Africa

The dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has become a source of tension in the region.

President Samia Suluhu has adopted a different approach from her Covid-sceptic predecessor, John Magufuli.

The children were seized by a group of armed men from a school in the north-west of the country.

Egypt agrees a compensation deal with the impounded Ever Given's owners and insurers.

South Africa's ex-president challenges his conviction for failing to appear at a corruption probe.

Zambian striker Patson Daka's move to Leicester City is a major step for southern African football, says veteran Chipolopolo star Jacob Mulenga.

After spending years living in UN-supported camps in Kenya, some 220 former refugees from Somalia now work as farmers in the US state of Maine, growing crops ranging from beets to broccolini.

Igbo separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu was largely ignored until his movement became an armed struggle.

Some 4.4 million people in Nigeria are facing what the UN humanitarian office, OCHA, is describing as “catastrophic food conditions”.

Senior UN officials appealed on Friday for immediate and unrestricted humanitarian access to Tigray – and for an end to deadly attacks on aid workers - as the Security Council held its first open meeting on the conflict in the restive northern Ethiopian region.

The capture of the Tigrayan capital Mekelle puts huge pressure on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

The World Food Programme (WFP) has resumed operations in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, after fighting halted the emergency response last week, although the agency warned on Friday that “serious challenges” continue to threaten the entire humanitarian response.  

How reviving traditional farming techniques could be helping in the battle against climate change in Uganda.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent.

With cases now doubling in Africa every three weeks, the Delta variant of COVID-19 has spread to 16 countries and it is present in three of the five nations reporting the highest caseloads. The variant is the most contagious yet - up to 60% more transmissible than other variants.

Some of those caught up in the attack on the northern city of Palma by Islamist militants share their stories.

Elisha Ofori Bamfo is a Ghanaian fashion designer who makes new clothes from waste off the streets.

Rampant impunity for human rights violations in Mali is posing serious risks for the protection of civilians in the West African country, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday. 

Why are Somalia's elections, after delays that heightened political tensions, so important for the region and the rest of Africa?

Critics say it would be "un-African" for a woman to have more than one husband at the same time.