Uganda Covid-19: Tackling the third wave

Uganda is one of several African countries seeing a dramatic rise in the number of infections amid a vaccine shortage.

Ethiopia elections 2021: Abiy Ahmed faces first vote amid conflict

Abiy Ahmed is hoping to secure a popular mandate, but polls are not being held in war-torn Tigray.

Birtukan Mideksa: Ethiopia’s electoral board chairperson

Birtukan Mideksa, a former opposition leader who went into exile in the US, says "shortfalls are inevitable".

South Africa announces gems found are not diamonds

Thousands of people rushed to KwaHlathi village after a man found what turns out to be quartz.

Birmingham Classic: Ons Jabeur beats Daria Kasatkina to win first title

Tunisian second seed Ons Jabeur beats Russia's Daria Kasatkina to win her first singles title at the Birmingham Classic.

Tokyo Olympics: Inside the athletes’ village

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes takes a look at how the athletes' village hopes to mitigate the risk of Covid.

Tokyo Olympics: Ugandan tests positive for Covid in Japan

The Ugandan was part of a nine-member squad who were fully vaccinated, reports say.

Ethiopia elections: The misinformation circulating online

As Ethiopians prepare to go to the polls, false and misleading content has been spreading online.

Ethiopia elections: The misinformation circulating online

As Ethiopians prepare to go to the polls, false and misleading content has been spreading online.

‘War on Terror’: Are big military deployments over?

Twenty years on from the "War on Terror", is it the end of big military deployments to warzones?