BBCMartin Odhiambo has always been interested in the healing properties of plants - and for years has been enthusiastically sharing that knowledge with fellow Kenyans.Every Thursday at an amphitheatre...

Amensisa Ifa/BBCMeselesh Gosaye, a mother of six, was in her hilltop home in southern Ethiopia’s Gofa district caring for her children when she heard the landslide that left many...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:KHABIR DHANJI/AFPModels at the Namuwongo Reclaimed Shebang Fashion Show in Uganda wear clothes made from recycled...

Getty ImagesNamibian Michelle Nehoya has spent nearly $500 (£390) on an application for a visa to visit Canada - but more than two years later it has yet to...

Police in South Africa have arrested five suspects, including three Mexicans, after uncovering a multi-million dollar crystal meth lab on a remote farm.Officers raided the lab, in the northern...

Getty ImagesProtesters have complained about the way they were treated by the policeThe recent wave of the deaths of dozens of people in Kenya, as police cracked down on...

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has warned protesters that they will be "playing with fire" if they press ahead with plans to stage an anti-corruption march to parliament on Tuesday....

2 hours agoBy Bushra Mohamed,  BBC NewsBBCWarning: This story contains graphic descriptions of the practices involved in female genital mutilationShamsa Sharawe has become infamous within the Somali community across the...

2 hours agoBy Wedaeli Chibelushi & Habtom Weldeyowhannes, BBC News & BBC TigrinyaAFPTo his fans, he’s the “African king” - an international star and the first black African to win a...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent:MICHAEL TRAN/AFPSouth African actress Thuso Mbedu attends the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project party on Saturday in Hollywood,...

1 hour agoBy Farouk Chothia, BBC NewsGetty ImagesIn a sign of the seismic political changes in South Africa, John Hlophe, a once-celebrated judge whose career ended ignominiously with his impeachment just...

1 hour agoBy Ian Wafula, BBC News, Africa security correspondent, NairobiAFPThe arrest of an alleged serial killer in Kenya has enraged the country - with many feeling the police have questions...