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18.03.2026 20:20 Hunting for the horns and meat, Ugandan poachers once wiped out the southern white rhinos from the country.

18.03.2026 20:20 BBC Sport journalists and pundits look at what happened at the chaotic Afcon final, and what comes next.

18.03.2026 14:50 President Tinubu was also met by the Prince and Princess of Wales at a luxury spa hotel in Windsor.

18.03.2026 14:50 Our Ask Me Anything team look at why the 2025 Afcon final result has been overturned - and what it means.

18.03.2026 14:50 Moroccans feel justice has been done but the Senegalese are angry after being stripped of the title.

18.03.2026 14:50 The Senegalese government calls for an "independent international investigation" at the Confederation of African Football after it stripped Senegal of the Africa Cup of Nations title.

18.03.2026 10:00 Zhang Kequn was found with the large consignment of ants in his luggage at a Nairobi airport.

18.03.2026 01:00 Morocco declared the winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after the Confederation of African Football overturns the result of their final defeat to Senegal.

17.03.2026 19:50 Etienne Davignon, a 93-year-old ex-diplomat, is accused of involvement in the assassination of the independence hero.

17.03.2026 15:00 Multiple blasts struck some of the Maiduguri's busiest locations on Monday evening.

17.03.2026 15:00 These reports harm attempts to close the wide gender representation gap in Zambia, activists say.

17.03.2026 04:50 Some 50,000 people are told to flee their homes as the army warns of a huge military offensive in Jonglei state.

17.03.2026 00:01 Fifa fines the Nigeria Football Federation and DR Congo Football Association for separate disciplinary breaches by supporters.

16.03.2026 19:20 Some 1,000 Kenyans are believed to have recruited to fight in Ukraine - many say they were lured under false pretences.

16.03.2026 13:50 Marius van der Merwe was shot dead three weeks after accusing police officers of killing a robbery suspect.