Africa

Islamic militants operating in the north have been the cause of growing concern in the region.

For Burna Boy, there's never been a better time for African musicians to tell their own stories.

The journey from Africa to the Canary Islands is one of the deadliest migration routes in Europe.

A BBC team gets a glimpse of the human cost of the recent fighting in Tigray.

Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan steps up after the death of President John Magufuli.

Parts of Nigeria are seeing unprecedented mass school abductions that have left at least one student dead.

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

Tanzania's President John Magufuli has died aged 61. Here are some of his views, in his own words.

His death will reenergise debate about whether the continent needs strong institutions or strongmen.

The Sefwi-Wiawso Divisional Police Command has picked up five persons for allegedly stealing two-week old twin babies at Punikrom in the Waiwso Municipality of the Western North Region. The suspects are Paulina Owusu 26, Haruna Yusif 36, Stephen Owusu 32, Kofi Nkrumah, 24 and Sampson Addai, 33 years.

The Director of Operations Geonest Foundation, Mr. Ernest Gyamfi on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, lost about GH cent;2 million worth of his shoe trade investment to a fire outbreak at his shoe warehouse at Ablekuma Olebu Vicolis in Accra.

Our Community Focus (OCOF) a Community-led Development NGO in the Ablekuma Central Municipality has organized a consultative stakeholder engagement meeting at the Max Doodo Presby Church, Lartebiokorshie under the theme; Brainstorming on Ablekuma Central rsquo;s Development; my participation my development.

Acting District Chief Executive for Techiman North in the Bono East region Hon. Peter Mensah has hailed President Akufo-Addo for his unflinching commitment towards education since assuming office in 2017 and going forward till 2024.

Ing. Ebenezer Aidoo an indigene of Ahanta who is also a mining engineer has reacted to the current publication by a Badu Nkansah which has seen backlash from a section of Ghanaians. In the last couple of days, Badu Nkansah publication has come under fire for a book they have published which was ideally meant to be a textbook for Ghanaian basic schools.

The recent “horrific killings” of dozens of civilians in two villages in western Niger have been condemned in the strongest terms by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). 

An arms embargo imposed on Libya by the Security Council in 2011 remains “totally ineffective” a UN Panel of Experts has said, adding that civilians, including migrants and asylum seekers, continue to suffer widespread rights violations and abuses. 

As hunger levels continue to deepen in South Sudan due to a combination of violence, climate change and COVID-19, the 2021 South Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan was launched on Tuesday aiming to reach 6.6 million people – including 350,000 refugees - with life-saving assistance and protection.

Save the Children says Islamist militants in Cabo Delgado have killed children as young as 11.

This is the first time a primary school has been targeted in a wave of similar kidnappings.

The health system in the conflict-hit Tigray region has "almost completely collapsed," says MSF.