Africa

It is critical to shore up areas of Africa’s Lake Chad Basin freed from the grip of Boko Haram, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General told the Security Council on Thursday, as she also called for efforts to rebuild the lives of women and girls that have suffered at the hands of the terrorist group.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the singing of a continental free trade agreement in Africa that has created one of the world’s largest trading blocs with over 50 countries.

In Niger, the presence of clean water is helping to wash away some of a village's worries.

In Niger, the presence of clean water is helping to wash away some of a village's worries.

The security services and defence forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) killed at least 47 people during anti-government protests over a 13-month period through 31 January 2018, a United Nations human rights report has found.

Below-average rains forecast for Somalia could lead to devastating cattle losses and intensify malnutrition in the Horn of Africa nation, the United Nations food security agency has warned.

Nigeria is debating a hate speech bill which, if passed, would condemn to death those found guilty.

Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene reflects on her interactions with aid agencies in crisis zones.

Two female singers are sentenced to prison: one for inciting debauchery, and one for a joke.

Bystanders tried in vain to save the 22-year-old woman, who was attacked at a private game reserve.

Gambia international Bubacarr Trawally moves to Chinese Super League side Guizhou Hengfeng FC on a free transfer deal.

Libyan politicians, the UN, and the EU are pushing for elections despite the country's chaos.

The official language of fictional Wakanda is isiXhosa - also spoken in parts of South Africa.

The new South African president rejigs his cabinet and reappoints Nhlanhla Nene to finance minister.

How did suspected Boko Haram militants manage to kidnap more than 100 girls from a school in Nigeria?

Reigning African women champions Nigeria withdraw from a 12-nation tournament which kicks off in Turkey this week, citing visa issues.

Stoke City's Senegalese midfielder Papa Alioune Ndiaye says it is vital his fellow international team-mates stay injury-free ahead of the World Cup in Russia.

South Sudan's petroleum minister Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth says the country is now 80 per cent peaceful.

A midnight taxi; an emergency flight home; a new life in New York. An ex-Muslim tells his story.

When Ronald Dlamini went blind it ended his sporting career, but now he's training other blind people to protect themselves.