Nomsa MasekoBBC Africa, Lilongwe and MangochiBBCThe queue to get fuel rather than the queue to vote is what is on the mind of many Malawians as Tuesday's general election...

The king of South Africa's large Zulu community has challenged one of his critics to a stick fight, saying he had been insulted, along with the entire Zulu nation.King...

Nigerian chef and former Guinness World Record holder Hilda Baci has attempted to make the world's largest pot of jollof rice, a popular West African dish.Thousands of people gathered...

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has alleged that Kenya's Anti-Doping Agency (ADAK) is non-compliant with its code and the east African nation will face consequences next month unless certain...

Zambia's government says it will seek more compensation for communities affected by a toxic spill from a Chinese-owned copper mine, if this is needed following a full assessment. The...

Nearly 130 people have been "summarily executed" by Islamist insurgents in Niger in separate attacks since March, a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says.The rights group says gunmen...

Kalkidan YibeltalBBC News in Addis AbabaAFP via Getty ImagesIn a fractious nation, the building of the dam was one thing that brought people togetherThe vastness of the building site...

In The Big Half - a half marathon race in London - there were wins for Great Britain's Jack Rowe, Jess Warner-Judd, David Weir and Eden Rainbow-Cooper.Rowe equalled Mo...

Farouk Chothia & Yemane NagishBBC News & BBC TigrinyaAFP/Getty ImagesAfter outfoxing Egypt on the diplomatic stage for more than a decade, Ethiopia is set to officially inaugurate one of...

Sudan Liberation Movement/ArmyThis image is thought to show around 40 gravesVillagers in a remote area of Sudan's western Darfur region are trying to reach buried victims by hand after...

Aid workers on donkeys have delivered the first humanitarian supplies to survivors of a landslide that reportedly killed hundreds of people in a remote mountain village in Sudan's western...

At least 32 people have died in Nigeria's northern Niger state after a boat sank in a river, an official has told the BBC.The boat was reportedly overloaded, carrying...