Since the coup last year, the junta has been trying to reduce French influence in the country.

The new monument "is part of the bilateral relationship" between CAR and Russia, officials say.

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah wins with 57% of the vote but her rival said there was electoral malpractice.

Estimate based on information from hospital, cemeteries, families, witnesses and other sources.

Ghanaians are about to elect a new president amid concerns about inflation, unemployment and debt.

We Know It's Christmas (Band Aid Reply) is "not just a song" but "a statement", says the rapper.

After Angola's Bastos became the first African to win the Copa Libertadores, could his triumph with Botafogo open more doors for footballers from the continent?

The US is backing a new train link to boost trade, seen as an effort to counter China's influence.

The anti-graft agency says they belonged to an ex-top government official but has not revealed who.

The vast majority are in stores and they range from Maasai armlets and dodo skeletons to fossils.

Villagers remain scarred a year after the military mistook them for jihadists, killing 85 people.

Ghana is a global gold mining powerhouse and Africa's biggest producer.

The informal mining sector of gold – known locally as “galamsey” - is a big election issue here. There have been recent marches demanding tougher action against illegal miners in Accra. But illegal mining is also a major source of employment. More than a million Ghanaians make their living from galamsey.

We hear from local galamsey miners and look at the negative impact this industry is having on both the workers in terms of health, the environment, and the wider community.

(Picture: Man holding a bucket in an open-pit gold mine in Ghana.)

Presented and produced by Ed Butler

Joe Biden will highlight a massive new railway project to help transport critical minerals to the US.

It could save the lives of thousands of children in Nigeria, where 180,000 died from malaria in 2022.

Prime Minister Oury Bah pays tribute to the victims and announces an inquiry into the "tragic" disaster.

Venâncio Mondlane tells the BBC that demonstrations could force the ruling party into negotiations.

Uganda is facing condemnation following the arrest of the veteran politician while in Kenya.

Mixed-race children were forcibly removed from their families under a state policy in the 1940s.

Abdul Nondo's alleged kidnapping follows the abduction and killing of another opposition figure in September.

GoGo Olive supports around 40 woman prisoners in the city of Mutare, offering them employment.