Africa

Women in Niger have an average of more than seven children each - the highest birth rate in the world.

Five survivors of Sierra Leone mudslide give harrowing accounts of their loss and how they escaped death.

Diplomacy has triumphed over justice in the assault case against Zimbabwe's First Lady Grace Mugabe in South Africa, writes the BBC's Pumza Fihlani.

There have been 83 cases so far this year - four times as many as all of last year, the UN says.

Muhammadu Buhari has just returned from extended medical leave, but now has an office infestation.

Food lovers in Nigeria have been attending the inaugural Jollof festival in the commercial capital Lagos.

Police say most victims were sex workers who had been raped and strangled.

Just weeks after the Libyan city was declared liberated from Islamists, footage shows more bloodshed.

Africa's population is set to boom over the next few decades - reaching 2.5 billion people by 2050. Scientists in Kenya are trying to find ways of growing enough food for everyone.

Angolans go to the polls on Wednesday as President Dos Santos steps down after 38 years in power.

Ajax Cape Town announce they have reached a deal to sell Rivaldo Coetzee to Celtic, pending a medical and work permit application.

Jose Eduardo dos Santos is stepping down after 38 years as president of Angola but is he really giving up power?

How a moment of pure chance turned a bread-seller into a national celebrity and model in Nigeria.

Thirty years from now the population of Nigeria will have doubled. How can Lagos - Africa's largest city - cope with its spiralling numbers?

Reporter Umaru Fofana reflects on a week that saw horrific mudslide and flooding in the capital, Freetown.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans this week.

More migrants now head for Spain from the "Tangier Triangle" in Morocco, as Gavin Lee reports.

Volunteers are working to prevent rotting human remains causing a health emergency.

Italian prosecutors are investigating him and others for aiding and abetting illegal immigration.

Food assistance will be provided to food insecure people displaced by conflict in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), says the United Nations food agency.