Coronavirus lockdown hair tips: How to maintain your dreadlocks

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Chibuzo is learning online how to maintain his dreadlocks whilst in lockdown.

Sudan criminalises female genital mutilation (FGM)

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An amendment to the law states anyone who performs FGM faces three years' imprisonment and a fine.

Sudan criminalises female genital mutilation (FGM)

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An amendment to the law states anyone who performs FGM faces three years' imprisonment and a fine.

Coronavirus: Black African deaths three times higher than white Britons – study

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A study says the higher risk to some ethnic groups cannot be explained by location or age.

Tony Allen: ‘World’s greatest drummer’ and afrobeat pioneer dies

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The Nigerian musician created afrobeat with Fela Kuti and gave it its distinctive rhythms.

Coronavirus in Ghana: Online funerals, face masks and elections without rallies

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Ghana is well known for its elaborate funerals and rowdy election campaigns so coronavirus is changing everything.

Coronavirus: Kenyans moved by widow cooking stones for children

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Jobless because of coronavirus restrictions, she hoped they would fall asleep waiting for their meal.

Coronavirus: Why Nigeria’s rice handouts aren’t going down well

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There are allegations that some of the thousands of bags of rice given as food handouts have expired.

Coronavirus lockdown: Sierra Leone ‘role model’ minister carries baby and holds Zoom meeting

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Sierra Leone's Education Minister David Sengeh combines child care and official duties at home.

South African anti-apartheid veteran Denis Goldberg dies

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He stood trial in South Africa alongside Nelson Mandela and was also imprisoned for his activism.