BBC Africa

After several more schools were set alight in Kenya, pupils, parents and officials tell the BBC what they think is behind the arson.

The remarkable story of two judoka, who will represent the team of refugee athletes in Rio three years after seeking asylum in Brazil.

Recent studies suggest that condom use is on the decline in South Africa - so how do women there get their partners to use condoms?

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

The cast of Wakaa The Musical travel from Lagos to London for the first Nigerian-produced musical to hit the West End.

The vast wetlands of the Niger Delta region are home to Nigeria's oil resources, but are once again at the centre of a security crisis, writes the BBC's Martin Patience

When Dampson was 10 he was given away by his mother to a man who forced him to work as a fisherman in dangerous conditions.

A recent wave of militancy in Nigeria has targeted the country's oil facilities damaging the industry, but what is motivating this?

Hopes for peace and stability in the world's youngest country have been shaken by recent clashes, reports the BBC's Alastair Leithead from South Sudan.

In some remote regions of Malawi, girls are made to have sex with a paid sex worker when they reach puberty - but the tradition has the potential to spread disease.

African-American man starts fundraising petition in response to racist comments.

A lower cost base and partnerships with western universities is helping South Africa to develop online courses for students around the world.

In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at David Cameron's resignation after the vote to leave the European Union and asks whether there are any lessons for Africa.

The African Union has launched a new passport. A lot remains unclear about the document but here is what we do know.

Aids remains the biggest cause of death among young people in Africa and the number of lives lost in this group has tripled in the past 16 years, writes the BBC's Karen Allen.

Is South Africa's constitution too liberal for its people, asks the BBC's Milton Nkosi.

A Zimbabwean pastor with no known political credentials was accused of trying to overthrowing the government. So who is Pastor Evan Mawarire?

BBC's Tomi Oladipo looks at why the most dangerous waters in the world are no longer off Somalia, but off Nigeria.

Guinea Bissau's qualification for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations earns them their highest ever Fifa world ranking.

A Zimbabwean pastor who was briefly detained after organising a nationwide strike last week calls on people to keep protesting.