BBC Africa

Coronavirus has worsened the growing crisis of gender-based violence in the country.

Anastacio Matavel was shot as he was driving in the southern city of Xai-Xai last year.

Caf is still prioritising a January start for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, despite the ongoing uncertainty about the continent's football because of coronavirus.

South Africa is trying to balance dealing with the virus and supporting a damaged economy.

Oxford's Oriel College voted to remove the colonialist's statue but removal will not be immediate.

Will Tanzania's President John Magufuli controversial statements help or hinder his re-election campaign?

People of colour in Russia tell the BBC how racism has affected their lives.

Evariste Ndayishimiye's inauguration is fast-tracked following the sudden death of his predecessor.

Oriel College's governors vote to take down the statue of the Victorian colonialist Cecil Rhodes.

Football fans in Lagos defied a ban on large gatherings to watch their favourite Premier League teams.

Dr Jemimah Kariuki has been helping pregnant women in Kenya to find emergency transport to hospital.

Former Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah says he is being treated in a way no white coach in Africa would be as he awaits salary arrears totalling nearly $200,000.

Police arrest a 31-year-old man after the pregnant woman's stabbed body is found hanging from a tree.

A photography competition shows the endangered big cat in its natural glory.

Doctors in public hospitals have gone on strike, saying they lack the necessary protective equipment to tackle the pandemic.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is accused of reneging on promises he made after ousting Robert Mugabe.

He was overseeing a case involving Vital Kamerhe, chief of staff to the DR Congo's president.

Missionary Gregory Dow, 61, admits to abusing four girls in an orphanage that he helped set up.

The Tanzanian is the first sub-Saharan artist to reach a billion YouTube views - how do Africa's other stars compare?

Gunmen attack a convoy near the border with Mauritania, leaving 24 dead and others unaccounted for.