BBC News – Africa
June 24, 2016 by Gordon Patterson
Filed under News Headlines
- ‘The hangman was too tired to hang me – three times’
On death row in Malawi, Byson Kaula was nearly executed three times – but the hangman always stopped work before it was his turn. - Will Senegal be bowled over by big projects?
Can a big new bridge, train and museum convince Senegal to vote for Macky Sall as president again? - Sadio Mane: Liverpool forward's house burgled during Champions League match
Sadio Mane's house is burgled while the forward playing in Liverpool's Champions League last-16 tie with Bayern Munich on Tuesday. - Poet accused of insulting government 'must be freed'
Rights group Amnesty demands the release of a poet detained for insulting the Somaliland government. - Egypt executes nine over 2015 killing of public prosecutor
The men were convicted of involvement in a car bombing that killed public prosecutor Hisham Barakat.