Chiamaka EnenduBBC News in LagosAmunRa Eyeconic VisionLaniyah Belcarist, from St Louis in Missouri, ordered her dress from Nigeria for this year's prom"I felt like a princess," says US teenager...

Born in Richmond, the state capital of Virginia, to Nigerian parents, Emba is one of four siblings instilled with traditional African family values."One thing that I've been raised in...

Popular Ghanaian musician Shatta Wale has been detained in a tax investigation linked to his purchase of a luxury car, his management has said. Wale's yellow Lamborghini was seized...

M23 rebels killed at least 140 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last month in one of the worst atrocities by the armed group since its resurgence in...

Burkina Faso's junta has expelled the UN's top official to the West African nation over a report about children caught up in the jihadist conflict.Carol Flore-Smereczniak was declared "persona...

Rescue workers in northern Nigeria are searching for more than 40 missing passengers after a boat accident in Sokoto state, the authorities have said.The National Emergency Management Agency (Nema)...

Basillioh RukangaBBC News in NairobiStandard NewspaperEleven months after his funeral in 2013, Harry Roy Veevers' body was exhumed and it has been in a mortuary ever sinceA Kenyan magistrate...

Yankuba Minteh's talents have taken him all the way to the Premier League but it was on a sandy pitch in Bakoteh, West Africa, where he honed his skills.And...

South Africa's army chief has been criticised after he reportedly pledged military and political support to Iran during a recent visit to the country.Members of South Africa's governing coalition...

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Mohammed Kudus and Bryan Mbeumo find themselves in new surroundings in the Premier League, while Habib Diarra will make his bow in England's top...

French President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged the violence committed by his country's forces in Cameroon during and after the Central African nation's struggle for independence.It followed a joint report...

The Nigerian air force has killed scores of gunmen, known locally as "bandits", who were members of criminal gangs operating in Zamfara state, the military has said.The air force...