BBC Africa

Kenya's Kibiwott Kandie sets a new world record for the half marathon - in a race where the top four finishers all beat the previous record.

South Africa's farmers are fighting ongoing locust swarms to preserve the country's food security.

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed has found himself in a conflict less than a year after winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

"It is really scary. It is really difficult," a resident of the Tigray capital, Mekelle, shouts down the line.

The mixed-race Irish people searching for their African roots.

As 300 UK troops arrive in Mali, the BBC's Frank Gardner looks at the role of Islamist militants across Africa.

How a group of people set out to clean up Cape Town's beaches.

BEC hacking is one of the most common types of cyber-attack and experts say Nigeria is its epicentre.

Doreen Moracha was born HIV positive is now an advocate raising awareness and fighting the stigma.

How South African women defeated plans to restrict the movement of black South Africans.

Nurse Tshego is fighting a virus that brings her face to face with stigma, poverty and corruption.

A climate activist has won a prestigious prize for leading the battle to block it being built in Ghana.

The country has rebuffed African efforts to find a negotiated settlement to the Tigray conflict.

BBC correspondents across the east Africa region explain the impact for Ethiopia and its neighbours.

Families fleeing the conflict in Tigray tell the BBC they have been cut off from relatives.

The government is hoping for a quick victory in Tigray but it may not be that simple.

With communications largely cut to the Tigray region, both sides in the conflict are trying to control the narrative.

Some ethnic Tigrayans complain of harassment and discrimination - an allegation the government denies.

The Somali government retrains defectors from the al-Shabab militant group as barbers, drivers, mechanics and tailors.

War veteran and ex-minister Debretsion Gebremichael now leads the struggle against the government.