The designer behind DR Congo's World Cup suit: 'I wanted to change people's views on Africa'

18.06.2026 08:46 Alvin Junior Mak explains the inspiration behind the stylish suits he designed for DR Congo's World Cup team.

Cape Verde goalkeeper set to be reunited with his mum

18.06.2026 02:46 Vozinha's mum has been granted a visa to travel to the US ahead of Cape Verde's next game against Uruguay.

Ex-Nigeria oil minister cleared in UK bribery trial

18.06.2026 02:46 Diezani Alison-Madueke had been accused of receiving bribes from oil tycoons but was found not guilty by a jury at Southwark Crown Court.

'I buried my parents one day after the other' - Ebola mourners learn how to grieve safely

18.06.2026 02:46 A cemetery at the epicentre of the outbreak is rapidly filling up, however large traditional funerals have been scrapped.

Nigerian man jailed for storing human faeces outside his home

17.06.2026 20:45 Neighbours said the stench from the property had become so overwhelming that it was impossible to relax at home.

Equatorial Guinea government resigns after failing to meet targets

17.06.2026 15:00 The vice-president says the government had barely reached 10% of its targets, without specifying them.

Leader of South Africa's second biggest party wants his predecessor sacked as minister

17.06.2026 15:00 John Steenhuisen is one of South Africa's best-known politicians after leading the DA for seven years.

Search for six-year-old Ebola patient after armed men storm DR Congo hospital

17.06.2026 15:00 Health facilities have come under attack during the current outbreak as a result of misinformation and fear.

'We fear for our lives' - deadline for migrants to leave South Africa looms

17.06.2026 08:45 Protesters have set 30 June as the date for all undocumented migrants to leave the country.

Partey misled Canadian officials over previous arrest

17.06.2026 02:45 Thomas Partey will miss Ghana's World Cup opener after an appeal against the decision not to grant him a visa is turned down.

Cape Verde hero 'convinced by team-mates not to retire'

16.06.2026 20:45 A friend of Vozinha said the Cape Verde goalkeeper's starring role in the World Cup game against Spain "couldn't have happened to a nicer person".

Somaliland opens Jerusalem embassy after Israel's recognition of its independence

16.06.2026 20:45 The move comes six months after Israel became the first country to recognise the breakaway East African state.

Tunisia sack Lamouchi just one game into World Cup

16.06.2026 14:46 Tunisia sack Sabri Lamouchi one game into their World Cup, with former Morocco and Saudi Arabia manager Herve Renard replacing him.

Nigerian army frees widow of ex-general who died in captivity

16.06.2026 14:46 Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar and his wife Amina were abducted in north-west Nigeria at the end of last month.

DR Congo medics mark rare Ebola recovery with song and dance

16.06.2026 14:46 Survivors are bringing hope to health workers struggling to control the outbreak.