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Thousands of Congolese are opting make a dangerous river crossing to get to safety in Burundi.

International Olympic Committee presidential candidate Kirsty Coventry says it's time the organisation was led by a woman.

Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells the BBC's Emma Barnett about her experience of writer's block.

Young women in Kenya tell the BBC they have used TikTok to sell sexual content since they were teenagers.

Scandal surrounds King Misuzulu's attempts to take a third wife - and to divorce his first one.

Explosions during a rally held by a rebel group in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed at least 11 people and injured around 60 others.

The BBC joins a mission aboard the Léon Thévenin to repair an undersea fibre optic cable.

The camps are unsanitary, food barely sufficient, and many of those being held are in poor health.

Ghana's MPs destroyed parliamentary property, including tables, microphones, sound equipment, and other items.

Days of heavy fighting between M23 rebels and DR Congo's army leave hospitals overwhelmed with patients.

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

Several hundred well-paid foreign soldiers fighting on the side of the Congolese government surrender.

The rebels say they will not stop their offensive until they topple President Félix Tshisekedi.

The victim was a 32-year-old nurse who died from multi-organ failure, the health ministry says.

Rwanda says South Africa is in “no position to take on the role of a peacemaker or mediator” in DR Congo.

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla is accused of inciting violence in 2021 following the jailing of her father.

Rwanda and South Africa hope to host an African grand prix for the first time since 1993, but several expensive obstacles stand in their way.

The State Department says the freeze was the only way to evaluate aid programs and defended the pause.

In a huge blow to Ecowas, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are leaving to forge ahead with their own group.

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.