A company in South Africa has found a way to harness youthful energy in solving the perennial problem of water supply in rural villages. It uses a playground roundabout to power a borehole pump.

West Africa is today the locus of the world’s most active jihadist movements as well as a tide of putschists who cut deals with Russia’s security outfit, the Wagner Group, now merged into its ...

Professor Tshepo Madlingozi - a member of South Africa's Human Rights Commission who spoke to the BBC in his personal capacity - says the effects of apartheid continue to be devastating.

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A BBC Three documentary, ... Canal+ & Netflix Partner In Sub-Saharan Africa. ... The pair have had a partnership since 2019 in France and Poland and today’s news represents a geographical extension.