Author Archive for: BBC News - Africa

Zambia is one of the countries in southern Africa most affected by a plague of "armyworms", devastating maize crops and threatening farmers' livelihoods.

A group of local artisans is trying to preserve their island's buildings.

Nigerian shop-owner Emmeka Uhanna tells the BBC that he is worried following recent xenophobic attacks in parts of Johannesburg.

The walls and floors are being repaired, the hotel refurbished but will the tourists come back to Tunisia after the beach shootings at Sousse two years ago?

How the men of Chad's Wodaabe culture go about finding their brides at a desert festival where the stress is on make-up and clothes.