BBC Africa

With long petrol queues on city roads, everyday issues dominate in the run-up to Tuesday's vote.

Defending champions New Zealand overcome a slow start and a spirited South Africa side to seal their spot in the Women's Rugby World Cup semi-finals.

New Zealand suffer their biggest defeat in history as they lose 43-10 to South Africa in the Rugby Championship in Wellington.

Feared by some, loved by others, ex-first lady Simone Gbagbo is vying to become the country's next leader.

The World Anti-Doping Agency alleges Kenya is non-compliant with its code and will face consequences next month unless certain conditions are met.

South Africa number eight Aseza Hele has been a star of the Women's Rugby World Cup and plays on Saturday against New Zealand in her country's first quarter-final.

Photos of new year celebrations in a country with a calendar seven years behind that followed in the West.

Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo, World Indoor 800m winner Prudence Sekgodiso and 5000m world record holder Beatrice Chebet are among those hoping to make their mark in Tokyo.

Fourteen deportees including nationals of Nigeria and The Gambia have already arrived, President Mahama says.

Survivors of the flood tell the BBC they are still in need of government support.

Survivors of the flood tell the BBC they are still in need of government support.

Worshippers have been gunned down in mosques and homes have been torched in escalating violence, Human Rights Watch says.

A raid on a Johannesburg factory found 91 Malawians, including 37 children, living in appalling conditions.

Kyalo Mbobu was driving home when a gunman on a motorbike shot him dead on a busy street in the capital.

The UN says the number of obese teenagers has nearly tripled globally in the last two decades.

The UN says the number of obese teenagers has nearly tripled globally in the last two decades.

Cape Verde are one win away from qualifying for the Fifa World Cup for the first time but Cameroon and Nigeria could miss out on the finals.

In a fractious nation, the dam's construction has brought people together despite controversy abroad.

In a fractious nation, the dam's construction has brought people together despite controversy abroad.

Simone Gbagbo will run against President Alassane Ouattara, who is seeking a controversial fourth term.