Commercially available DNA databases were used to identify unknown fathers, who had served in Kenya....
The sentence immediately sparked a wave of criticism and ridicule on social media....
The ruling grants both parents the right to share a total of four months and 10 days of parental leave....
Brenda Biya quickly deleted her viral post, but it was too late to stop its spread....
Botswana's diamond-reliant economy is under strain - the main diamond company saw a 50% drop in sales last year....
The temporary wooden structure gave way under the weight of worshippers at Arerti St Mary’s Church....
President Rajoelina's move fails to quell the protest movement that is now threatening his own position....
The protests initially began with demands for better education and healthcare....
Young protesters in Morocco are protesting against corruption and for better health and education....
Funerals are held for 36 people who died after scaffolding collapsed at an Orthodox Christian church....
Rachel Iliya only took up rugby league last year but is now hoping to help Nigeria reach the Women's World Cup for the first time....
Police say they shot dead two people who were part of a crowd trying to storm a police station....
Officials say the fire damaged 38% of the 20 000 square-km park and unknown number of animals....
Bobi Wine says the two Kenyans were "picked up mafia-style" because they had joined his campaign....
The huge off-shore facility run by BP means they now struggle to survive, the fishermen say....
Worshippers had gathered at the Arerti Mariam church early in the morning for the annual St Mary celebration....
The protests initially started last week over nationwide water shortages and power blackouts....
Civilians pay the price as paramilitary fighters intensify their offensive to take full control of el-Fasher....
Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, a prime suspect in the murder of more than 40 women, escaped from custody over a year ago....
Demonstrations continue for a fourth day, with protesters demanding better social services and less corruption....
Julius Malema, known for his incendiary rhetoric, was recently convicted of hate speech....
They protesters are demanding better education and healthcare in Morocco....
US deportee says Ghanaian officers secretly moved him and others to Togo and left them there without documents....
Joseph Kabila is accused of supporting the M23, but he denies having any involvement with the rebel group....
Kabila spent almost two decades in power and only stepped down after deadly protests against him....
The circumstances around Nathi Mthethwa's death are being investigated by the French authorities....
The oil regulator has called for an amicable end to the dispute....
The BBC visits a Kenyan garment factory facing job losses if the deal known as Agoa is not renewed....
Morocco's unemployment rate stands at 12.8% with youth unemployment at 35.8 percent....
The ban, intended to boost domestic production of shea butter, has reduced earnings for many women....
The UN says 22 people have been killed and more than 100 others injured since protests broke out on Thursday....
South Africa's hopes of reaching the 2026 World Cup suffer a setback after Fifa imposes a 3-0 forfeit for fielding an ineligible player in a qualifier....
The special court rules that Riek Machar is not immune from prosecution and it can put him on trial....
Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is among several sporting greats who have invested in E1 Series, a globe-trotting powerboat racing competition about to land in Africa....
Opposition leader Patrick Herminie received 48.8% of the vote against President Wavel Ramkalawan's 46.4%....
Etosha National Park is home to endangered black rhinos and more than 100 diverse mammal species....
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu breaks South Africa's individual scoring record with 37 points as they beat Argentina 67-30 to return to the top of the Rugby Championship....
Neither candidate surpassed the 50% threshold required for an outright victory in the first round...
"The future is food, not a bad habit," horticulture specialist Clarence Mwale tells the BBC....
Voting has concluded across the Seychelles archipelago on Saturday...
Recruitment materials, travel documents, and job offer letters were seized during the raid....
Ex-Robben Island prisoners will today board Madiba ferry for reunion....
"It feels good to be an inspiration," double Guinness World Record breaker Hilda Baci tells the BBC....
Mutharika gave his address in the capital in Lilongwe following his dramatic comeback to politics....
At least 100 people are feared dead following the collapse of a gold mining pit in Zamfara state...
All boxing activities in Ghana are suspended following the death of super-middleweight Ernest Akushey 11 days after a bout in Accra....
One resident said the cemetery in the capital had been left littered with discarded bottles and cans....
Some 260 suspects were arrested in the operation across 14 African countries, says Interpol....
The DRC and Rwanda signed a peace agreement in the United States in June....
Ramaphosa commended Malawians for their active and peaceful participation in the electoral process....
India, Qatari royals, China and ecologists have their own, very different, views on Assumption Island's future....
Ethiopian runner Shewarge Alene dies aged 30, the organiser of the Stockholm marathon confirms....
Public debt is on course to drop below the government's target of 50% of GDP....
French authorities say the "remarkable seizure" was found on board a fishing boat following a tip-off....
DRC–Rwanda peace agreement to end conflict was signed on June 27 in Washington....
Peter Mutharika defeated the incumbent, Lazarus Chakwera, the election commission announces....
The total Ebola deaths included 10 probable deaths....
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says he is a prime target of the Islamist group al-Shabab....
The battle for Kordofan, with a population of eight million, is the latest frontline in Sudan's civil war....
Chakwera was contesting against former Presidents, Peter Mutharika and Joyce Banda....
More than 2 000 cases of dengue fever were recorded nationwide....
The drug - a twice-yearly injection – reduces the current HIV treatment cost in developing countries....
The president-elect of the southern African nation has a long and controversial political career....
They had started legal action against Ghana for agreeing to accept them from the US....
The president's opponents have accused him of using the military to maintain power....
A Ghana government spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment....
The herd was fleeing lions, officials say...
Orville Isaac Etoria had been held in prison in the southern African state after Trump's government expelled him....
Peter Mutharika has got about 66% of the votes counted so far, putting him ahead of President Lazarus Chakwera....
The three military juntas, who came to power through coups, say the judicial body is 'incapable' of handling 'proven war crimes'....
Alaa Abd el-Fattah was sentenced to 15 years in prison for protesting without permission in 2014....
Female runners won six of Kenya’s seven gold medals at the World Athletics Championships, topping the podium in every event from 800m to the marathon in Tokyo....
The disease exposed about two weeks ago, has resulted in 35 deaths....
President Duma Boko congratulates the men's 4x400m relay team for winning gold at the World Athletic Championships....
Kenya make it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men's race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women's....
A candidate needs to secure more than 50% of valid votes for an outright win....
Friends of the stabbed 21-year-old Kenyan woman recount to the BBC events on the night she went missing....
Emmanuel Wanyonyi sets a championship record to take gold for Kenya in the men's 800m as Great Britain's Max Burgin runs a personal best to finish sixth at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo....
Kenya's Beatrice Chebet wins gold in the women's 5000m with team-mate Faith Kipyegon claiming silver and Italy's Nadia Battocletti takes bronze at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo....
Five North Americans were arrested after the raid on a farm in the east of the country, officers say....
The disease, which spreads through contaminated food and water, is not uncommon in Nigeria....
Officials are on high alert after the 2019 presidential election result was annulled due to vote tampering....
Evans Kibet, now being held in Ukraine after surrendering, says he did not know he was signing up....
A drone strike on a mosque in al-Fashir, during prayers, says Sudan's Sovereignty Council....
Local activists and residents describe the early morning attack on worshippers....
The maternity cleaner was allegedly seeking potential buyers for the body tissue when she was picked up....
The outbreak, the country's first in three years, was declared in early September....
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond....
Some commercial workers in Afriland Towers jumped out of the third and fourth floors when the fire started....
Despite opposition to the deal, Ghana's president says 40 more deportees will arrive from the US....
Sixteen countries gathered in Accra to witness the signing of the charter...
The parties of both President Lazarus Chakwera and his main rival, Peter Mutharika, say they won Tuesday's poll....
Rwanda will make history when it becomes the first African nation to host cycling's Road World Championships from 21-28 September....
Marguerite Gnakadé has become a vocal critic of Togo's long-serving leader Faure Gnassingbé....
A charter adopted after 2021 coup states junta members would be barred from standing in poll....
Without an extension, manufacturers would face steep rises in tariffs on their products....
Kenya's Beatrice Chebet is aiming to become just the third woman to clinch a 5,000m-10,000m double at the World Athletics Championships....
The army says social media footage is misleading and denies Islamists have the Kayes region in a chokehold....
Niger's army has failed to contain the jihadist insurgency, with dozens killed in recent attacks....
The loan will finance the road in linking Uganda to the DRC....