Africa

Islamist suicide bombers killed 45 people at two churches on Palm Sunday - the start of Easter Week.

The last regular US soldiers left after the "Black Hawk Down" killings of special forces personnel.

Eight officers are killed in an attack by unknown gunmen, 110km (70 miles) south of Dar es Salaam.

The reversal of a ban on certain food imports has angered Zambian producers.

Four businessmen, including two French nationals, were seized from a top Ivory Coast hotel in 2011.

Luvo Ntezo talks about the role of a wine waiter and what makes a good bottle.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.

Meet the woman vigilante who isn't afraid to join the hunt for Boko Haram militants in Nigeria.

Children are among those missing after the boat sank near the capital, Libya's coastguard says.

Millions of dollars worth of cash are discovered in a flat in Lagos, Nigeria.

Maria Borges says it is an honour to be the first African on the front of the magazine in 20 years.

Spaniard Lucas Alcaraz is named as the new national team coach of Algeria just three days after being sacked as coach of Granada.

Many children who live on Lake Bunyiyoni in south-western Uganda have to cross the water every day to get to school.

Esraa was turned away from all but one of Egypt's dental schools but that didn't stop her from becoming the country's first deaf dentist.

Tensions exist between Christians and Muslims in many parts of the Middle East, including Egypt - though less so among the Nubians of the upper Nile.

Zambia's opposition leader has been charged with treason after his convoy refused to pull over for the president's motorcade.

The United Nations envoy for Africa&#39s Great Lakes region encouraged today the countries of the region, and the UN Security Council, to help strengthen the fight against illegal armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its neighbours, particularly as elements of the former M23 rebel group have resurfaced.

The use of children, particularly girls, by the Boko Haram terrorist group in violent attacks in the Lake Chad region has seen an &#8220alarming&#8221 surge in 2017, the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) has reported.

In our series of letters from African journalists, Nigerian writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks into the culture of blind belief in destiny.

Critical investments in agriculture and climate change relief are needed to address the crisis in Africa’s strife-torn Lake Chad Basin, where hunger, poverty and a lack of rural development prevail, the United Nations food security agency said today.