BBC Africa

How one of Africa's biggest solar farms could help South Africa solve its energy crisis.

The BBC has been given rare access to an all-women prison in Tunisia, where facilities are becoming increasingly over-crowded.

South Africa risks turning into a "mafia state", a senior governing party official has warned, as pressure grows on President Jacob Zuma over his links with a wealthy family.

After losing most of its territory in Nigeria, Islamist militant group Boko Haram has started to attack neighbouring Cameroon, killing hundreds of people. Maud Jullien went on patrol with the Cameroonian army.

Cameroon sentences 89 members of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram to death in the first case since new anti-terror laws were passed, local media report.

There have been angry exchanges in South Africa's parliament over President Jacob Zuma's alleged links with a wealthy family.

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The BBC's Alastair Leithead joins rangers in Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Garamba National Park as they hunt elephant poachers.

Health workers in Malawi are experimenting with using drones to get blood tests to hospital more quickly to speed up HIV diagnosis, which could save the lives of rural children.

Ground-breaking experiments on drones are being carried out in Malawi which could speed up the delivery of HIV tests in remote parts of the country.

Recalling deadly beach attack

Going to the races in unexpected places

An Egyptian centre for treatment and documentation of alleged torture victims vows to continue to work despite an order for it to shut down.

The Scottish boat that helps feed the world's poorest nation

Counting begins in Niger after presidential and parliamentary polls overshadowed by accusations of repression and a row over ID documents.

Burkina Faso's Bertrand Traore scores as Chelsea reach the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 5-1 win against a young Manchester City side .

A Dimitri Payet brace plus goals from Nigeria's Emmanuel Emenike and Victor Moses help West Ham beat Blackburn to advance in FA Cup.

The main opposition leader in Uganda, Kizza Besigye, rejects the result of presidential polls which saw Yoweri Museveni win a fifth term in office.

Two Serbian captives are confirmed to have died in Friday's US air strikes against the Islamic State group in western Libya, Serbia says.