In tonight's edition: Kenya is in mourning and launches an investigation into the helicopter crash that killed the military chief and nine other senior officers. From tens of kilos of cocaine found in 2020 to more than a ton seized in the Sahel, the UN warns drug trafficking is undermining security and development across the region.  And political satire is thriving ahead of elections in South Africa with famous cartoonists like Nathi Ngubane and Zapiro.   ..read more

Three French diplomats were given 48 hours to leave Burkina Faso on Thursday after being declared persona non grata by the ruling junta. The trio have been accused of "subversive activities", allegations that Paris denies. Relations between the two countries have been unravelling since 2022, when Burkina Faso saw its second coup in less than nine months ..read more

In tonight's edition: More than two dozen people are reported killed in El Fasher, the last major city in Dafur not controlled by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces. The fighting sends hundreds fleeing for safety. Also, Kenyan doctors push into their fifth week of strikes. A court orders medics and the government to reach an agreement within 48 hours, as the pickets cripple public health services. And we hear from some of the Ethiopians who testified to human rights investigators that Saudi border guards indiscriminately killed hundreds of migrants ..read more

In tonight's edition: Senegal announces a record seizure of cocaine; the most ever intercepted on land by authorities. Over a ton of the illicit drug was confiscated from a truck near the border with Mali ..read more

The country's ruling junta is stepping up cooperation with Moscow, after expelling French troops last year. Also in the programme, at least three people have been killed in a shootout between militiamen and police in the Ethiopian capital. Among the dead are fighters from a rebel militia known as Fano. Plus, the art of remembering: painters in Rwanda are keeping the memory of genocide victims alive by drawing their inspiration from photographs ..read more

In tonight's edition: South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma wins  a court bid to run in May's general election overturning a decision to ban him over a contempt conviction. Three Tanzanian troops are killed in mortar attacks in DR Congo as Kinshasa struggles to reign in the violence in the east of the country. And ahead of  the final stretch of the holy month of Ramadan,  we head the to only African isalmic holy city of Harar in Ethiopia.  ..read more

In tonight's edition: As Kigali gears up to mark a painful anniversary, France's president acknowledges that his country could have stopped the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, but lacked the will to do so. Also, the former South African parliamentary speaker is arrested after being charged with corruption. Staying in South Africa, we report on how access to clean water in some cities is becoming an increasingly big problem.  ..read more

In tonight's edition: Senegal's youngest-ever president takes the reigns, vowing to usher in systemic change. Also, as Rwanda gears up to mark the painful 30 years since the genocide in which 800,000 people were killed, human rights campaigners call for no let-up in the international pursuit of the orchestrators of the slaughter. Plus we report on how women farmers in Senegal are fighting for land ownership.  ..read more

In tonight’s edition : Dozens of political, civilian and rights groups call on Mali's ruling military junta to arrange democratic elections as soon as possible. Although Tunisians are one of the biggest groups of migrants risking the dangerous sea journey to Italy to try and escape the country's economic troubles, those who try to relocate to Europe can face potentially devastating risks. And we head to Kenya where young people in some poorer areas are turning to fencing.  ..read more

In tonight's edition, Senegal top court confirms Bassirou Diomaye Faye's election victory after he  had already been welcomed by outgoing leader Macky Sall, marking a swift transfer of power following weeks of crisis ..read more