BBC Africa

One of Nigeria's most high profile pastors gets social media cooking with comments about what makes an ideal spouse.

In our series of letters from African journalists, film-maker and columnist Farai Sevenzo looks at those most in danger in the battle against poachers in Africa.

A look at the young entrepreneurs trying to boost the economy and employment in South Africa's townships.

Somalia - the nation that produced double Olympic champion Mo Farah - has sent only two athletes to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

Twenty years after Nigeria became the first African nation to win Olympic football gold, Taribo West recalls a "fantastic" experience.

A charity that has been paid millions by the UK government for its work in Africa is under the control of a cult-like organisation, an investigation reveals.

Former Cameroon midfielder Alex Song joins Rubin Kazan on a free transfer after terminating his Barcelona contract.

The US carries out air strikes in Libya on positions of so-called Islamic State at the request of the UN-backed government, the Pentagon says.

Nigerian troops should be prosecuted for the killing of 349 Shia Muslims in northern Zaria city last year, a judicial inquiry says.

A Nigerian behind thousands of online scams around the world has been arrested in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt, Interpol alleges.

A rare protest in Ethiopia saw thousands turn out in the north of the country, but what was at the root of the demonstration?

Arsenal youngster Ismael Bennacer is cleared by Fifa to play for Algeria at international level.

Young South Africans tell the BBC what issues matter to them ahead of hotly contested local elections.

South Africa's ANC party, which took power at the end of white-minority rule in 1994, is facing its toughest challenge - and not just from opposition parties in Wednesday's local elections, writes the BBC's Milton Nkosi.

Tunisia's parliament passes a vote of no confidence in the government of PM Habib Essid over what is seen as his failure to push through economic reforms.

Kenya is dealing with a wave of arson attacks that has seen more than 100 schools burnt down this year.

The UN Security Council authorises the deployment of a UN police force to Burundi to try to quell violence and human rights abuses.

Farming is seen as an unglamorous job across Africa, but the BBC's Sophie Ikenye finds some young professionals who are packing in the office job to return to the family farm.

Campaigners welcome the arrest of Egypt's first doctor to have been convicted of carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM).

Chad's ex-ruler Hissene Habre is ordered to pay millions of dollars in compensation to victims of his crimes against humanity.