Meet an ivory trafficker's 'worst nightmare'
Copperleaf2018-08-26T02:22:37+01:00A new technique is helping turn dogs at one Kenyan port into super-sniffers. Source: BBC African news
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August 2018
Senegal: Cisse names five uncapped players in squad
Copperleaf2018-08-25T16:07:06+01:00Senegal coach Aliou Cisse names five uncapped players in his 23-man squad for the Teranga Lions' 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Madagascar. Source: BBC African news
Zimbabwe election: Opposition rejects court ruling on result
Copperleaf2018-08-25T15:24:47+01:00Nelson Chamisa dismisses a ruling backing President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the winner of the vote. Source: BBC African news
Henri Saivet: Newcastle's Senegal international joins Bursaspor on loan
Copperleaf2018-08-25T14:02:49+01:00Newcastle's Senegal international midfielder Henri Saivet joins Turkish side Bursaspor on a season-long loan deal. Source: BBC African news
The nine-year-old Kenyan artist painting from the heart
Copperleaf2018-08-25T08:03:13+01:00Sheillah Sheldone Charles draws, models, and is a designer. And she's just nine years old. Source: BBC African news
Jean-Pierre Bemba 'cannot run for DRC president'
Copperleaf2018-08-25T03:43:06+01:00Jean-Pierre Bemba is deemed ineligible to stand just months after being released from prison. Source: BBC African news
Uganda's Bobi Wine crisis: The president and the pop star
Copperleaf2018-08-24T23:19:13+01:00Afrobeats MP Bobi Wine is shaking the political establishment in Uganda, where Yoweri Museveni has been leader for decades. Source: BBC African news
Zimbabwe court upholds President Mnangagwa's election win
Copperleaf2018-08-24T17:14:45+01:00Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court has ruled that President Mnangagwa lawfully won last month's poll. Source: BBC African news
Hodgson tells Harry the Hornet not to provoke Zaha
Copperleaf2018-08-24T16:14:33+01:00Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson warns Watford mascot Harry the Hornet against "disgraceful" provocation of Wilfried Zaha in Sunday's Premier League game. Source: BBC African news
Thomas Cook hotel guests to be removed after Egypt deaths
Copperleaf2018-08-24T09:32:51+01:00John and Susan Cooper died while on a family holiday in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada. Source: BBC African news
Africa's week in pictures: 17-23 August 2018
Copperleaf2018-08-24T00:30:20+01:00A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere this week. Source: BBC African news
Arsène Wenger gets hero's welcome in Liberia
Copperleaf2018-08-23T16:34:21+01:00Liberian President George Weah is to honour the former Arsenal coach with the country's highest honour. Source: BBC African news
President Trump: Is the South African government seizing farmers' land?
Copperleaf2018-08-23T16:21:00+01:00President Trump has asked his secretary of state to look at the issue. Source: BBC African news
Uganda's Bobi Wine: Pop star MP faces treason charges
Copperleaf2018-08-23T09:34:45+01:00A military court drops charges against Bobi Wine but he is now expected to face new charges. Source: BBC African news
South Africa rejects Donald Trump's tweet on farmer killings
Copperleaf2018-08-23T09:03:18+01:00The US leader asked his secretary of state to look into "land seizures" and the "killing of farmers". Source: BBC African news
Nigeria's Victor Osimhen moves for first-team football
Copperleaf2018-08-23T08:23:40+01:00Nigeria youngster Victor Osimhen moves on loan to Belgian club Charleroi from Wolfsburg in search of regular first-team football Source: BBC African news
Yannick Bolasie: Aston Villa 'close' to agreeing deal to sign Everton winger on loan
Copperleaf2018-08-23T08:03:35+01:00Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce says the Championship side are close to agreeing a loan deal for Everton winger Yannick Bolasie. Source: BBC African news
Yemisi Adegoke: The village where men and women speak different languages
Copperleaf2018-08-23T00:27:10+01:00In Ubang, a small farming community in southern Nigeria, men and women have different lexicons. Source: BBC African news
In pictures: ‘This is the Sudan I want to show’
Copperleaf2018-08-21T23:26:28+01:00Sudanese photographer Ola Alsheikh shares her favourite shots from her hometown, Khartoum. Source: BBC African news
Attacks on cash handling vehicles surge in South Africa
Copperleaf2018-08-21T23:05:02+01:00Driving cash-handling vehicles is seen as one of the most dangerous jobs in South Africa. Source: BBC African news