BBC Africa

Senegal has successfully reduced HIV but infection remains high among gay men.

Hundreds of students have been abducted in northern Nigeria, leading many schools to close.

South Africa's Busiswa Gqulu is using her songs and poetry to overcome gender barriers in the music industry.

Tunisia football boss Wadie Jary has knowingly misled sport's highest legal body, suspended club Chebba FC complains.

The makers of the Bafta-winning documentary want to preserve the underwater ecosystem it features.

Morocco's Raja Casablanca beat Egypt's Pyramids 3-0 to become the first qualifiers for the Confederation Cup quarter-finals.

Turnout is unclear in the vote boycotted by opposition candidates over brutality against protesters.

Several opposition leaders are barred from Sunday's poll in a country once seen as a model for Africa.

Ghana is the world's second largest cocoa producer but sees little of the profits from chocolate - for now.

The permanent closure of a top venue symbolises the struggle many performers are facing.

The city near Luxor has been hailed as one of the most important finds since Tutankhamun's tomb.

A tax dispute has led to a shortage of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs and HIV testing kits in Kenya.

Kenyans urge potential lenders to stop giving the government money over fears of growing debt.

Victim blaming continues to trap survivors of sexual and gender based violence in a cycle of trauma.

In a bid to represent African culture, Chioma Inyang set out to wear an Ankara-styled gown on her wedding day.

Seafarer Mohammed Aisha has been living on an abandoned cargo ship for four years, part of that time completely on his own.

Kenyan Josephine Muchilwa lost her chef's job and then her business but is now trying something else.

Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman hits a stunning 193 but South Africa win the second one-day international by 17 runs to level the series.

Survivors and their family members recount what happened when Islamist militants targeted Palma.

Egypt's pioneering ship captain has been targeted over false rumours about her role in the incident.