Wedaeli ChibelushiBBC NewsGetty ImagesOzwald Boateng (L), was at this month's Met Gala, with his son (C), Oscar, and daughter (R), EmiliaOzwald Boateng, celebrating four decades of making his indelible...

ReutersUS President Donald Trump has given members of South Africa's Afrikaner community refugee status, alleging that a genocide was taking place in the country. Nearly 60 of them have...

Khanyisile NgcoboBBC News, JohannesburgUlrich Janse van VuurenUlrich Janse van Vuuren has made it his passion to share and showcase some of South Africa's best features with his legion of...

Basillioh RukangaBBC News, NairobiReutersKenya's President William Ruto is a man of many nicknames.Deputy Jesus, El Chapo, Hustler and Chicken Seller are just some that he has acquired in recent...

Theo LeggettInternational business correspondentBBCListen to Theo read this article"What you have there is about £250,000 worth of gold," Emma Siebenborn says as she shows me a faded plastic tub...

Ibrahim Traoré/XA charismatic 37-year-old, Burkina Faso's military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré has skilfully built the persona of a pan-Africanist leader determined to free his nation from what he regards...

Anne Okumu & Brian KhisaBBC News, GaboroneLesego Chombo/InstagramLesego Chombo's enthusiasm for life is as infectious as her achievements are impressive: she has won the Miss Botswana 2022 and Miss...

Mohamed Osman & Priya SippyBBC News Arabic & BBC News, Port Sudan & LondonAFP / Getty ImagesBlack smoke has dominated the skyline in Port Sudan in the wake of...

The US has announced that it is cutting $50m (£37m) in aid to Zambia's health sector, due to the country's failure to address the "systematic theft" of donated drugs...

Paul MellyWest Africa analystReutersEven a stellar international business career cannot prepare you for the hard realities of politics in Ivory Coast, where some are questioning the democratic credentials of...

As the sun set over Lake Turkana, a mother sobbed and threw flowers into the greenish-blue water to remember her teenage daughter who had drowned trying to reach Kenya...

Hundreds of opposition protesters dressed in red and black have condemned a decision by Ghana's president to suspend the country's chief justice, and are demanding that she be reinstated...