Somalia is to introduce Swahili, the lingua franca of East Africa, to its national curriculum, the president has announced.English is used as the language of instruction for most subjects...

Kebinatshipi underlined his talents when he ran a personal best – and a world lead time - of 43.61s in the semi-finals.His compatriots Lee Bhekempilo Eppi and Bayapo Ndori...

A Sudanese militia leader has been found guilty of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity more than 20 years ago in the Darfur region.Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also...

Seven al-Shabab militants who attacked a high-security prison in Somalia's capital have all been killed, the country's government has said.A huge explosion and gunfire were heard coming from Godka...

Anadolu via Getty ImagesMorocco is currently building what will be the globe's largest football stadium in preparation for co-hosting the 2030 World Cup.But for the demonstrators who have taken...

The son of Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe has appeared in a Harare court charged with drug possession.Robert Mugabe Jr, 33, was arrested on Wednesday morning as he drove...

Two Kenyan human rights activists have gone missing in Uganda after reportedly being abducted by armed men while attending opposition leader Bobi Wine's campaign event.Bobi Wine strongly condemned the...

Barbara Plett UsherAfrica correspondentBBCAhmed Abdul Rahman can hear the thud of artillery from where he lies in a makeshift cluster of tents in the Sudanese city of el-Fasher.The 13-year-old...

Akisa WanderaBBC Africa, NairobiHassan Lali / BBCJoan Wambui's family relies on the money she earns from working at Shona EPZAt Shona EPZ, a garment factory in Kenya's capital, Nairobi,...

A special court in South Sudan has ruled that it does have the jurisdiction to prosecute suspended Vice-President Riek Machar and seven co-accused, who are charged with murder, treason...

Zimbabwe is Africa's biggest producer of tobacco but some farmers believe the country's long-term future could lie in a very different crop - blueberries.Thanks to a breakthrough in trade...

More than 20 people have been rescued in Kenya from a suspected human trafficking ring that lured them with job offers in Russia but intended to send them to...