How Gabon is selling carbon credits to fuel its economy

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What are carbon credits and how did Gabon earn them? BBC Africa's Claire Muthinji tells us more.

COP27: Oil pollution in Egypt threatens one of world’s few thriving coral reefs

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A climate-change resistant Red Sea reef is being flooded with toxic wastewater, leaked documents show.

Baby elephant interrupts Kenyan TV report

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Watch as Kenyan journalist Alvin Kaunda's reporting is interrupted by an inquisitive trunk.

World Cup 2022: Senegal’s Sadio Mane out of ‘first games’ in Qatar

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Sadio Mane will miss Senegal's "first games" at the World Cup because of a leg injury, an official from the country's football federation has said.

Nigeria’s President Buhari vows to punish killers of local chief in Imo state

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President Muhammadu Buhari says the gunmen in Imo state will face the "full wrath of the law".

South Sudan: The human cost of floods in South Sudan

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The BBC's Mercy Juma travelled to South Sudan where hundreds of villages have been affected by the floods.

World Cup 2022: Cameroon’s Bryan Mbeumo awaits ‘crazy’ emotions in Qatar

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France-born forward Bryan Mbeumo is relishing the chance to play for Cameroon, the country of his father, at the World Cup in Qatar.

Somalia drought: One boy’s fight to save his family from starvation

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Dahir's brother died of hunger. Now two of his sisters are fighting sickness and malnutrition in Somalia.

Ukraine war: Zambia demands answers for death of student Lemekhani Nyirenda

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Lemekhani Nyirenda was serving a nine-year prison sentence when he went off to fight for Russia.

Alaa Abdel Fattah: Family say jailed British-Egyptian activist is alive

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Alaa Abdel Fattah tells his family in a letter from prison that he has resumed drinking water.