Cases of repression in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have fuelled concerns about possible collaboration.
Khaman Maluach only took up basketball aged 13, but the refugee from South Sudan has been drafted to join NBA side Phoenix Suns.
Former Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy says he left the west London club because Al-Ahli had a better chance of winning silverware.
The BBC's Ian Wafula is in central Nairobi amid the protests to honour those killed a year ago.
Some white farmers accept compensation 25 years after land reform began - others fight on.
Marine mammals struggling to feed their young are abandoning key habitats as underwater noise from human activity grows louder a threat that's now been recognised by dozens of countries in an international push for quieter oceans.
When the Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announced that China is now offering Ghana 0% tariffs on all our exports, it received celebrations from many people. Honestly, it sounds like good news.
Cocobod 39;s Sekyere East district office is nearing the completion stage of its fertilizer distribution and improved cocoa seedlings distribution program, an initiative that has brought immense joy to hundreds of farmers who registered and had their farms surveyed.
Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has slammed President John Dramani Mahama rsquo;s directive to halt enforcement actions against 64 radio stations recently shut down by the National Communications Authority (NCA), describing the move as a ldquo;brazen assault rdquo; on the independence of regulatory institutions.
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has defended its decision to search the premises of Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML), insisting the action was necessary to retrieve critical documents relevant to an ongoing investigation into a controversial contract with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) involving downstream petroleum reven .
The boy travelled to Ghana from London in March 2024 after being told a relative was ill.
Burundi is set to have a one-party parliament following a poll that the opposition says was rigged.
Edgar Lungu's family says he left instructions that President Hichilema should not come near his body.
The move comes as the continent's exports face the possibility of high tariffs from the US.
As four African sides prepare for the Club World Cup, BBC Sport Africa looks at what impact the expanded 32-team tournament could have on the continent.
A UN official warns that hundreds of thousands in the sprawling camp are "slowly starving".
South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada joins an elite Lord's club to increase the number of members to two, thanks to a five-wicket haul in the World Test Championship final.
At least 49 people have been killed in the floods, including several children who were on a bus.
Clashing ideas over how Edgar Lungu should be honoured have led to a political standoff.
Senegal beat England 3-1 at the City Ground on Tuesday to claim a first win for an African nation over England in 22 attempts.
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