France has for the first time acknowledged that its soldiers carried out a "massacre" in Senegal in which dozens – perhaps hundreds – of West African troops were killed...

At least 13 people have been killed in a landslide in eastern Uganda, but officials fear that the true number of dead is much higher after 40 houses were...

The incoming regional director of the World Health Organization in Africa, Tanzania’s Dr Faustine Ndugulile, has died, months after he was elected to the position.Ndugulile, a 55-year-old lawmaker and...

Banda scored four goals for Zambia at the Paris Olympics this summer, including a first-half hat-trick against Australia, to become the leading African goalscorer in Olympic history with 10.She...

BBCChioma is adamant that baby Hope is her sonChioma is adamant that Hope, the baby boy she is holding in her arms, is her son.  After eight years of...

AFPOrthodox Ethiopian Christians celebrate Christmas on 7 January Forty years on from the original recording, the cream of British and Irish pop music past and present are once again...

Anthony Irungu / BBCThe mourners at a cemetery in crisis-hit Mozambique's capital, Maputo, were strikingly young - children shedding tears as they bade farewell to a 16-year-old friend, who...

A fugitive Zambian lawmaker with a bounty on his head has been arrested in Zimbabwe, Zambian authorities have said.Emmanuel "Jay Jay" Banda, who was facing robbery charges, is accused...

Getty ImagesAlong with about 600 other men, Ndumiso lives and works in a small gang-controlled "town" - complete with markets and a red light district - that has grown...

Sudan, ranked 110th in the world, were third seeds in their group when the 2025 Afcon qualifying draw was made in July.However, taking four points from a double-header against...

AFPMahamudu Bawumia soared from being a political outsider to become Ghana's second-in-command - and in December he could make history as the country's first Muslim president.Bawumia, currently Ghana's vice-president,...

The Senegalese government has claimed victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections with most of the votes already counted.It said the ruling party, Pastef, had won with a "large majority".A victory...