Africa

Driven by insecurity, the effects of COVID-19, an on-going economic crisis, and the impact of flooding on livelihoods, three UN agencies called on Friday for immediate humanitarian access to eastern South Sudan’s Pibor county, where people are facing catastrophic levels of hunger. 

Pictures show the schoolboys arriving in Katsina city, a week after they were kidnapped by militants.

Attacks by armed groups in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Zambezia and Niassa provinces have displaced more than 530,000 people, many of whom have been forced to move multiple times, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday. 

Militant activity is spreading across northern Nigeria with other groups expressing allegiance to Boko Haram

Italy's PM wins the release of 18 fishermen based in Sicily who have been detained since September.

The UN also blames a failure to distribute vast mineral and gas revenues to the local population.

Sam Jalloh saw his best friend killed in front of him. He vowed to get away - and tennis was his way out.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent.

The UN has released $36.6 million for civilians caught up in the conflict that has roiled Ethiopia’s Tigray region since early last month, in order to secure water, sanitation and lifesaving medical supplies.

Amidst a “critical shortage” of resources, hundreds of thousands of refugees in Kenya will lack food unless new funds are swiftly received, the UN’s food relief agency warned on Thursday. 

South Africa's record-breaking skateboarder Jean-Marc Johannes on what putting his sport into the Olympics will mean for the continent.

Wadih Jalasi became known as "cage man" during the Arab Spring, after a photo of him went viral.

On the anniversary of the Arab Spring, the BBC looks at defining moments of the movement.

Ethiopian doctors tell the BBC about their efforts to treat wounded civilians during fighting last month.

Photographer Elena Heatherwick captures the stories behind them in villages in Rwanda and Madagascar.

How and and when are African countries likely to get access to Covid-19 vaccines?

New Desert Locust swarms are forming in the Horn of Africa, threatening agricultural livelihoods and the food security of millions of people, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Wednesday. 

Concerns grow for people's safety in Sudan's war-torn Darfur as peacekeepers prepare to leave.

The head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), has appealed for the international community to remain focused on the country as it continues to make gains on the political and peacebuilding fronts.   

Providing aid to millions of children uprooted by the ongoing crisis in the Tigray region of Ethiopia must be a priority, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.