added $250M to Africa’s GDP and created 37,000 jobs across the continent.
BBC Sport Africa’s Kelvin Kimathi looks at how the league is leveraging the power of Afrobeat’s to not only grow the game but also Africa’s creative economy.
Reporter: Kelvin Kimathi
Videographer: Jeff Sauke
Producer: Priyanka Sippy
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- How likely is a US-DRC minerals deal? - BBC Africa
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- 1:31
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- US Senior Advisor for Africa, Massad Boulos has been on a tour of several African countries, including the DRC and Rwanda, to address the ongoing conflict.
Speaking to Newsday, Mr Boulos said several companies had expressed an interest in exploiting minerals in the DRC, but “lasting peace in the region” was needed first.
The DRC is home to vast natural reserves like lithium which is essential for battery and electric vehicle production.
But the country has been battling Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, who have seized large areas of territory this year.
Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi believes US involvement in extracting the minerals could help quell the violence that has plagued the east of the country for nearly 30 years.
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- Pope Francis: Africans recall the ‘pope of everyone’ - BBC Africa
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- BBC News Africa took to the streets of different African capitals to hear the views of regular citizen and people from the Church in various countries to find their views on the legacy left by Pope Francis, who died on Monday April 21, at 88. To some he was the “pope of everyone” who did not make distinctions between rich and poor and who made the Catholic faith more inclusive, reaching out to the underprivileged and to migrants. He was also remembered as champion in the fight against climate change and as someone who didn’t bulge in the face of criticism.
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- Pope Francis: a look back at his global impact in Africa and beyond - BBC Africa
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- 2:24
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Pope Francis has died at the age of 88 after a bout of illness. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, he was elected in 2013, the first non-European pope to lead the Catholic Church in centuries. Under his papacy, the Vatican has adopted a realist approach to foreign affairs to mediate international conflicts. The BBC looks back at some of his key foreign trips and major global figures he had received at the Vatican.
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- What happens when the Pope dies? - BBC Africa
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- 4:01
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- When a Pope dies, a centuries old ritual begins. While roughly 1.4bn Catholics all over the world might mourn their leader, a secret struggle for power begins in the Vatican City. In the following two or three weeks, 252 cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel to debate and vote in strict secrecy for a new pope, and the future of the Catholic church.
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- Pope Francis: A look back at his impact in Africa and beyond - BBC Africa
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- 2:24
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Pope Francis has died at the age of 88 after a bout of illness. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, he was elected in 2013, the first non-European pope to lead the Catholic Church in centuries. Under his papacy, the Vatican has adopted a realist approach to foreign affairs to mediate international conflicts. The BBC looks back at some of his key foreign trips and major global figures he had received at the Vatican.
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- The thousands of rare ants at the centre of a smuggling row - BBC Africa
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Four men have pleaded guilty in Kenya to trying to smuggle scores of highly sought-after ants out of the country. The Kenya Wildlife Service has described this as a "landmark case". The contraband included giant African harvester ants, which are valued by some UK dealers at up to £170 (more than US$ 225) each.
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- 'I’m still relevant to Uganda’s youth' Bobi Wine (Interview) - BBC Africa
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- 9:24
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The Ugandan musician turned opposition leader Bobi Wine says he is still relevant to Uganda’s youth, as he vows to stand again against Yoweri Museveni in next year’s presidential elections. Mr Museveni has been in power since 1986 - one of the world’s longest standing national leaders. Mr Wine positions himself as the voice of the younger generation eager for change, and despite being jailed, attacked and shot at, he says he feels there’s no choice but to challenge what he alleges is a system riddled with corruption. BBC Africa’s Victoria Uwonkunda spoke to him for the Africa Daily podcast
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- Bobi Wine: ' I’m still relevant to Uganda’s youth' - BBC Africa
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- 1:37
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The Ugandan musician turned opposition leader Bobi Wine says he is still relevant to Uganda’s youth, as he vows to stand again against Yoweri Museveni in the 2026 presidential elections. Mr Museveni has been in power since 1986 - one of the world’s longest standing national leaders. Mr Wine positions himself as the voice of the younger generation eager for change, and despite being jailed, attacked and shot at, he says he feels there’s no choice but to challenge what he alleges is a system riddled with corruption. BBC Africa’s Victoria Uwonkunda spoke to him for the Africa Daily podcast.
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- ‘They will die in the middle of nowhere’
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- 1:31
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Tens of thousands of Sudanese have fled after attacks by the RSF on the Zamzam and Abu Shouk refugee camps in North Darfur. MSF says they will die if no immediate aid is deployed.
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- Sudan conflict: El-Fasher locals report on their daily struggles living under siege - BBC Africa
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- As the brutal conflict in Sudan marks its second year, the city of El-Fasher remains the last city in the region of Darfur still controlled by the Army. It has also been in practice cut off from the world, making it nearly impossible for journalists to work there. The BBC provided phones to locals who filmed their lives and shared their stories.
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- Inside Darfur: The Siege of El Fasher - BBC Africa Eye | BBC Eye Investigations
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- 9:29
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- With unprecedented access inside Darfur, BBC Eye investigates allegations of genocide carried out by a paramilitary group in Sudan’s civil war.
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Two years after the start of the civil war in Sudan, #BBCAfricaEye and #BBCEye Investigations have gained unique access to El Fasher, the capital of north Darfur.
Described by the UN as "Hell on Earth, where people could lose their lives on any day", a million people are living under bombardment in El Fasher - the last city to hold out against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who have besieged it for a year.
The siege imposed by the RSF has prevented any journalists from entering the city for the last 12 months, but BBC Eye Investigations managed to get cameras to three of its citizens. They describe their daily battle to survive under siege and being targeted because of their African ethnicity, in terms...
