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The Children in Freedom School in Kenya is teaching its students to love their identity as Africans.

Gabon captain and Barcelona striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang retires from international football ahead of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying.

In tonight’s edition: There’s been a spike in homophobic rhetoric online from Senegalese supporters of Paris Saint-Germain Senegalese footballer Idrissa Gueye. He refused to play a match after being asked to wear kit in support of LGBT rights. Also, one Senegalese musician is raising his voice to maintain his native vanishing language of Menik through music. And we discuss the Nigerian film industry with executive Ijeoma Onah, who’s working with the French ministry of culture.     

British citizen Alaa Abdel Fattah’s prison conditions are “inhumane”, the foreign secretary is told.

They have been trapped in a zinc mine for the last month is still ongoing.

In tonight’s edition: Hope is all but lost that eight miners trapped in a flooded mine in Burkina Faso for a month may have survived. Also, suspects are arrested in Mali after authorities say they foiled a coup attempt earlier this month. And advocates calling for tax reform on the continent say that lawmakers should be on the sharp end of pushing for changes that will tackle an unequal system.  

Kenya’s leading presidential candidates have chosen running mates from the biggest ethnic group.

Clashes erupted in Libya’s capital on Tuesday as the parliament-appointed prime minister, Fathi Bashagha, tried to take control of government from a rival administration that has refused to cede power.

Mali’s military junta on Monday said it thwarted an attempted coup last week led by army officers and supported by an unnamed Western state.

In tonight’s edition: There are celebrations in the Somali capital after long-delayed elections return former leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as president. Also, a tanker carrying Russian oil docks in a South African port. Pretoria has refused to take sides over the war in Ukraine as global sanctions on Russia mount. And amid weekly protests and deteriorating economic conditions, young Sudanese are increasingly turning to art and music to express themselves. 

He has made history, becoming the country’s president for the second time in a competitive vote.

Around 40 people, many of them civilian volunteers with the army, have been killed in suspected jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso, local sources and security officials said on Monday.

Sabrina Dhowre Elba visits Somalia and Kenya on behalf of the International Fund for Agricultural Development.

Somalia handed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud the presidency for a second time following Sunday’s long-overdue election in the troubled Horn of Africa nation, which is confronting an Islamist insurgency and the threat of famine.

Europe is desperately seeking alternative sources of gas after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Mali said Sunday it was withdrawing from a west African force fighting jihadists to protest its being rejected as head of the G5 regional group, which also includes Mauritania, Chad, Burkina and Niger.

The killing of a Christian woman accused of blasphemy triggers a wave of disinformation on social media.

This Sunday, Somalia will hold its long-awaited presidential elections. But why is it significant?

Some 20 million people face severe hunger but aid agencies say the world’s attention is on Ukraine.

There’s political upheaval in Nigeria after ten government officials step down, signalling their interest in the 2023 elections. Also, Somalia prepares for a presidential poll this weekend after months of delays. Sunday’s winner will have no shortages of challenges, as the country faces an Islamist insurgency, famine and drought. Finally, in Niger, anti-corruption NGOs file a legal complaint over the government’s accounting. They allege that over €95 million of state funds are missing. 

The co-creator of the Netflix show Young, Famous & African spoke to us about the show’s success.

Mali is facing economic sanctions following last year’s coup. The impact of the ECOWAS embargo has been particularly disastrous for towns bordering Senegal.

Thousands of West African soldiers fought for France against the Nazis during World War II. But on December 1, 1944, scores of them were gunned down in unclear circumstances by the very French forces they fought alongside. What really happened on that fateful day at the Thiaroye military camp near the Senegalese capital Dakar? Eighty years on, the documentary “Thiaroye 44” takes a closer look at this dark page of French history.

In response to rising prices in Tanzania, the government has put in place several measures, including a fuel subsidy.

Asli Hassan Abade made history in 1976 by becoming the first female military pilot in Somalia and in Africa.

In tonight’s edition: After struggling through the early years of the pandemic to get enough Covid-19 vaccinations, Africa’s first factory to produce the doses says it may have to stop because it hasn’t had enough orders. Also, a former Congolese policemen gets a death sentence for murdering human rights activist Floribert Chebeya in 2010. And sanctions on Mali have hit neighbouring towns in Senegal. Within one month of the embargo, exports to Mali have fallen by close to a quarter. 

In tonight’s edition: As the COP15 conference in Ivory Coast continues to discuss the threat of desertification, researchers warn that human behaviour has left billions around the world facing water scarcity. Also, Nigeria’s national petroleum companies agree to supply jet fuel to the country’s airlines. Operators had been prepared to stop all domestic flights due to rising fuel prices. And we speak to Nigerian director Abba Makama, who’s just wrapped up Nollywood Week here in Paris. 

The BBC investigates a network of Nigerian separatists outside the country urging violence online.

Guinea’s legislative body on Wednesday announced there would be a three-year transition period before civilian rule is restored, defying regional partners who have called for a swifter timetable following a coup.

On 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, we explore the forgotten Egyptians that were there.