07.12.2023 13:00 Citizens have been ordered to stay home after a blast in an industrial zone causes major destruction.
07.12.2023 13:00 Kenya follows Malawi in sending casual farm workers to fill a labour shortage on Israel's farms.
07.12.2023 13:00 Philip Mpango has not been seen in public since late October, sparking rumours about his health.
07.12.2023 03:00 Tigray's state athletics federation tells the BBC that 76 athletes were killed during the bloody conflict in the Ethiopian region.
06.12.2023 07:00 A clip of two men dancing unleashes a torrent of homophobic hatred in Ethiopia.
05.12.2023 21:00 Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was charged alongside 10 others for various corruption-related offences.
05.12.2023 21:00 Six members of President Hage Geingob's family, including his children, have travelled to Dubai.
05.12.2023 21:00 The home secretary says Rwanda is committed to the safety of anyone sent there as part of the government's migration deal.
05.12.2023 11:15 The army was targeting "terrorists" when civilians were hit by accident, the state governor says.
05.12.2023 11:15 Four women living with HIV who won a landmark case tell the BBC about how they were sterilised.
05.12.2023 01:15 Border officials say they stopped dozens of buses carrying young children from Zimbabwe.
05.12.2023 01:15 Holders South Africa qualify for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations after wrapping up a 3-1 aggregate win over Burkina Faso.
04.12.2023 15:15 It comes after the Supreme Court ruled proposals unlawful amid concerns about the Rwandan justice system.
04.12.2023 05:46 The BBC's Fergal Keane returns ahead of elections next year - 30 years since apartheid ended.
03.12.2023 20:01 The president sends in security forces after 47 die and 80 are wounded in Hanang district.