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Sunday Igboho is accused of stoking ethnic tensions in Nigeria after targeting Fulani herders.

Africa Eye investigates the cycle of death, violence and corruption in Mali's military.

The shooting down of a military jet shows how organised crime is becoming more daring by the day.

Yinka Oshiletu, a British-Nigerian hip hop dancer is bringing Afrobeats sounds to Japan's young dancers.

Fulani herders are usually found in forests herding cattle but when they go to cities, they dress in style.

A renewed surge in fighting has made it ever more difficult for aid to reach areas in desperate need.

Children are still separated from parents, two months after a volcano erupted near Goma in DR Congo.

A bloody eight-month battle for control of the Tigray region spills over into neighbouring Afar.

Fifteen-year-old skateboarder Boipelo Awuah is the youngest African at Tokyo 2020. She explains how she got into the sport and why it feels so good to be at the Olympics.

Several museums in Europe have talked of returning the looted artefacts - but where will they be housed in Nigeria?

The world’s first hijab-wearing supermodel talks to fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger about why she quit the industry.

Freed Tanzanian journalist Erick Kabendera says the country needs to tackle injustices which took place during John Magufuli's presidency.

"I have cried so much, my eyes can barely see," one mother tells the BBC after seeing her brother die.

Almost every part of Nigeria is facing a security crisis - from kidnapping to extremist insurgencies.

After a lifetime in captivity, Joshi is going to live in the jungle in Congo-Brazzaville.

Kenya's Taekwondo star Faith Ogallo hopes to win a medal in Tokyo - to raise environmental awareness.

The government has said it will deploy 25,000 troops, but some residents are already taking action.

The dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has become a source of tension in the region.

President Samia Suluhu has adopted a different approach from her Covid-sceptic predecessor, John Magufuli.

The children were seized by a group of armed men from a school in the north-west of the country.