Hundreds of Eritrean opposition supporters arrested in Stuttgart

There have been a series of clashes between Eritrean regime supporters and opposition supporters abroad.

Sudan conflict: Landmark skyscraper in Khartoum engulfed in flames

Dark smoke rises from the cone-shaped tower as government offices come under attack.

Khartoum: Fire guts landmark skyscraper

The Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company Tower had been engulfed in flames in the Sudan's capital.

Sudan conflict: Risking lives to bury the dead in Omdurman

Zeinab Mohamed Salih writes about how dangerous it was to bury her grandmother in war-hit Sudan.

Libya floods: ‘This was a riverbed, it’s just a wasteland now’

The BBC's Anna Foster describes the devastation in the Libyan city of Derna after floods a week ago.

Libya floods: A barren wasteland with a lingering smell of death

With lives in Libya washed away, anger mounts as people ask why they were told to stay at home.

Libya floods: ‘There’s a smell of decay and death in the air’

The BBC's Anna Foster is on the shore of Derna, where bodies are still washing up.

Libya flood: Drone images show extent of Derna destruction

Video footage from the city of Derna shows wide-scale destruction following Libya's deadliest storm in decades.

Buthelezi funeral: South Africans mull legacy of divisive Zulu leader

Mangosuthu Buthelezi has been granted a state funeral but the debate over his legacy reopens wounds.

Libyan official refutes blame for flood disaster

An official tells the BBC people in Derna were told to flee but some did not take the threat seriously.