
Africans in Turkey recount earthquake
A 7.8 earthquake has hit parts of Turkey and Syria.
A rescue operation is under way across much of southern Turkey and northern Syria following a huge earthquake that has killed more than 2,300 people. We hear from two Ghanaians living in Turkey who have been affected.
BBC’s Mercy Juma looks at the impact of Pope Francis’s visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.
Kenya’s Prime Cabinet Secretary, Musalia Mudavadi, has refuted reports that Former President Kenyatta and Moi families are being targeted by President Ruto’s administration on tax evasion claims.
And a new BBC documentary tells the story of Ghana’s influential music genre, hiplife, through key artists past, present and future.
(A view of a collapsed building in Hatay, Turkey. Credit: Ercin Erturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images).
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