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19.03.2026 20:30 Aid groups and MPs have raised concerns over the move to prioritise defence spending over aid.

19.03.2026 15:20 President Idris Mahamat Déby orders the military to be on high alert and a "total closure" of the border.

19.03.2026 15:20 The deal came as part of the president's state visit to the UK - the first by a west African leader in 37 years.

19.03.2026 15:20 Caf executive committee member Augustin Senghor says the decision to strip Senegal of the 2025 Afcon title is "unacceptable, abject and we have to denounce it".

19.03.2026 10:50 Residents of some areas have been without mains water for weeks.

19.03.2026 10:50 The conflict has persisted despite a peace deal signed by DR Congo and Rwanda in December.

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

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

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

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.