Africa

The Basketball Africa League hopes to expand further in the future, with the second season in 2022 set to see 38 games in Senegal, Egypt and Rwanda.

Chelsea's Senegalese Edouard Mendy became the first African goalkeeper to win the Uefa Champions League this year.

Loharano has avoided the fate of many in southern Madagascar through the use of new farming methods.

A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.

Why fintech, healthcare and green economy hold the key for African economies in 2022.

It's reported that up to one million doses of Covid vaccine in Nigeria have expired and are to be destroyed.

The US promotes democracy and China builds infrastructure but people in Africa want both.

The Nigerian writer shares her experience of grief and her thoughts on "cancel culture" and trans rights.

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday expressed outrage over an attack on a convoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in which one of its vehicles was hit, wounding three staff members

On Wednesday morning, seven UN peacekeepers from Togo died and three others were seriously injured when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in the Bandiagara region in central Mali. 

With productivity-boosting measures, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement could reduce poverty and inequality while spurring sustainable and inclusive growth, according to a report launched on Wednesday by the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD.

Nigeria's all-women lawyers offering free services to those unable to get bail and people facing long pre-trial detentions.

A young man tells of his harrowing ordeal at the hands of traffickers who tricked him and his parents.

Growing food insecurity that is already affecting tens of millions of people across West Africa and the Sahel, must not be ignored by the international community, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.

A landmark ruling during a matrimonial case in Kenya acknowledged that housework is work.

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo told the Security Council on Monday that “a lasting solution” to the violence “requires a broader political commitment to address the root causes of conflict.” 

Watch Amelie Osborn-Smith describe the moment she was bitten and her relief that she won't lose her foot.

The UK has placed travel restrictions on arrivals from Nigeria and several other African countries - are they fair?

Millions of people in Ethiopia could be pushed deeper into hunger as the World Food Programme (WFP) faces a major funding shortfall that threatens its operations there over the coming six months, the UN agency warned on Monday. 

Professor Willem Hanekom says that the Omicron variant "is spreading extraordinarily fast in South Africa".