30.08.2023 05:30 BBC team spends 24 hours with Tunisia's coast guard, as it finds people desperate to cross continents.
29.08.2023 20:15 He is charged with "aggravated homosexuality" under tough new anti-LGBTQ legislation enacted in May.
29.08.2023 20:15 Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana is recalled by Cameroon, despite announcing his international retirement last year.
29.08.2023 10:45 Salif Keïta has been appointed by the junta head as his special adviser on cultural affairs.
29.08.2023 00:45 Kar Hao Teoh was on holiday with his family in South Africa when they were caught up in protests.
28.08.2023 15:00 France's president praises the diplomat for staying put despite being told to go by Niger's junta.
28.08.2023 15:00 Libya's foreign minister is suspended amid outrage over direct talks with historical foe Israel.
28.08.2023 15:00 Mamatou "Bavieux" Toure is expected to be re-elected despite being in prison for corruption.
28.08.2023 05:15 Mystery surrounds a plane from Egypt loaded with money, fake gold and guns that was seized in Zambia.
27.08.2023 08:45 Mnangagwa came to power in Zimbabwe after a 2017 coup which ousted long-time ruler Robert Mugabe.
27.08.2023 08:45 The BBC's Andrew Harding reflects on his years in a country of increasingly stark contrasts.
26.08.2023 22:31 Many homes are without electricity since Friday and Nairobi's main airport was plunged into darkness.
26.08.2023 13:00 The incumbent President Ali Bongo hopes to extend his family's five-decade grip on power.
26.08.2023 13:00 Outlawed in the 1960s for being "inhumane" the current president wants to bring it back.
26.08.2023 03:45 The country's military says it has killed Bonomade Machude Omar, also known as Ibn Omar.
