Africa

We spend a day with Joy as he shows us what it's like being 17 in Kampala.

Laurent Gbagbo will remain in custody in The Hague after prosecutors appealed against his release.

Children at one squalid home seen by the BBC said they had been beaten and neglected by their carers.

Of 124 coffees in the world, we only drink two, but we need to protect all of them, say scientists.

The young people who make a living from taking people for horse rides on Nigeria's beaches.

Take a look at the evidence raised by some who doubt the results of the historic presidential poll.

President Uhuru Kenyatta vows to catch those behind the attack on Nairobi's Dusit hotel complex.

People who escaped an al-Shabab attack on an upmarket Kenyan hotel share their stories.

The attack on the DusitD2 hotel forced guests into hiding, Andrew Harding reports from Nairobi.

Kenyans are outraged at a picture of victims' bodies which is being published in Western media.

British-Nigerian choreographer Zizi, who's worked with Drake and Rihanna, says the world is looking to Lagos for the latest moves.

Model Judith Heard hopes her story of sexual abuse will prompt other women to tell their stories - and to support one another.

The Ivory Coast ex-president's acquittal raises questions about the International Criminal Court's future.

Brian Hungwe reflects on the impact of inflation on the the lives of Zimbabweans.

With rising sea levels due to climate change already affecting coastal communities in Liberia, there are fears that densely populated parts of the capital Monrovia could be submerged, unless action is taken.

Why Taiwan, not China, is the economic partner of choice for the nation formerly known as Swaziland.

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa unveils economic and social plans ahead of May elections.

Increasing hostilities in the oil-rich city of Derna are becoming an increasing source of concern said the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya on Friday, following an intensification in fighting which has resulted in “substantial civilian casualties”.

With millions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) demonstrating “their commitment to the political process”, the days ahead are “critical” to what has been an “historic election process”, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Friday.

Despite a clampdown on migration through the desert many are still prepared to make the deadly journey.