Thousands of Congolese are opting make a dangerous river crossing to get to safety in Burundi.

Around 40 diplomats, politicians, and journalists are accused of conspiring against state security.

Thirty-two people were shipwrecked on a rig in the Mediterranean with no food or water, an NGO has said.

Rwanda had asked for additional money it says it is owed after the UK suspended aid to the country.

Gen Brice Nguema said he was responding to people's "many appeals" to run for president next month.

Children as young as one have been subjected to horrific sexual violence, a UN report finds.

The bill prescribes a three-year jail term for people who identify as gay and five to 10 years for promoters and advocates.

International Olympic Committee presidential candidate Kirsty Coventry says it's time the organisation was led by a woman.

Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells the BBC's Emma Barnett about her experience of writer's block.

Former South Africa striker Benni McCarthy has signed a two-year deal as the new head coach of Kenya.

Fulham condemn the "abhorrent" racist and homophobic online abuse directed at defender Calvin Bassey following Sunday's FA Cup penalty shootout win at Manchester United.

A total of 25 people are arrested for either not fasting or selling food during the fasting month.

Joshlin Smith has been missing for over a year after she disappeared outside her home in Saldanha Bay

President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has not responded to accusations that he threatened to expel the Ecowas team.

DR Congo's prime minister tells the BBC her government will not sit down with the militants.

Young women in Kenya tell the BBC they have used TikTok to sell sexual content since they were teenagers.

Rwanda-backed rebels said they captured fighters from a group that took part in the 1994 genocide.

Scandal surrounds King Misuzulu's attempts to take a third wife - and to divorce his first one.

England's dismal Champions Trophy campaign ends with a sorry seven-wicket defeat by South Africa in Karachi.

Thousands turn out to say farewell to Sam Nujoma who led the struggle against apartheid South Africa.