Africa

Nearly three weeks since fighting began near the Libyan capital Tripoli, the UN health agency warned on Tuesday that “large numbers” of people are sheltering in medical clinics, while civilians continue to be killed or injured, and refugees and migrants remain exposed to clashes.

The protesters are digging in but it's unclear how they can persuade the army to hand over power.

The West African girl was forced to clean and cook for the Texas family for 16 years.

The French police and the Tunisian Football Federation are looking into suspicious betting patterns involving football matches in Tunisia.

Meet the choir in Nairobi promoting peace and education.

Nine-year-old chef Sammy started cooking two years ago and now works with local orphanages in Lagos.

It is a topic shrouded in shame, but traction alopecia may affect one-third of women of African descent.

With few street names in The Gambia, people have to get creative about giving directions.

An improvised roadside mine which exploded hitting a UN peacekeeping convoy in Mali, killing one ‘blue helmet’ from Egypt, and wounding four others, may constitute a war crime, the UN Chief said on Saturday, as senior UN officials condemned the blast. 

A festival celebrating this year’s planting season brings together thousands of people in Nigeria.

The UN has condemned an attack on an Ebola treatment centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday, which led to the death of a doctor working for the World Health Organization (WHO), and injured two others. 

More than 305,000 children in Mozambique are losing out on lessons at school since the devastating floods caused by Cyclone Idai, which struck southeast Africa just over a month ago. 

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

In and around Tripoli, an increasing number of children are “at imminent risk of injury or death” two senior United Nations officials warned on Thursday, citing a surge of aggression in crisis-torn Libya.

Sudanese protest groups require unity to secure civilian rule, the BBC's Alastair Leithead says.

A contingent of 530 Ugandan “Blue Helmets” (63 women, 467 men) is playing a crucial role in the United Nations’ efforts to help bring peace and stability to Somalia. They make up the United Nations Guard Unit (UNGU, that is tasked with protecting UN compounds in Mogadishu in order to assist the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) and the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) to carry out their mandate. 

A child known as Baby A became the subject of a high court case that has prompted Kenya to start changing its approach to intersex children.

Automation could wipe out many jobs in developing countries, says globalisation expert Ian Goldin.

Heavy shelling overnight on Tuesday which hit a densely-populated neighbourhood of Libya’s capital, Tripoli, was condemned “in the strongest terms” by the head of the UN Mission there, after “scores” of civilians were reportedly killed and injured.

Security across the volatile Darfur region of Sudan has deteriorated since last week’s military takeover in Khartoum, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday, but the peacekeeping mission in Darfur has “remained vigilant” in the face of rising violence.