Africa

The creator of a women-only rapid intervention team who leads riot control activities inside the Central African Republic’s biggest all male high-security prison, was named the winner of a prestigious new UN award on Tuesday.

An “explosion of child deaths” is likely and imminent in the Horn of Africa unless the international community takes immediate action to prevent a new hunger disaster, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday.

The UN Secretary-General has condemned “in the strongest terms” a brutal attack on a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria at the weekend, which left at least 50 people dead and wounded dozens more.

The UN chief has called for military authorities in Sudan and civilian representatives and political leaders, to enter direct talks over the future of the country in “good faith”, following continued unrest.

Agnes-Josephine Kenderman, a Liberian teenage mother, is benefiting from a UN-backed initiative to empower young vulnerable girls, which includes training to help her make and sell pastries and other products.

Women and girls face “deadly consequences” in the Somali region of Ethiopia due to the worst drought conditions for forty years, according to the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA.

The United Nations in Somalia welcomed the conclusion of the country’s presidential election held on Sunday, praising the “positive” nature of the electoral process and peaceful transfer of power.

This Sunday, Somalia will hold its long-awaited presidential elections. But why is it significant?

Some 20 million people face severe hunger but aid agencies say the world's attention is on Ukraine.

Humanitarians continue to call for scaling up assistance in the Horn of Africa, where the worst drought in 40 years is affecting some 15 million people across Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia. 

Anna Qabale Duba says the $250,000 prize money will help expand her school for children and adults.

The decision by Nigeria's government to withdraw the nation from all international basketball is "heart-wrenching", says Upe Atosu.

Asli Hassan Abade made history in 1976 by becoming the first female military pilot in Somalia and in Africa.

Protais Mpiranya led the presidential guard that killed the then-PM and 10 Belgian peacekeepers.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that it is committed to helping the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), respond to COVID-19, after its first declared infection was reported in the media there.

The body of Floribert Chebeya was found bound and gagged in his car, triggering national outrage.

The BBC investigates a network of Nigerian separatists outside the country urging violence online.

On 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, we explore the forgotten Egyptians that were there.

An exhibition in Oxford tells how Howard Carter's team excavated the pharaoh's tomb 100 years ago.

South Africa has one of the highest rates of kidnapping in the world, as Lesego Tau's ordeal shows.