18.11.2024 05:45 Having built a $20bn oil refinery, Aliko Dangote is now at the heart of a row in the murky industry.
17.11.2024 20:00 Eighty-four people have been rescued while 13 have died so far in Tanzania's biggest city.
17.11.2024 20:00 Chidimma Adetshina faced xenophobic abuse and trolling when she competed for Miss South Africa, where she was born.
17.11.2024 10:00 Some pioneers see it as opportunity but others fear the continent's creativity will be stripped for profit.
17.11.2024 10:00 South Africa prove too strong for England at Twickenham's Allianz Stadium, as Cheslin Kolbe scores twice in a nine-point win.
16.11.2024 23:46 A court says emergency workers must be allowed to enter a mine where hundreds are thought to be without food and water.
16.11.2024 04:16 A Zambian woman in her 80s is adored for modelling in striking and playful fashion photographs.
16.11.2024 04:16 Ghana's hopes of reaching the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations are over as Comoros, Mali, Zambia and Zimbabwe qualify with one round of group matches to spare.
16.11.2024 04:16 Sierra Leone forward Kei Kamara says Cameroon legend Roger Milla is the inspiration for his latest international comeback.
15.11.2024 18:31 Authorities accuse protest organisers of using "drugged" youth to "destabilise" the country.
15.11.2024 18:31 The 28-year-old made history as the country's first deaf representative at the beauty contest.
15.11.2024 18:31 What's it like to be the child of the world's longest detained journalist? Dawit Isaak's daughter speaks to the BBC.
15.11.2024 08:46 A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.
14.11.2024 23:00 John Smyth, a known child abuser in the UK, went to Zimbabwe and set up Christian holiday camps.
14.11.2024 23:00 About 1,000 gold miners have already been arrested and the army and police are waiting for the rest.