BBC Africa

Tunisian football fans will be rewarded with cash for "ideal" behaviour in a bid to cut violence in stadiums.

Nigeria's president says all Bronzes belong to the Oba of Benin throwing return deals into confusion.

Two visitors and two security guards are killed in an attack on the Tunisian island of Djerba.

In DR Congo, almost a week after floods hit the eastern region, the number of dead keeps rising.

After receiving a three-year doping ban, Nijel Amos says he is looking to sell his silver medal from London 2012 to support his family.

The number of people internally displaced by fighting has more than doubled in a week, the UN says.

Tsitsi Dangarembga was convicted last year of inciting violence by carrying a placard calling for reform.

Some 40,000 people have fled fighting in Sudan to go to South Sudan, one of the world's poorest countries.

The dilemma for those trying to bring peace to Sudan and why it will be so hard to end the fighting.

He was among volunteers who had reopened a medical facility that had shut amid clashes and looting.

Nearly 400 bodies have been retrieved following floods and landslides that hit two villages last week.

In an exclusive interview with the BBC's Simi Jolaoso, Sonia Ekweremadu says she 'understands the conviction' of her parents.

The midfielder had no time to gather his belongings as fighting broke out in his neighbourhood.

A US-Saudi statement welcomes the first face-to-face negotiations to end weeks of fighting.

Huge plumes of black smoke billowed into the sky - reports say a blast caused the fire at Deer Park.

Flash flooding surrounded a lorry driver who was crossing the Gulana-Kulalu causeway in Kenya.

After a tortuous wait, Azza is heading to the UK with her children, but without her husband.

Nigerian senator Ike Ekweremadu brought a man to the UK to provide a kidney for his daughter.

Kenya's multiple world champion on moving her family to a different country in search of marathon success.

Having scored the goal that clinched Napoli's first title in 33 years, just how much is Serie A's Nigerian top scorer Victor Osimhen worth?