'Please stop killing women,' urges the police minister as the search continues for two more suspects.

Torrential rains in the central town of Mokwa led to the deadly floods, authorities say.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.

Somalians hope hosting Emmanuel Adebayor, Samuel Eto'o and Jay Jay Okocha in a legends game can help bring international football back to the country after […]

Part of the presidential jet's landing gear malfunctioned while approaching the runway, authorities say.

Bola Tinubu introduced painful economic reforms but says these are now starting to bear fruit.

Joshlin Smith is yet to be found more than a year after she went missing from her home.

In Nigeria's northern Kano State, an unusual form of football is changing lives. Skate soccer is a fast-paced six-a-side sport which combines skateboards and […]

Joshlin Smith's mother, branded the "mastermind" in her child's disappearance, is to be sentenced.

The Kenyan author sent shockwaves through African literature by refusing to write in English.

Egypt's Mohamed Salah was the stand-out player in this season's Premier League - but what do the statistics say about other African stars?

Criticism is growing after several top positions go to members of the president's ethnic Yoruba group.

Thousands have died in a conflict that has been largely ignored by the rest of the world.

Shoaib Bashir's six-wicket haul breaks Zimbabwe's feisty resistance and leads England to victory by an innings and 45 runs inside three days of the one-off […]

Striker Mohamed Salah has 28 goals and 18 assists in Liverpool's title-winning season.

England will receive an offer to tour Zimbabwe before 2031, with a new ground near Victoria Falls earmarked as a potential venue.

The calm reaction of South Africa's president to the Oval Office ambush might boost his standing at home.

Kenya legend Victor Wanyama says the welcoming nature of Scottish football fans was part of the reason for his surprise decision to join Dunfermline Athletic.

A deal to hand Mauritius the Chagos Islands and lease back a key military base has been months in the making.

President Trump made a series of claims about the killing of white farmers in South Africa, some of which are demonstrably false.

The US president said video of crosses on the road was evidence of the scale of attacks on white farmers.

Right-wing Afrikaners groups celebrated the ambush but others in the Rainbow Nation found it "uncomfortable" to watch.

In an extraordinary Oval Office meeting, Trump pressed Cyril Ramaphosa on widely discredited claims of a white genocide in South Africa.

Zimbabwe's Blessing Muzarabani may have a permanent smile on his face, but he will pose a serious threat to England at Trent Bridge this week, writes Stephan […]

Videos of mud-covered wrestling fights from a Ugandan town have racked up over 500 million hits on social media.

Makhosazana Dlomo is South Africa's only black participant in the traditional cavalry sport of tent pegging.

Tidjane Thiam has been banned from standing in October's elections in Ivory Coast. So what is his next move?

The Basketball Africa League is is leveraging the power of entertainment to help grow the game on the continent and boost Africa's creative economy.

The Archbishop of Abuja in Nigeria speaks to the BBC about how the next pontiff could be selected.

El-Fasher residents Mostafa, Hafiza and Manahel film as their home city comes under fire in Sudan's civil war.