BBC Africa

Africa is yet to suffer a major outbreak of the coronavirus Covid 19, but if it did strike the consequences could be catastrophic. BBC correspondents around the continent explain.

Millions of Nigerians live in flimsy housing under very precarious circumstances.

As World Health Organization chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has people hanging on his every word.

How a health crisis on the other side of the world spelled disaster for a South African industry.

Nneamaka Anyanwu started an initiative to help underprivileged girls in Nigeria through basketball.

Kenyan pupils are increasingly being asked to be at school by 6:30am despite classes not starting until 8am.

He was pilloried after a false story circulated that he had thrown a tantrum at the US consulate.

Olivier Assoua migrated to Europe at 16 - years later he returned to Cameroon to make a film about migration.

A church and a social club remain as echoes of a once thriving group which played an important role in the country.

The British Army is preparing to send troops into Mali, to join a UN peacekeeping mission.

Not everyone is happy that the Oxford English Dictionary now includes several unique Nigerian words.

Dan Abisi learnt how to make brass instruments after he noticed a rise in popularity in schools.

The Ethiopian government is asking citizens living abroad to return home and help expand its economy.

Ninteeen-year-old Canada international Alphonso Davies tells Football Focus about his journey from refugee to Bayern Munich.

Refugees crammed into a church in the South African city of Cape Town are desperate to move.

President Muhammadu Buhari says he wants "productive relations" with the US.

The victims' bodies were found lying in the streets of Matholeville district in Johannesburg.

Fifa President, Gianni Infantino, proposes that the Africa Cup of Nations be held every four years instead of two.

Paul Makonda launched a surveillance squad dedicated to hunting down gay people in Dar es Salaam.

Despite having a day job as a medical doctor, Fola David doubles as a visual artist.