watch One-Minute World News
News Front Page
Africa
Americas
Asia-Pacific
Europe
Middle East
South Asia
UK
Business
Health
Science & Environment
Technology
Entertainment
Also in the news
-----------------
Video and Audio
-----------------
Programmes
Have Your Say
In Pictures
Country Profiles
Special Reports

Related BBC sites

Languages
Africa

Page last updated at 01:09 GMT, Thursday, 11 March 2010

Police on patrol in Jos
Nigeria charges over Jos killings
Police say 49 people are to be charged with murder following communal violence that left scores of Nigerian villagers dead.
In pictures: Nigeria mourning
'Terrible' scenes
Q&A: Jos violence

Children eat in a camp in Mogadishu, Somalia. File photo Contractors 'divert Somalia aid'
Up to half the food aid in Somalia is routinely diverted to corrupt contractors and militants, a leaked UN report says.

CNDP soldiers in North Kivu, DR Congo (24/10/2008) DR Congo mines 'hit by extortion'
Former rebels in DR Congo, now in the army, are running mafia-style extortion rackets in mines, campaigners say.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
elderly Malian woman's eyes [Photo by BBC News website reader Torah Kachur] Mommie? Poppie?
Addressing your elders is a thorny issue in Ghana
Excited protester in Lome In pictures
Togo in trouble as election protests continue to rage
Child in Kabo, CAR, file image Hidden charms
Meeting kindness and con-men in Central Africa

MORE FROM AFRICA

Somali hope for Chandlers release
Row over exhuming Rwanda leader
Prince fined over Kenya assault
Nigeria kidnappers free SA man
Uganda 'to move half a million'
US eases Sudan web sanctions
SA opposition call for Zuma probe
France seizes 35 Somali 'pirates'
Tear gas fired at Togo protesters
Geldof challenges BBC aid claim

MORE FEATURES
Lost Jewish tribe 'in Zimbabwe'
Zuma charms the UK
Week in pictures
Using rats to clear landmines

BUSINESS
SA starts World Cup countdown
Zimbabwe move on firms' ownership

AFRICA HAVE YOUR SAY
A mutumba market in the northern town of Arusha in Tanzania Should Africa ban second-hand goods?


How old is too old to work?
How can Jos conflict be resolved?
Viewpoint: Passport lottery

PICTURE STORIES

 

Send us your pictures of Africa

COUNTRY PROFILES

A GUIDE TO AFRICA

 

 

Compiled by BBC Monitoring


FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe Fearful hints
Zimbabwe's whites uneasy as Mugabe wants another term
Internet map Connected world
Mapping the global growth of the internet since 1998
The Editors The Editors
BBC responds in row over Ethiopia 'aid for arms'
OTHER TOP STORIES
ANC seeks Winnie Mandela answers
Zuma submits finance declaration
Spanish hostage in Africa freed
Egypt's top cleric dies aged 81
US apology for Gaddafi comments
Tullow oil profit falls by 93%
ALSO IN THE NEWS
DR Congo 'crater' (Copyright 2010 TerraMetrics, Inc) DR Congo deforestation reveals Earth's hidden secrets

UK gives SA World Cup condom aid
THE BIG PICTURE

Click here to reveal

AFRICAN SPORT
Philippe Troussier Ivory Coast court Troussier

Nigeria to play four friendlies
Eriksson Ivory Coast link played down
TV AND RADIO PROGRAMMES
listen Focus on Africa
listen Network Africa
listen Perspective
listen World Today
Africa podcasts
World Service Africa
Africa Business Report
World Service radio schedules

MOST POPULAR STORIES

From Africa in the past week
AFRICA WEATHER

 

ELSEWHERE ON THE BBC

BBC Raw.


Skip to top

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Explore the BBC

BBC © MMX

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.
Americas Africa Europe Middle East South Asia Asia Pacific