Africa

Features and analysis

African sport

View more

Watch/Listen

Programmes and podcasts

Latest Updates

  1. A black-and-white close up image of Cynthia Shange smiling

  2. A group of Ugandan soldiers in camouflage holding weapons and magazines of bullets stand in a group looking at the camera.

  3. A soldier in military uniform and holding a gun, walks on a street, with several damaged cars in front of him

  4. It is night and Tanshi is wearing a headlight as she holds a bat and opens it wing to look at it

  5. A young mixed race woman looks at herself in a mirror - she is wearing a black zip-up top and has braided long hair

  6. Pope Leo XIV waves during a welcome ceremony upon his arrival at 4 de Fevereiro International Airport in Luanda, Angola

  7. A close-up of Ibrahem Mahmoud singing into a microphone. He has long curly hair and is smiling

  8. Namibia wicketkeeper Zane Green watches Scotland's Michael Leask hit out during a T20 World Cup match in 2024

  9. George Munsey raises his bat after reaching three figures

  10. A head and shoulders image of Teddy Afro who is leaning into a microphone in his right hand and is smiling. He is wearing a yellow T-shirt, and the top of the African continent in green can be seen sewed onto the shirt.

  11. A general view shows the then newly restructured Kinshasa N'djili Airport on June 25, 2015

  12. Emmerson Mnangagwa wears a scarf bearing Zimbabwe's national colours. He smiles next to one of the stone bird sculptures.

  13. A woman wearing sunglasses, a headwrap and a patterned dress in cream, green and orange, smiling and cheering. Behind her, are women wearing pink, some of whom are pointing and others are waving Cameroonian flags

  14. Julius Malema is seen in his signature red overall in parliament

  15. Mackenzie Jones with player of the match trophy

  16. Mugabe wearing a black leather jacket

  17. Ovey Friday stands in front of book shelves in a library in Nigeria. He is wearing black and white T-shirt and a large watch. One of his hands has fingers missing. The other arm shows a scar where his hand was amputated

  18. Pope Leo speaks at a podium.

  19. A head and shoulders image of Julius Malema in court.

  20. A crowd of women dressed in specially designed red fabric for the Pope's visit in Bamenda. One holds a poster of Pope Leo several others hold branches of green leaves.

  21. Man with a shaved head and light stubble stands outdoors in front of blurred greenery and distant mountains, looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression. He is wearing a light grey T-shirt, and the scene is brightly lit with natural daylight.

  22. Pan-African Emergency movement leader and anti-colonialist Beninese activist Kemi Seba in yellow jacket, holding a microphone

  23. Professor Alan Wilson is extracting fluid from a small pot into a needle. He looks focused and is wearing a shirt and hat.

  24. Nigeria’s former justice minister smiles at the camera