BBC News - Africa
Updated: 22 hours 28 min ago
Tue, 07/24/2018 - 01:16
The Western Mediterranean route to Spain is now the most popular with migrants trying to reach Europe.
Tue, 07/24/2018 - 01:14
How an accidental fashion accessory is helping Zimbabwe's new president rebrand the country.
Tue, 07/24/2018 - 01:13
The innovators' school Twende in Tanzania is helping people invent solutions to local problems
Tue, 07/24/2018 - 01:12
Bernard Kiwia is the brains behind innovator school Twende, one that's helping his community to invent solutions to local problems.
Mon, 07/23/2018 - 23:39
Residents got two weeks notice before the bulldozers moved in to flatten their homes for a new road.
Mon, 07/23/2018 - 19:35
Diamond firm De Beers is relocating them from its reserve to Mozambique, where poachers are active.
Mon, 07/23/2018 - 19:16
Porto sign defender Chancel Mbemba from Premier League side Newcastle for a reported £7.14m fee.
Mon, 07/23/2018 - 18:13
Mohamed Salah tells Liverpool team-mate Loris Karius to "ignore those who hate" after more criticism following his latest pre-season match.
Mon, 07/23/2018 - 17:27
Striker Simon Murray joins South African top-flight side Bidvest Wits from Hibernian.
Mon, 07/23/2018 - 16:50
Zamalek's Maarouf Yussuf is to begin the process of becoming an Egyptian citizen having already been in squads for both Nigeria and Burkina Faso.
Mon, 07/23/2018 - 15:28
Ethiopia and Eritrea agree to play their first football match in 20 years as relations between the two nations continue to improve.
Mon, 07/23/2018 - 13:07
A married couple are presenting the news on Kenya's leading TV station for the first time.
Mon, 07/23/2018 - 12:44
Al-Shabab says it has killed 27 soldiers, but there is no independent confirmation of casualties.
Mon, 07/23/2018 - 10:05
Zimbabwe defender Hardlife Zvirekwi says his strength of faith has helped his return to professional football, following the amputation of his left hand.
Mon, 07/23/2018 - 09:57
Elizabeth Ohene explores whether it has inspired a generation of scientists and mathematicians.
Mon, 07/23/2018 - 09:53
A drug that can stop people getting recurrent bouts of malaria has been approved by regulators in the United States.
Mon, 07/23/2018 - 09:42
Trevor Noah says he will "never" repeat a 2013 joke about Aboriginal women, after a renewed backlash.
Mon, 07/23/2018 - 07:34
BBC Sport looks at the performance of new Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita, who will wear Steven Gerrard's old number this year.
Mon, 07/23/2018 - 01:59
More than five million Zimbabweans are going to the polls on 30 July to vote in historic elections. But what makes it different from previous votes?
Mon, 07/23/2018 - 01:44
Hundreds of lives may have been saved during the latest Ebola outbreak after one key development.
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