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Sudan’s siege city – BBC smuggles in phones to reveal hunger and fear
"She left no last words. She was dead when she was carried away," says Hafiza quietly, as she describes how her mother was killed in a city under siege...
The ‘hero’ ship fixing Africa’s internet blackouts – the BBC goes aboard
A ship the size of a football field, crewed by more than 50 engineers and technicians, cruises the oceans around Africa to keep the continent online.It provides a vital...
Oil clean-up ‘scam’ warnings ignored by Shell, whistle-blower tells BBC
A BBC investigation has uncovered allegations that energy giant Shell has ignored repeated warnings that a controversial clean-up operation of oil-polluted areas of southern Nigeria has been beset by...
‘People are afraid’: BBC visits DR Congo city under rebel control
When I first drove into DR Congo's eastern city of Goma, it was hard for me to tell I had entered a conflict zone.Goma residents filled the streets a...
Rwanda illegally occupying DR Congo, minister tells BBC
Rwanda is illegally occupying the Democratic Republic of Congo and attempting to orchestrate regime change, the country's foreign minister has told the BBC.Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner said this followed decades...
My opponents choose jail and exile, Lukashenko tells BBC
I have reported on many elections.I have seen prime ministers and presidents roll up at polling stations, cast ballots and then take a few questions from reporters.But I have...
Brad Pitt’s team reminds fans he’s not on social media after a woman gets big-time scammed
Brad Pitt’s representatives have responded to reports about a French woman allegedly being scammed out of more than $800,000 by a person pretending to be the Oscar winner online.“It’s...
Somali piracy 2.0 – the BBC meets the new robbers of the high seas
Two Somali fishermen wearing big scarves over their heads to hide their faces glance around furtively as they walk into the room for a secret meeting to tell me...
Rolling hills are now barren: BBC sees destruction in cyclone-hit Mayotte
Landing over Petite-Terre, Mayotte's smaller island, the level of destruction from Cyclone Chido is immediately apparent.It's hard to exaggerate just how completely devastated the landscape is in this French...
‘We just need peace’: BBC speaks to Syrians watching Israel’s incursion
An hour's drive from Damascus, on a country road into the Syrian village of Hadar, we meet Israel's army.Two military vehicles and several soldiers in full combat gear man...
Niger’s military rulers suspend BBC broadcasts
Niger's military government has suspended the BBC for three months, accusing it of spreading fake news that could destabilise social peace and demoralise troops fighting jihadists.Niger's Minister of Communication...
BBC hears of horror and hunger in Sudan massacre town
No one lives in the ghostly outskirts of El Geneina anymore.But its empty buildings still stand to tell their shocking stories, loudly and clearly.Charred homes and shops are peppered...