Three police officers in Kenya have been charged with the murder of a 31-year-old blogger who died in police custody earlier this month.Albert Ojwang's death has sparked outrage in...

Nick EricssonBBC Africa EyeAfrica familyDavin was shot dead four months' ago - an unwitting casualty of Cape Flats' gang problemThe distraught father lies on the narrow, single bed and...

Shingai NyokaBBC News, HarareBBC"Sir Wicknell", who started out as a wages clerk for a bus firm, has become such a celebrity that his face is decorating minibus taxisA flashy...

EPA / AFPHakainde Hichilema (L) defeated Edgar Lungu (R) in the 2021 presidential election - the third time they had faced each other at the pollsThe personal has become...

Teklemariam BekitEditor, BBC TigrinyaAFP via Getty ImagesFor many Eritreans, the hopes of the early days of the presidency of Isaias (left in 1994) have been dashed 30 years laterOnce...

A university in Nigeria has sparked outrage after a video went viral showing female students being touched to see if they were wearing bras before taking part in an...

Wycliffe Muia, Barbara Plett Usher & Brian WaihenyaBBC News, NairobiAlbert Ojwang / FacebookAlbert Ojwang, who was married with a young son, had graduated with a Bachelor of Education degree...

Alex de WaalAfrica analystAFP/Getty ImagesMore than half of Sudan's 45 million people have been wrenched from their homesSudan's war is in strategic stalemate. Each side stakes its hopes on...

After days of uncertainty and negotiations, the funeral arrangements for Zambia's former president have been finalised. Edgar Lungu, who led Zambia from 2015 to 2021, died 10 days ago...

Fardowsa HanshiBBC News, MogadishuAnthony Irungu / BBCFathi Mohamed Abdi (L) and Saadia Ahmed Omar (R) have overseen more than 30 multimillion-dollar projectsConstruction is booming in Somalia's capital city and...

AFP/Getty ImagesThe focus of US military strategy in Africa is changing under TrumpWith US President Donald Trump on a cost-cutting warpath since starting his second term, aid to Africa...

A teenager who was tricked into going to boarding school in Africa has won a significant legal victory against his own parents.The 14-year-old boy, who cannot be identified, was...