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06.11.2025 12:50 Joshua Mollel, a 21-year-old agriculture student, was killed at Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 attack on Israel.

06.11.2025 12:50 The attack comes amid a resurgence of piracy in the region in recent days.

06.11.2025 12:50 The Chadema politician was seized before the presidential elections, which AU observers say was "compromised".

06.11.2025 07:31 Donald Trump says thousands of Christians are being killed in Nigeria - where has he got the numbers from?

05.11.2025 22:21 Morocco suffer a blow before the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations as their captain Achraf Hakimi injures an ankle injury playing for PSG.

05.11.2025 17:12 A professor describes Mamdani as "one of us" while some young Ugandans take inspiration from the 34-year-old's victory.

05.11.2025 12:22 A BBC investigation finds evidence that young African women are being tricked into building Russian drones.

05.11.2025 12:22 Operation Dudula has been picketing clinics and hospital, turning away those without South African papers.

05.11.2025 12:22 Morocco controls much of Western Sahara, although part of it is controlled by a pro-independence movement.

05.11.2025 12:22 Cameroon, Egypt, Ivory Coast and Mali become the final four qualifiers for the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations based on their world rankings.

04.11.2025 16:51 Families continue to search for or bury relatives, a day after President Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in.

04.11.2025 16:51 The paramilitary RSF has been blamed for the attack as fighting in the oil-rich Kordofan area intensifies.

04.11.2025 16:51 The boy, 14 and from London, took his parents to court after they sent him to school in Africa.

04.11.2025 16:51 All-rounder Sean Williams will no longer be considered for selection after admitting to a drug addiction, Zimbabwe Cricket announces.

04.11.2025 07:03 Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo will either lead a breakaway state or seek to take control of the whole country, Sudanese say.