Hoping for the best. #DanEvans playing #RogerFederer in Doha. Dan Evans Fan Page

Just reading that former #Somali interim president #Ali Mahdi has died. 30 years ago I recorded this interview in Mogadishu

John #Magufuli: #Tanzania's president dies aged 61 after health rumours bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr…

#DanEvans reveals that before he beat Novak Djokovic in Monte Carlo today, Novak kept Dan waiting in the locker room. This got Dan fired up and led to his 3-0 lead in the first set. Great day for Dan. Absolutely brilliant performance

A name from Africa’s past: #Mengistu Haile Mariam. 30 years ago today, he fled #Ethiopia. Still in Zimbabwe, evading international justice

Covid: Sniffer dogs could bolster screening at airports bbc.co.uk/news/health-57…

Remembering former Zambian president, Kenneth Kaunda, a towering figure in post-colonial Africa. I first met him at State House in Lusaka in 1987, and again 20 years later when SADC was grappling with the issue of Zimbabwe

Tomorrow marks 20 years since #Eritrea arrested the country's most high-profile dissidents. They haven’t been seen since. Join Amnesty International’s new campaign #WhereAreEritreasDissidents to pressure Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 to share information about their fate or whereabouts. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

#Gallipoli 1915 remembered at the annual conference of the Gallipoli Association, back at the RAF Club after 2 years.

He did much so more than coin the title The Rainbow Nation. Bishop #DesmondTutu got down and dirty to dig #SouthAfrica's foundations for the new democracy that so disappointed him. He had the most apposite expressions even if is was only a mischievous chuckle. Rest in peace.

So impressed by the calm work of ⁦lyse doucet⁩ and ⁦Clive Myrie⁩ from their Kyiv basement

18 year old Ukrainian volunteers off to war in Kyiv. Three days training and they will be on the front line.

It’s with a heavy heart that we have had to suspend BBC News (UK) operations in Russia until we assess impact of new laws which outlaw independent journalism. Thoughts with colleagues in Moscow whose voices cannot be silenced for long.

A little announcement.

Kenya is sending a signal to Africa and the world…with a record number of female candidates standing in Tuesday’s elections #KenyaDecides2022 1/ x.com/cnnipr/status/…

My part in the downfall of Adriaan Vlok, apartheid Minister of Police. bit.ly/3X6hb4u

That’s #Gallipoli remembered. Ben Wallace and James Cleverly head back to the office to deal with the here and now: Sudan

George Alagiah’s passing is such sad news. It was a privilege  to have worked with him and shared countless African experiences, most notably in Lusaka in 1990 on the day after Nelson Mandela walked free. An assignment with George meant working with the best. George Alagiah

Allan Little has written such a moving piece about George Alagiah. bbc.com/news/entertain…