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    Sudan activists accuse RSF of massacre

    Pro democracy activists said more than 100 people have been killed in Sudan

  2. Students killed in Kenya classroom collapse

    At least seven pupils died after a classroom collapsed on students at a primary school

  3. Striking Kenyan Doctors Sent To Prison

    A Kenyan court sentences representatives of striking doctors to a month in prison.

  4. Street battles dash hopes of Sudan Eid ceasefire

    More shelling in Khartoum as efforts to impose ceasefire before end of Eid al-Fitr, fail.

  5. Stranded: Exposing the UK’s immigration scammers

    BBC investigates rogue 'relocation agents' who offer fake documents and promises of work

  6. Storm Ana hits southern Africa

    Mozambique, Malawi and Madagascar launch rescue operations as dozens die in floods

  7. Steve Biko inquest reopens in South Africa

    South Africa reopens an inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko

  8. Special Edition: The 2018 Komla Dumor Awards Discussion Panel

    Waihiga Mwarua is joined by an expert panel as they explore politics in the digital age.

  9. Special edition: Isha Sesay on women's representation in the media

    Join journalist Isha Sesay and BBC's Bola Mosuro for a special edition of Africa Today

  10. Spain Agrees To Take Migrant Ship Barred By Italy And Malta

    Spain offers port for boat with 600 + migrants, many from sub-Saharan Africa

  11. Southern Africa braces itself for Cyclone Freddy

    Madagascar is lashed by high winds and heavy rain as the cyclone makes landfall

  12. South Sudanese troops charged with rape and murder

    But will there also be justice for South Sudanese civilians who have been brutalised?

  13. South Sudanese leaders participate in spiritual retreat at Vatican City

    President Salva Kiir and vice president Riek Machar attend retreat hosted by Pope Francis

  14. South Sudanese Academic Detained For Weeks Without Charge

    Wife of detained South Sudanese academic Peter Biar Ajack speaks of family ordeal in Juba

  15. South Sudan's rebel leader returns to Juba

    Riek Machar joins thousands of South Sudanese in Juba to celebrate Peace Day

  16. South Sudan's rebel leader allowed back in the country

    President Salva Kiir will guarantee Riek Machar's safe return, but with conditions.

  17. South Sudan's President, Salva Kiir meets rival Riak Machar on home soil

    Almost a year after a botched attempt to broker peace between both men

  18. South Sudan's President Salva Kiir dissolves parliament

    President Kiir’s decree is in line with peace deal signed with former foe, Riek Machar

  19. South Sudan's peace agreement on shaky ground

    As Riak Machar's opposition decline an offer for a unity government

  20. South Sudan's Leaders Meet

    South Sudan talks in Addis; Eritrea and Ethiopia's peace overtures; Tunisia law reforms

  21. South Sudan's civil servants remain unpaid

    South Sudan’s civil servants and soldiers have gone without salaries for a year

  22. South Sudan: Why was a powerful vice-president fired?

    South Sudan's President Kiir has sacked Benjamin Bol Mel who was tipped as a successor

  23. South Sudan: soldiers on trial for rape and human rights violations

    The trials began earlier this week in Central Equatoria State

  24. South Sudan: Kiir and Machar due to meet for critical talks

    Both are under pressure to meet February 22 deadline to introduce power-sharing deal

  25. South Sudan: Fresh violence exacerbates famine threat

    Thousands face acute food shortage in South Sudan’s Equatoria regions, says aid agency

  26. South Sudan: A country constantly in crisis

    Why peace in South Sudan remains fragile

  27. South Sudan: 80,000 displaced by inter-ethnic violence

    Many people have also been killed in Tombura, Western Equatoria State

  28. South Sudan unveils first-ever election plans

    If it goes ahead, it will be the first election since independence

  29. South Sudan Plane Crash

    Around 40 passengers are thought to have been on board

  30. South Sudan Peace Talks End Without A Deal

    South Sudan peace talks stall but more are planned.

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