Last-minute deal to protect African penguins from extinctionpublished at 15:59 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March
No-go fishing zones agreed to stop vessels catching sardines and anchovies around breeding grounds.
Read MoreNo-go fishing zones agreed to stop vessels catching sardines and anchovies around breeding grounds.
Read MoreThe warning comes as Africa begins to feel the impact of a massive review into US aid by Trump.
Read MorePretoria's envoy to Washington Ebrahim Rasool riled officials after accusing Trump of white supremacism.
Read MoreResidents in Ethiopia's north tell the BBC they are stocking up and taking cash out as tensions deepen.
Read MoreIn a strongly worded statement, Rwanda accuses Belgium of "lies and manipulation".
Read MoreWorld Cup qualifiers resume after a nine-month hiatus, but what is at stake over the next two rounds and which big names are in danger of missing out?
Read MoreANC spy Sue Dobson infiltrated the South African government. Then her cover was blown.
After training, Sue had got a job within the government's propaganda unit, and she was feeding back good intelligence to her ANC handlers. Then she got a phone call. The security services were on to her, and she was a long way from safety.
Presenter: India Rakusen Producer: Harry Graham Editor: Deiniol Buxton Sound design: Joel Cox
The calls come after South Africa's ambassador in Washington was given 72 hours to leave the country.
Read MoreGoing to school in Ghana was like prison for Londoner Mark Wilberforce, but he feels it kept him from jail.
Read MoreThe US Secretary of State called the ambassador a "race-baiting politician who hates America".
Read MoreResidents allege terror and rape by retreating RSF fighters as the army makes gains in the capital.
Read MoreA host of political figures had been invited to attend a conference on democracy by the opposition.
Read MoreThe ban follows months of escalating diplomatic tensions between Kenya and Sudan.
Read MoreThe car did not stop after hitting Edgar Charles Frederick, 79, on a road in the capital, Nairobi.
Read MoreNigerian-born author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says her books are becoming more available across Africa.
Read MoreMali coach Tom Saintfiet hopes to break new ground by guiding the Eagles to the Fifa World Cup finals for the first time.
Read MoreA power struggle within Tigray's ruling party raises the prospect of a resumption of civil war.
Read MoreA selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.
Read MoreThe BBC speaks to multiple sources who say M23 fighters hunted down and killed young men in Goma.
Read MoreOn 18 March 2015, 22 people, mostly foreign tourists, were killed at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia.
Hamadi Ben Abdesslem, a tour guide who led tourists to safety, tells Anouk Millet what it was like that day.
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(Photo: Bardo Museum after attack. Credit: Amine Landoulsi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images).