Africa

The United Nations has launched a major support plan to promote sustainable peace and inclusive growth as well as empower women and youth in Africa's vast Sahel region.

The kingdom of Swaziland, now known as eSwatini, is holding its first gay pride march - despite homosexuality being illegal.

Virunga and Salonga national parks in DR Congo are home to threatened mountain gorillas and bonobo.

Nottingham Forest sign Algerian international Hillal Soudani for an undisclosed fee from Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb.

How to spot what's real and what's fake in the wake of the herder's crisis

Some $300m allegedly stolen by ex-military ruler Sani Abacha is to be distributed to poor Nigerians.

Fifa defends the fair play criteria used to rank teams with equal records in the World Cup group stage.

All African teams are out of the World Cup. So what is to blame: bad luck, VAR or a lack of flair?

Dozens of vehicles were engulfed in flames after a petrol tanker lost control in busy Lagos traffic.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week.

A programme in the capital Juba aims to increase school attendance by giving pupils cash.

A second-half strike from Wahbi Khazri ensures Tunisia end their World Cup Group G campaign with a victory, as Panama finish bottom.

Yerry Mina's second-half header sends Colombia into a last-16 tie with England at the World Cup at the expense of Senegal.

Didier Drogba says African football has suffered a "big step back" after Senegal's exit ensures the continent's worst World Cup showing for 36 years.

Although recent engagement between the main political rivals in South Sudan is a welcome development, ending the country’s long-standing conflict will only be achieved by addressing its root causes and ensuring women, youth and other sectors contribute to peace efforts.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the high-level visit of a delegation from Eritrea to neighbouring Ethiopia which began on Tuesday, as “a first concrete step” in the process of normalizing relations between the two countries.

How a series of heartbreaks has inspired Senegal's coach, who has become a sex symbol after his touch-line antics.

The United Nations stands ready to support efforts to resolve deadly clashes between farmers and nomadic herders in areas of West and Central Africa, the head of the global organization said on Thursday.

BBC Amharic's Tibebeselassie Tigabu explains the dramatic political changes which could see an end to one of Africa's bloodiest conflicts.

When Livey Van Wyk found out she was HIV positive she was 17 and pregnant. She was treated like an outcast, but she went on to become a leader in her community.