Crisis is unfolding in northern Ethiopia - driven by drought, crop failure and insecurity following war.

African heavyweight champion Adam Olaore is following a similar path to Anthony Joshua as he seeks to make history for Nigeria.

Guntila Muleya had only been the head of the Independent Broadcasting Authority for three months.

Cindy Ngamba fled Cameroon aged 10 and, now 25, trains at the Team GB gym in Sheffield.

Why tourists who flock to see the country's beautiful landscapes will have to get a visa from next year.

Families dig with their bare hands for loved ones buried under the mud of landslides.

The route from West Africa to the Spanish Canary Islands is one of the world's deadliest for migrants.

The opposition has been given key portfolios, as the president tries to quell anti-government protests.

The Agyekums, a Ghanaian royal family based in Ohio, sat down with the BBC to talk about their reality TV debut.

African fencing champion Alexandra Ndolo is hoping to win a historic gold in Paris while inspiring in other ways too.

Nigeria and Zambia can win women's Olympic football medals for the first time, says Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie.

Protesters defied a ban to march on the country's parliament amid anger over corruption on Tuesday.

At the London 2012 Olympics, the Somali sprinter Zamzam Farah became a crowd favourite after finishing last in her 400m heat by 27 seconds.

Zamzam had grown up in war-torn Mogadishu, where she had to dodge violence while training on the so-called ‘Road of Death’.

She competed with her body fully covered, but, after the Olympics, her family in Somalia received death threats because of what Al-Shabab considered unacceptable behaviour for a Muslim woman. She remained in the UK and gained asylum.

Zamzam Farah spoke to Ian Williams in 2021.

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(Photo: Zamzam Farah about to start the 400m at the London 2012 Olympics. Credit: Olivier Morin/AFP/GettyImages)

Agnes Musikavanhu returns to Morriston Hospital with her sons to celebrate her 80th birthday.

Ghanaian authorities are investigating after several individuals claiming to be para-athletes reportedly absconded during a trip to Norway.

Police say the multi-million dollar lab was operating on an "industrial scale".

President Tinubu says cost-of-living protests planned for next week have 'sinister motives'.

Heavy rains triggered two landslides in the southern area of Gofa, the authorities say.

Amadu Koita Makalo was sentenced for 182 years on charges including treason and murder.

South Sudan is using basketball to forge a new identity for a country whose early history was defined by war, says Luol Deng.