Africa

Former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar tells the BBC about his war experiences, the horrors of the Heysel disaster and his match-fixing ordeal.

Amidst an increase in criminal activity in the Abyei area, which is contested by Sudan and South Sudan, the United Nations top peacekeeping official on Thursday called for deployment of additional police units, to enhance the UN’s focus on maintaining law and order there, and furthering peace between local communities.  

With the ferry carrying hundreds of people on board, it is feared the death toll will rise.

Bobi Wine is back in Uganda after medical treatment in the US following his alleged assault by soldiers.

Bobi Wine says he will keep fighting for freedom after returning to Uganda.

Being pregnant at 13 is common in the floating slums of Makoko but John Mary has always been determined not to follow that route.

A South African man is charged after his racist tirade against President Ramaphosa caused outrage.

The nine-year-old Somali girl died after soldiers fired shots to clear a traffic jam in Mogadishu.

The Spanish foreign minister says he disagreed with the idea, put to him during a visit to the US.

Fifa warns Sierra Leone it risks an international ban following the Anti-Corruption Commission's decision to overturn the leadership of the football association.

Amaju Pinnick becomes the first man to win a second straight term as president of the Nigeria Football Federation beating three other candidates.

Nigeria suspends plans to relaunch its national airline two months after announcing it would be revived.

Former internationals Pierre Francois Aubameyang and Daniel Cousin take over as joint coaches of Gabon after Jose Antonio Camacho's contract was not renewed.

Kenya move up the latest Fifa world rankings thanks to their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying win over Ghana, who fall six places.

Why some earth tremors in Nigerian's capital, Abuja, have caused such a stir.

Visual artist Osborne Macharia wants the cultural movement to revolutionise the perception of Africa.

The South Sudanese soldier who shot and wounded a UN peacekeeper on Saturday is facing a court martial, said David Shearer, head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), during a press conference in the capital, Juba.

Whistle-blowers tell the BBC how bribery impacts on all levels of football in Algeria.

Warring parties in South Sudan must demonstrate their willingness to a peaceful end to their conflict by “making their guns fall silent. Immediately and everywhere,” said Nicholas Haysom, outgoing UN Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, on Tuesday.

The peace agreement between Eritrea and Ethiopia has raised hopes that improving human rights will be front and centre on Eritrea’s path forward, according to a United Nations Special Rapporteur on Tuesday.