As the 50th independence anniversary approaches the country grapples with poverty and inequality....
No casualties were reported among Nigerian forces in either operation....
Million of litres of highly acidic waste spilled into rivers in a copper-mining area, farmers say....
The political rift that could spiral into conflict again after the vice-president was accused of treason....
If no candidate wins more than half the votes, the top two contenders will head to a run-off....
The young men are seen dancing to a remix of a campaign song, with altered lyrics....
Three members of the self-proclaimed Kingdom of Kubala have been living near Jedburgh for several months....
The 21-year-old was killed in 2012 and her body found in a septic tank in the garrison town of Nanyuki....
The ruling clears the way for Zambia to repatriate Lungu’s remains for a state funeral....
The electorate will also vote for members of parliament and local councillors....
Guinness World Records has confirmed the achievement, saying the rice weighed in at a staggering 8,780kg....
Momodou Ceesay rejected the president's decision to oust him from the post....
The pair were sentenced to two years in prison after being found with charms, including a chameleon....
This is why the African Union has backed calls to stop using the Mercator map of the world....
Opposition lawmakers in Ghana last week called for the agreement with the US to be suspended....
Farmers say they harvested less than they normally do in other times....
The photo finish showed the 42.195km race was decided by three hundredths of a second...
Young women tell the BBC they are being lured to Dubai to to take part in extreme sex acts....
This move aligns with the African Union's vision of free movement across the continent...
The outbreak, the country's first in three years, was declared in early September....
King Misuzulu was crowned in 2022, after a year-long feud following the death of his father....
A fund has been set up to attract investors to invest in Botswana's health...
With long petrol queues on city roads, everyday issues dominate in the run-up to Tuesday's vote....
Rescue teams recovered 209 survivors, several with injuries....
Hilda Baci and a team of assistants took several hours to complete the popular West African dish....
Feared by some, loved by others, ex-first lady Simone Gbagbo is vying to become the country's next leader....
Mbeki convened the African Peace and Security Dialogue this past week discussing continent conflict....
Seen as a martyr in the struggle against white-minority rule, Steve Biko died in police custody in 1977....
The 64-year-old has been sacked, although all the passengers were unharmed....
The World Anti-Doping Agency alleges Kenya is non-compliant with its code and will face consequences next month unless certain conditions are met....
The court rules that his rape conviction is already in the public domain....
But African travellers will be required to submit an online application for verification, a minister says....
Thabo Bester, who allegedly faked his death in prison and escaped, says the documentary is defamatory....
Photos of new year celebrations in a country with a calendar seven years behind that followed in the West....
The roads leading to Riek Machar's house are blocked by tanks and soldiers, amid fears of renewed fighting....
Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo, World Indoor 800m winner Prudence Sekgodiso and 5000m world record holder Beatrice Chebet are among those hoping to make their mark in Tokyo....
Zambia's Vice-President Mutale Nalumango says the compensation offered to communities "may not be all"....
This summer has been an unforgettable time for Brighton's new goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, who discusses how her recognition will have an impact on African football....
The highest court rules that a law barring men from taking the surnames of their wives is discriminatory....
Fourteen deportees including nationals of Nigeria and The Gambia have already arrived, President Mahama says....
UN report found that more than one in five Africans were chronically malnourished....
Survivors of the flood tell the BBC they are still in need of government support....
President Duma Boko declared the state of public health emergency two weeks ago....
Worshippers have been gunned down in mosques and homes have been torched in escalating violence, Human Rights Watch says....
A raid on a Johannesburg factory found 91 Malawians, including 37 children, living in appalling conditions....
M23's Kanyuka says there is no need to play with people's lives in pursuit of political gains....
Kyalo Mbobu was driving home when a gunman on a motorbike shot him dead on a busy street in the capital....
The city has become a main frontline of the war as the RSF seeks to solidify its hold on Darfur...
Cape Verde are one win away from qualifying for the Fifa World Cup for the first time but Cameroon and Nigeria could miss out on the finals....
The UN says the number of obese teenagers has nearly tripled globally in the last two decades....
Simone Gbagbo will run against President Alassane Ouattara, who is seeking a controversial fourth term....
A funeral ceremony was being held in a village when the night-time assault took place, officials say....
The dam is one of the 20 biggest dams in the world....
This is the court's first-ever confirmation of charges hearing without the accused present....
Sudan has joined Egypt's calls for legally binding agreements on the dam's filling and operation...
Leaders of the flotilla say the fire was caused by a drone but Tunisian authorities say the claims are not true....
In a fractious nation, the dam's construction has brought people together despite controversy abroad....
Both police and the military have in the past denied targeting the opposition...
The battle over the remains of the late former Zambian President Edgar Lungu continues in court...
The biblical site of Mount Sinai in Egypt is at the heart of an unholy row over plans to build a huge new tourism project....
The family of the late former Zambian President Edgar Lungu to return to the Gauteng High Court...
The M23 rebels and the Rwandan government have denied carrying out the atrocities....
Ethiopia is set to inaugurate a mega dam that has stoked tensions with Egypt....
Many of those killed had recently returned to the village in Borno State, following years of displacement....
Thabo Mbeki says the DRC must resolve its challenges for Africa to grow and thrive...
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government rejected an invitation....
Hundreds of thousands of people have been living under siege in the Sudan....
The Salvadoran has been at the heart of an immigration row since he was mistakenly deported in March....
People have no access to tools or machinery to conduct their rescue efforts, Save the Children says....
Football legends George Weah and Didier Drogba are among the high-profile names on a new Fifa panel which aims to bolster efforts to tackle racism in the game....
M23, Congolese armed forces are responsible for gross violations of international humanitarian law....