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Power cut to Ghana’s parliament over $1.8m debt

The outage interrupted a debate on the president's State of the Nation speech be...

The lights go out in Ghana’s parliament

Ghana’s state-run electricity company cut power supplies over a debt of 23m Ghan...

Nigeria orders cryptocurrency firm to pay $10bn

The government blames Binance for the recent collapse of the naira, and has arre...

Ghana’s ‘dented its international image’

A professor talks about how human rights activists plan to challenge the country...

How luxury African fashion has wowed Europe’s catwalks

Four designers give their insights into the unrelenting rise of Africa's high-en...

Historic fire merges with another, scorching huge swath...

The state is battling its "largest and most destructive fire in Texas history," ...

How a BBC interview helped create a Disney series

"Iwájú," a 6-episode animated series set in a futuristic Lagos has been released...

Inside Africa’s biggest mosque

The Djamaa el Djazaïr mosque is Africa's largest mosque and the third largest in...

Afrobeats star accused of mocking Christianity

The Nigerian Afrobeats star appears in religious regalia and throws money at his...

'Mr Permission' - the man who opened up Tanzania

Ali Hassan Mwinyi, who has died aged 98, allowed multiparty elections and free t...

Kenyan police to tackle Haiti gang violence

A UN envoy says gang violence has reached a critical point, with nearly 5,000 de...

Texas wildfire explodes to become second-largest in U.S...

The state is battling its "largest and most destructive fire in Texas history," ...

Astronomers discover 3 tiny moons orbiting Uranus and N...

Astronomers have discovered three small moons at the farthest planets of our sol...

Generosity of strangers stuns struggling Nigerian mother

A woman featured in a BBC video struggling to feed her children is overwhelmed b...

Catwalks, canes and cars: Africa's top shots

A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.

Cost of living: ‘There is nothing in the fridge’

Cameroonians are grappling with a fuel price hike as well as soaring food costs.

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