Nigeria kidnapped girls: Shots fired at Zamfara reunion ceremony

Parents of girls released by kidnappers had thrown stones at officials during the reunion ceremony.

Fisherman in Kenya swap petrol outboard motors for electric engines

Fishermen on Lake Victoria in Kenya have begun using some of Africa’s first electric fishing boats.

Covid: Police break up ‘fake vaccine network’ in South Africa and China

Thousands of doses of suspected counterfeit vaccine are seized by police in South Africa and China.

Israel Adesanya: From being bullied to UFC champion

Nigeria-born Israel Adesanya has gone from being bullied at school in New Zealand to being a UFC champion.

Ali Boumendjel: France admits ‘torture and murder’ of Algerian nationalist

President Macron acknowledges that an Algerian nationalist was killed by the French army in 1957.

Ali Boumendjel: France admits ‘torture and murder’ of Algerian nationalist

President Macron acknowledges that an Algerian nationalist was killed by the French army in 1957.

Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: BBC reporter Girmay Gebru freed by military

Girmay Gebru is freed without charge after being detained in the conflict-hit Tigray region on Monday.

The deadly job of protecting DR Congo’s Virunga National Park

In the past year, more than 20 rangers have been killed defending Africa's oldest national park.

HIV findings in DR Congo ‘give hope for cure’

Scientists discover a high rate of people who suppress the virus without taking medication.