A drone attack launched by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) struck a military airport in the city of Port Sudan on Sunday, according to the Sudanese army.It marks...

At least seven people have been killed after a hospital and market were bombed in South Sudan, a medical charity has said, as fears grow of a return to...

Catherine Heathwood & Catherine ByaruhangaBBC NewsBloombergEx-Credit Suisse boss Tidjane Thiam is at the centre of a citizenship rowTidjane Thiam, a former international banker and the leader of Ivory Coast's...

Wedaeli Chibelushi & Pumza FihlaniBBC News, London & JohannesburgSouth Africa Police ServiceConstable Boipelo Senoge was among the three officers whose bodies were found in the riverPolice in South Africa...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a judicial inquiry into allegations of political interference in the prosecution of apartheid-era crimes.The announcement comes three decades after the end of...

Leading human rights organisations have renewed calls for investigations into the killing of protesters by Kenya's security forces during demonstrations against a rise in taxes last June.It follows a...

Catherine HeathwoodBBC World ServiceGetty ImagesPope Victor I (L), Pope Gelasius I and Pope Militades (R) are all believed to be of North African descentNow predominantly Muslim, North Africa was...

Bertram Hill & Tamasin FordBBC Africa EyeBBCThe members of Kenya's security forces who shot dead anti-tax protesters at the country's parliament last June have been identified by the BBC.The...

Danai Nesta KupembaBBC NewsCeliwe Ndaba / FacebookDr Celiwe Ndaba said that once she decided to refuse to pay for her husband's lifestyle he left their marriageA young female South...

Sanchia Berg and Tara MewawallaBBC NewsBBCAs they walked through arrivals at Manchester Airport, a couple seemed to be behaving oddly towards their baby.Something did not sit right with Border...

South Africa's finance minister has dropped plans to increase value-added tax (VAT), in a major climbdown to prevent the collapse of the coalition government. Enoch Godongwana's decision came after...

Basillioh Rukanga & Alfred LasteckBBC News, Nairobi & Dar es SalaamAFPTundu Lissu faces treason chargesShot 16 times in an assassination attempt in 2017, Tindu Lissu is the great survivor...