Beverly OchiengBbc Monitoring

Nov 14, 2023 | bbc.com | Beverly OchiengBbc Monitoring |Beverly Ochieng

Image source, AFPImage caption, Mali's junta leader Col Assimi Goita says the mission "is not complete". The Malian army says it has seized Kidal, a key town in the country's north that the Tuareg rebels have held for a decade. Kidal has been a bastion for the Tuareg, one of the rebel groups at the center of the country's long-running political and security crises. The army, reportedly backed by Wagner group mercenaries, has battled for Kidal for the past three days.

Nov 12, 2023 | bbc.com | Beverly OchiengBbc Monitoring |Beverly Ochieng |Will Ross |Daniel Gallan

Summary Last week, a tourist was robbed and shot in the face in Nyanga after a navigation app directed him Nigerians heading for Saudi pilgrimage forced back home Liberians vote in run-off presidential poll Madagascar opposition call for poll boycott amid tension Abducted Zimbabwe opposition activist found dead Bodies of 16 migrants found on Mauritania coast Johannesburg hit by destructive hail storm Nigeria unions call for nationwide strike Criticism over leaking roofs at Kenya's main...

Oct 23, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Sofia Bettiza |Beverly OchiengBbc Monitoring |Beverly Ochieng

The Nigerian government has won a case in a British Court that has overturned an $11bn (£9bn) arbitration award made to a firm following a dispute over a failed gas deal. The award, first made in 2017 then increased in 2019 to include interest, amounted to a huge chunk of Nigeria's foreign reserves. Monday's ruling is part of a protracted legal battle between British Virgin Islands-based firm Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) and the Nigerian government.

Oct 20, 2023 | bbc.com | Sofia Bettiza |Beverly OchiengBbc Monitoring |Beverly Ochieng

Summary One union said "hooligans" were holding workers "against their will" Mass arrests in Nigeria over alleged gay wedding Final election results due to be announced in Liberia US ends aid to Gabon after concluding coup took place Brussels gunman had escaped Tunisian prison, prosecutors say Kenya court extends delay on deployment of Haiti mission SA minister under investigation after sexual assault claim Algerian court sentences 38 for lynching Sports minister backs SA's Mbonambi amid...

Apr 15, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Beverly OchiengBbc Monitoring |Beverly Ochieng

By Beverly OchiengBBC Monitoring, NairobiThe fighting that has erupted in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in the country is a direct result of a vicious power struggle within the country's military leadership. The clashes are between the regular army and a paramilitary force called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Where is Sudan? Sudan is in north-east Africa and is one of the largest countries on the continent, covering 1.9 million square kilometres.