BBC News | Africa | World Edition

29.04.2024 02:13 Despite Sierra Leone declaring sexual violence a national emergency, perpetrators are rarely punished.

28.04.2024 16:32 Human Rights Watch says at least 56 children were killed by soldiers in Soro village.

28.04.2024 02:00 People are grappling with power cuts as well as extreme heat blamed on human-induced climate change.

27.04.2024 21:01 Activists say the woman gave birth alone in a forested area at the border with Belarus.

27.04.2024 16:02 Most of the electricity in the capital is supplied by a Turkish ship floating off the country’s coast.

27.04.2024 06:12 Thirty years after Nelson Mandela's election and apartheid's end, South Africans reflect on democracy.

26.04.2024 20:50 BBC websites and radio are blocked for two weeks over a Human Rights Watch report on alleged mass killings.

26.04.2024 20:50 South Africa's former president hits out at corruption within the governing party.

26.04.2024 10:50 Five migrants, including a child, were killed in a crush on board a boat crossing the Channel.

26.04.2024 10:50 The policing minister appeared to ask an audience member if Rwanda and Congo were different countries.

26.04.2024 06:20 A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

25.04.2024 19:30 The prime minister warns that El Niño-triggered heavy rains are likely to continue into May.

25.04.2024 15:30 A manhunt is launched after more than 100 inmates escape the colonial-era facility near Abuja.

25.04.2024 15:30 Photos of the three naked tourists have gone viral in Namibia, angering the authorities.

25.04.2024 15:30 East Africa is being pounded by unusually heavy rains linked to a combination of global weather events.