16.08.2022 20:30 Ministers were told the Rwandan regime tortures opponents weeks before the first flight was due to go.
16.08.2022 20:30 Gambia's women gardeners are helping the huge waste problem by turning organic waste into fertilisers.
16.08.2022 11:15 Foreign leaders congratulate the president-elect but backers of Raila Odinga question the result.
16.08.2022 11:15 Details are emerging about some of the 15 children who died in Sunday's blaze at a Coptic church.
16.08.2022 11:15 William Ruto won the Kenya's presidential elections, narrowly beating his fierce rival Raila Odinga.
16.08.2022 02:15 Deputy President William Ruto was the underdog in the race for the presidency.
16.08.2022 02:15 The BBC visits the heartland of Deputy President William Ruto as he vies for the presidency.
15.08.2022 17:01 There are allegations of vote rigging, and division among members of the electoral commission.
15.08.2022 17:01 Nigeria book their place in the quarter-finals of the Under-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica with a 1-0 win over South Korea, but Ghana are eliminated.
15.08.2022 17:01 Linet Chepkorir is the youngest elected county woman representative in the Kenyan parliament.
15.08.2022 17:01 Kenya's William Ruto portrays himself as a champion of the poor in his campaign for the presidency.
15.08.2022 17:01 While Raila Odinga comes from a famous Kenyan family, the political crown has always eluded him.
15.08.2022 08:00 Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya is this year's winner of the BBC World News Komla Dumor award.
15.08.2022 08:00 Dozens of people have died, including children, after a fire at a Coptic church in Giza.
15.08.2022 08:00 The murder of a Nigerian vendor has shaken a community in Italy, writes Ismail Einashe.