Germaine Acogny: 'The mother of contemporary African dance'

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

Slam poet Emi Mahmoud wants the world not to forget Sudan, one year into its civil war.

The bus was travelling to Nairobi when it was swept off the road.

Russ Cook, nicknamed "Hardest Geezer", has finished his challenge of running the length of Africa.

The BBC's Victoria Uwonkunda speaks to survivors of the Rwanda genocide violence 30 years after she fled.

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal's fifth president, has been sworn into office at a ceremony in the capital, Dakar.

The only survivor is an eight-year-old girl that has been taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, speaks to the BBC.

Bassirou Diomaye Faye is expected to become Senegal's youngest-ever president.

Seven million people are casting their vote in Senegal as they choose their new president.

Macky Sall refuses to apologise for the deaths that followed the decision to postpone elections last month.

Flames spread throughout the Al-Ahram Studio in Giza with three surrounding buildings evacuated.

US envoy to Sudan says he’s seeing increased political will in the region to help bring the Sudan conflict to an end.

While Senegal prepares for the upcoming presidential elections one school in Dakar went ahead and held its very own elections.

For the first time, two African documentary feature films are up for an Oscar.

Mariam Ibrahim, one of the few female borehole engineers in north-east Nigeria, has built over 200 boreholes.

Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania has received her second Oscar nomination.

A large group of people raided a warehouse full of food in the country's capital Abuja.

A professor talks about how human rights activists plan to challenge the country's new anti-LGBTQ+ bill.

Ghana’s state-run electricity company cut power supplies over a debt of 23m Ghanaian cedi ($1.8m).