LGBT rights: I was threatened with “corrective rape” for being gay in Cameroon

A German schoolgirl was inspired to help a period poverty campaigner after reading about her on the BBC.

The number of displaced people by the rains in Somalia has gone up by 100,000 in just one week, bringing the number to close to 650,000 people.

Residents in Bamako, Mali, celebrated last week after the army seized the northern town of Kidal.

A year after being gripped by drought, the country is experiencing exceptional flooding.

Burglars break into South Africa's Rugby Union's headquarters and steal items but not the World Cup trophy.

New fund aims to help less economically developed countries mitigate the effects of climate change.

It is a year since a peace deal was agreed to end the bloody conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.

The Rafah crossing with Gaza has been open and shut frequently over the years. Why is it so contentious for Egypt?

The airport in Johannesburg was packed to welcome the team home from France.

Niger's PM says that Ecowas sanctions, including cutting off electricity supply, medicines and food, after a military coup are injustice unlike any other.

Seth Cudjoe recounts his first-time bunker experience in Israel during the "terrifying" emergency sirens of the Hamas attack.

Perpetue Mukamusinga, Rwanda's first female barista, is on a mission to stir up the coffee sector.

Helen and Baba-Jallah Epega are the creators of the world's first 'Pidgin opera', "Song Queen". They share their thoughts on Nigerian culture and why representation is important.

Kenya will lead a multinational peacekeeping mission to help quell gang violence in Haiti.

Bose Ogulu aka Mama Burna won a History Maker award at the Best of Africa Awards.

Ghana was once the shining star of Africa, with the fastest-growing economy in the world in 2019. But in 2022, it all came crashing down.

Napoli said they "never meant to offend or mock" Victor Osimhen in a social media post but stopped short of publicly apologising to him.

Male migrants from Syria, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Egypt danced after being rescued off the coast of Libya.

At least 11 people killed after flooding in South Africa's Africa's Western Cape province, including Cape Town.