BBC Africa

South Africa's president is spearheading the mediation effort at a time when he is under US pressure.

South African firefighters have made their way to Alberta to help with the country's extreme wildfires.

Some of Beyoncé's Africa fans are willing to do anything to see her on the continent.

More than 100 people drowned when the wooden boat they were using to cross the River Niger capsized.

Ukraine is behind Russia when it comes to diplomatic relations with Africa. But it’s certainly on a charm offensive.

In Senegal, families demand justice for the victims of the clashes following the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.

BBC Arabic's new radio programme has been hearing about the suffering caused by the conflict.

The BBC explores key issues in a vote that will test how far Zimbabwe has come since Robert Mugabe.

Egypt's Al Ahly are crowned African Champions League winners for a record-extending 11th time with victory over Morocco's Wydad.

Kenyan Lea Kilenga Bey campaigns for better treatment for those who have the genetic disease.

The 125-year-old institution is teaching a new generation of Belgians a different history.

Some of those key to boosting agricultural output in Africa's most-populous nation have given up.

Jonathan Shapiro - the cartoonist known as Zapiro - talks to HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur about some of his most controversial work.

Mathias Shipeta has been at the heart of the Shakahola cult rescue operation.

Nearly 300 children, most of them below the age of two, have been evacuated from the capital.

Some Khartoum residents have become accidental undertakers to stop corpses being left on the streets.

Black women in the North African country are looked down on and made to feel that they do not belong.

Many refugees are relieved to cross the Metema bridge from Sudan into Ethiopia. But getting there is extremely dangerous.

The recruitment of nurses by high-income countries is "out of control", a nursing body says.

Women in Sudan's few remaining maternity wards are having babies to the sound of gunfire.