Africa

Ebola outbreak

Features and analysis

African sport

View more

Watch/Listen

Programmes and podcasts

Latest Updates

  1. Craig Bellamy speaks at a news conference

  2. A woman in a white headscarf and orange top puts a ballot paper in ballot box. An official wearing a lilac tabard and facemask watches on.

  3. A wooden coffin is on the left side of the image, with polished surfaces and gold-colored handles. In the foreground, a person is crouching on a dirt ground while wearing full-body protective equipment, including a white suit, a face covering, and green rubber gloves. The person’s hands are held up against the face covering, partially obscuring the face. Behind the person is a simple structure with a doorway, and the walls appear to be made of mud or brick with various wooden supports. The environment looks outdoors or semi-sheltered.

  4. Farida Khalil, wearing clear glasses and a black vest with a bib on it bearing her surname and the number one, holds a banner reading Pentathlon World Championships, Kaunas, Lithuania 2025 across her chest. Several other athletes can be seen out of focus behind her in an indoor arena, either standing up or lying on the floor

  5. A small inflatable boat is on the water with a number of people wearing inflatable life jackets

  6. A South African protester in a white T-shirt reading March and March until we win holds a placard with the words: South Africa is for South Africans

  7. Makati Tagirabo,34, and Baraka Bulambula 29, Congolese health workers who recovered from the Ebola virus hold their certificates of discharge at the Evangelical Medical Center (CEM), as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 31, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

  8. A close-up of Meji Alabi, with beard and dreads, looking into the camera

  9. A South Africa player holds his arms out as he tries to stop a Nicaraguan player from coming up from behind him.

  10. Algeria goalkeeper Luca Zidane

  11. A head and shoulders image of Rabe Abubakar wearing a military uniform.

  12. Netsanet Sori, an Ethiopian woman with black hair who is holding her child. She is also holding a colourful bag off coffee beans. Behind her is a poster of the Ethiopian alphabet.

  13. A displaced woman wears a mask as she sits outside her shelter in Bunia, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: 28 May 2026

  14. Zimbabwe fans

  15. Brigadier Rachel Matjeng, wearing glasses and in a cream blazer, testifies at Madlanga Commission in Pretoria on 6 February 2026.

  16. Ghanaian Member of Parliament and sponsor of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, addresses the press on the day lawmakers vote on the bill, in Accra, Ghana.

  17. A close-up of a medical staff holding a thermometer