Gabon coup latest
We go to Gabon to get the latest on the situation in the country, after the military forced President Ali Bongo from power. The transitional authorities have held talks with dissidents jailed under Al...
8 Sep 202330min
Nigeria: Are election petitions relevant?
Nigeria's Appeal Court has rejected challenges to Bola Tinubu's narrow victory in February's presidential election. As election petitions become more common in Africa we ask how fair are election chal...
7 Sep 202325min
Taiwan's president visits last African ally Eswatini
Taiwan's president is visiting Eswatini. It's to mark 55 years of cooperation with her country's last African ally. Has Taipei's influence on the continent waned ? We examine the recent spate of coups...
6 Sep 202327min
DR Congo: What's behind the instability?
The government in the Democratic Republic of Congo has said that at least 43 people were killed when soldiers broke up a demonstration against UN peacekeepers in the eastern city of Goma on Wednesday....
5 Sep 202329min
First ever African Climate Summit begins
As the first ever Africa Climate Summit begins in Nairobi, we hear from a community suing the Kenyan government over climate damage.We look at the serious danger to human life posed by air pollution i...
4 Sep 202327min
South Africa fire: What are Johannesburg's hijacked buildings?
Many buildings in the centre of the South African city of Johannesburg, where a horrific fire has killed more than 70 people, are deemed unfit to live in. Yet these old blocks, abandoned by their own...
1 Sep 202325min
Climate change: 15 truck drivers die on Egypt-Sudan border
At least 15 truck drivers stuck on the Egypt-Sudan border have recently died from heat stroke. Hundreds have been stuck at the border due to bureaucratic red tape causing congestion What are the medi...
31 Aug 202326min
What led to the Gabon coup?
Senior army officers in Gabon announced a coup shortly after President Ali Bongo's re-election was announced. One of the BBC's team spends 24 hours with Tunisia's coast guard as it finds people desper...
30 Aug 202327min
