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Tunisians are set to elect a new president on October 6th, but the arrest and disqualification of several political opponents of incumbent President Kais Saied have sparked concerns about the legitimacy of the election. In recent years, and especially over the past weeks, Saied has consolidated his hold on power, raising fears that the country could be heading towards its first undemocratic election since the Arab Spring. Produced and edited by Marina Daras #tunisia #tunisie #africanews Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

As the war in Sudan continues unabated and the humanitarian crisis escalates we look at how the war started and what has happened so far. #sudannews #sudanwar #sudanconflict Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

BBC Africa Eye crosses continents to track down ‘Fox’, the alleged mastermind of an international drug trafficking operation. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Award-winning Cape Verdean rapper Ga DaLomba investigates ‘Highway 10’. This drug trafficking route is named after the 10th parallel North, the circle of latitude which charts the shortest sea-faring route across the Atlantic from South America to Africa. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, at least fifty tonnes of cocaine crosses West Africa every year with most arriving via Highway 10, but around 30% of the drugs are sold during transit. As a result, Cape Verde has become known as a ‘motorway service station’ for traffickers, with Europe’s 11 billion dollar cocaine market often the final destination. Ga DaLomba, himself a recovering cocaine addict, meets dealers and law enforcement officers in Cape Verde who have all witnessed a massive influx of cocaine, with the number of addicts also increasing. Ga then searches for an alleged drug trafficker, a British man known as ‘Fox’, who Brazilian police believe used ‘Highway 10’ to transport one tonne of cocaine...and is yet to face justice. Ga’s search for ‘Fox’ takes him to Norwich in the UK where the allegations are put to him. *** Africa Eye brings you original, investigative journalism revealing secrets and rooting out injustice in the world’s most complex and exciting continent. Nothing stays hidden forever. 🎥 Watch this film in PORTUGUESE here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDJMml_gmK0 and in SWAHILI here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eztUIvdqiQk and in FRENCH here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-7eanzD4i0 🎧 Listen to the new #WorldofSecrets investigative podcast series here or wherever you get your BBC podcasts: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvs0 🎞️ Check out all #BBCAfricaEye investigations here: https://bit.ly/bbcafricaeye *** Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/ #CapeVerde #Brasil #CaboVerde #Documentary #GaDaLomba #Praia #WestAfrica #BrazilNews #Brazil #BBCAfrica #AfricaNews #FindingMrFox #MaritimeSecurity #Documentaries #investigations #investigativejournalism

University professor and author Clive Chijioke Nwonka has written a book called ‘Black Arsenal’. The book has testimonies from all around the world, looking at how Arsenal Football Club have brought together its black fanbase, but also how they’ve appreciated black culture. As a British-Nigerian Clive told us how Arsenal is becoming the ‘kit for Africa’. But what African superstar hooked him and many other Africans into the club? #arsenal #blackarsenal #arsenalfc Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

Ghana’s cost of living crisis continues, despite a slight slowdown in inflation to around 22% in June, thanks to a $3 billion IMF-supported program. ⁣ ⁣The cost of food items like tomatoes, are still rising. ⁣ ⁣Dr. Akosuah, a food content creator, shares her tomato substitutes for stew—do they taste good? BBC's Thomas Naadi weighs in. Produced and edited by Ameer Ahmed Reporter Thomas Naadi Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

A military alliance between Somalia and Egypt is ruffling feathers in the fragile Horn of Africa, upsetting Ethiopia in particular - and there are worries the fallout could become more than a war of words. In this video, BBC Africa’s Esther Kahumbi explains the context behind the current tensions and what has led to this point. #egyptnews #somalianews #ethiopianews

Turkey has been trying to act as a mediator in the ongoing row between Somalia and Ethiopia. The escalating tensions in the Horn of Africa are as a result of a maritime deal that also affects Egypt. Turkey has been a long-time partner of Somalia but has also been investing in the country for more than a decade. A new naval deal signed this year deepened the ties between the two countries. This explainer looks at their relationship and why Turkey is keen to establish itself in the region. #turkeysomalia #turkeynews #somalianews Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

For many years, filmmaker Tyson Conteh has followed the lives of sex workers in his hometown of Makeni, in Sierra Leone. In the hope of raising awareness of their collective situation, he was given unprecedented access to a world of danger, drug addiction and even death. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Activists estimate that there are more than 20,000 women engaged in sex work in Sierra Leone - a situation fuelled by high unemployment, a crippling cost-of-living crisis, and the lingering trauma of the country’s ten-year civil war. Over the course of four years, Tyson documented the perils sex workers are forced to navigate daily, from extreme violence and disease to the crippling effects of ‘kush’ - a powerful street drug that has wreaked havoc among the youth of Sierra Leone. Worse still is the threat from human traffickers, who have lured countless women into sexual slavery abroad, either by force or with false promises of better jobs. *** Africa Eye brings you original, investigative journalism revealing secrets and rooting out injustice in the world’s most complex and exciting continent. Nothing stays hidden forever. 🎞️ Check out all #BBCAfricaEye investigations here: https://bit.ly/bbcafricaeye Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/ #SierraLeone #SGBV #Trafficking #Documentary #WomensRights #AfricaNews #BBCEye #Kush #Addiction #BBC100Women #investigations #investigativejournalism #investigativereporting

Singeli is Africa’s fastest music beat. With speeds of over 300 beats per minute, Singeli has become the sound of the streets and clubs of Tanzania. Initially an underground genre played in the informal settlements of Dar Es Saalam, Singeli is now a favourite among revellers and one of the sounds used by the late president John Magufuli in his campaigns and public appearances. It’s gaining popularity in neighbouring East African countries and the world at large. Filmed by: Nicholaus Mtenga and Gloria Achieng Produced by: Macharia Maina, Gloria Achieng Edited by: Gloria Achieng and Macharia Maina Directed by: Macharia Maina Graphics by: George Wafula Production coordinator: Seema Quraishy Executive producers: Leone Ouedraogo, Marko Zoric and Bonney Tunya #singeli_beat #singelibeat #tanzanianews Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

For a year, community volunteer Junior Diahkaté travelled across Senegal, in west Africa, building wells for remote communities. Now he’s completed his 100th, providing access to clean water and transforming lives. Filmed, produced and directed by Pierre-Luc Roy #sénégal #senegaltvnews #Junior Diahkaté Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

#Shorts: At least 48 people have been killed in the central Nigerian state of Niger, after a fuel tanker collided with a lorry carrying passengers and cattle, the country's disaster agency said. The collision caused an explosion which engulfed both vehicles. Footage from the scene shortly after the incident shows the two vehicles, which have been entirely burnt out, as well as a number of dead cattle. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

The BBC has seen first-hand the desperate conditions civilians in Sudan are enduring as the civil war that has lasted more than 500 days shows no signs of ending. Millions have been displaced and aid agencies are warning the hunger crisis is of historic proportions.  BBC World Service Senior Correspondent Nawal Al-Maghafi has gained rare access to the city of Port Sudan and a key border area in neighbouring Chad where refugees are still flowing out as aid agencies desperately try to get aid in. #sudan #rsf #sudannews Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

A beauty queen who received xenophobic abuse in South Africa and became the subject of a government investigation has told the BBC she will be seeking therapy because of the saga. Chidimma Adetshina, who was a finalist in the Miss South Africa beauty contest, sparked criticism as despite being a South African citizen, her father is Nigerian and her mother has Mozambican roots. She quit the contest last month - the day after the home affairs department announced that her mother may have committed "identity theft" to become a South African national. Ms Adetshina was then invited to enter Miss Universe Nigeria - which she won - but said she had been "suppressing her emotions" throughout. #ChidimmaAdetshina #missuniverse #missuniversenigeria 🎥 Filmed by Adekola Olawale 🎤 Interview by Helen Oyibo Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

A new strain of the mpox virus is quickly spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the epicentre of the crisis, which accounts for over 18,000 suspected cases and more than 629 deaths this year. However, DRC is still desperately awaiting vaccines to slow down transmission. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that $135 million is needed to fight mpox. Prof Espoir Bwenge, Catholic University of Bukavu, is involved in the response plan in South Kivu, a region that has been grappling with security and disinformation challenges. He explains why controlling the outbreak in DRC is uniquely challenging. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

With mpox being declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization because of its rapid spread, all eyes have been on the Democratic Republic of Congo, which accounts for nearly all of this year’s recorded cases and more than 450 deaths. In visits to treatment centres in the east of the country, the BBC has found children are worst affected by the illness, which can be deadly. Reporter: Simi Jolaoso Producer: Gladys Kigo Editor: Ayo Bello #mpoxoutbreak #mpoxvirus #mpox Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

Burundi has seen a rise in cases of the mpox virus. But how can one of the world's poorest nations tackle the spread of the virus when it has only one testing laboratory, insufficient testing kits, and virtually no vaccines? The BBC's Mercy Juma went on the ground and, visited hospitals and spoke to doctors and patients. #mpoxoutbreak #mpoxvirus Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

Christiana and Kayode Alabi are Africa’s top ranked table tennis players. The Nigerian couple's love story began during a national camp. Christiana moved to Lagos to be with Kayode. Both had polio as children which led them both to have disabilities. "It’s not easy to be physically-challenged in this country (Nigera)," says Kayode. But, as Christiana adds, "due to this sport I’m not always shy the way I was before. I can speak publicly". #2024Paralympics #2024ParisParalympics 🎤 Emmanuel Akindubuwa Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

Small Lesotho has something neighbouring South Africa lacks - water, and plenty of it. Since a deal signed in 1986, the country has been making US$ 200 million a year by selling water that turns up in South African taps, while many of its own citizens nowadays don't have access to safe drinking water – including those who live in the shadow of its dams. 🎤 André Lombard 🎥 Chris Parkinson 🎞️ Rajni Boddington Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

Mia le Roux became the first deaf woman to be crowned Miss South Africa. "It wasn't just me that won that night, but anyone who has felt different," she told the BBC. The pageant was a divisive one which saw one finalist withdraw after being trolled over her Nigerian heritage. The winner displayed solidarity towards Chidimma Adetshina, her former rival. 🎤 Esther Kahumbi 🎥 🎞️ Ameer Ahmed Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

Mabu, the largest rainforest in southern Africa, remained off-limits for years due to the civil war that plagued Mozambique. Scientists have found there dozens of species which don't exist anywhere else in the world. The BBC's environment correspondent followed them on a journey to the area. The specialists now hope that their many findings will lead to a rare happy ending story when it comes to preservation. 🎤 Jonah Fisher 🎥 Tony Jolliffe 🎞️ Holly Stimson Executive Producer: Sarah Dias Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

It’s the start of the new English Premier League season, which means new teams, new players and also new kits. This season, Arsenal FC have a kit that was designed by Sierra Leone born designer Foday Dumbuya, a Gunner who also sought to provide an African touch to the jersey he created. 🎤 Mark Wilberforce 🎥 🎞️ Ameer Ahmed Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

This year’s Miss South Africa beauty contest has turned into one of the biggest rows in the country. Chidimma Adetshinacha ended up giving up on the contest amid a massive backlash over her participation and claims about her nationality, age and where she was born. So what exactly is this story all about? 🎤 Danai Nesta Kupemba 🎥 Aaron Akinyemi 🎞️ Gloria Achieng Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

Originally from Sudan, Mohammed Idris has made Belfast, in Northern Ireland, his home for over ten years. After his café was set on fire in the recent wave of anti-immigrant violence that has hit the UK, it all changed for him. He now faces a dilemma, he no longer feels safe in his own community, but also cannot return to his home country, as it's facing a brutal war. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

Lesotho, a small nation in Southern Africa, is know as the "kingdom in the sky", for its high altitutde and natural beauty. It is also at the peak of a grim statistic: a suicide rate ten times the global average - that's nine suicides per 100,000 people. The country with a population of 2,3 million has only one psychiatric unit. The reasons for the tragic tally vary, ranging from unemployment to sexual violence. A local NGO, @helplesotho, is trying to change the game by holding therapy sessions in several locations. 🎤 : André Lombard 🎥 : Chris Parkinson 🎞️ : Marina Daras Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/