Women’s rights in Africa

The women at the centre of Somalia's construction boom

An ancient writing system confounding myths about Africa

'Double patriarchy': doctor has South Africa talking about financial abuse

No wigs please - the new rules shaking up beauty pageants

Zambians protest over heinous child rape reports

'Nigerian Senate is run like a cult', suspended MP tells BBC

Nigerian senator suspended after making sexual harassment claims

Kenyan man allegedly caught carrying wife's body parts in backpack

Backlash over photos of Somali men at UN women’s conference

Chris Brown concert shines spotlight on violence against women in South Africa

Nigerian soldier dismissed after alleging rape hits out

Sigh of relief for Ghana's (not-so) new gender equality law

'I can't sleep': What an athlete’s murder tells us about women’s safety in Kenya

Thousands mourn Ugandan Olympian killed by ex-partner

Outcry at sentence for man who raped and killed girl of 7

Inside the beauty pageant in one of the world’s worst places to be a woman

Gambia’s parliament rejects bill to allow FGM

'Now I know how it feels to be a full woman' Video, 00:05:40'Now I know how it feels to be a full woman'

Child marriage ban welcomed in Sierra Leone

Why a 12-year-old took action against period poverty

Orphans married off in Nigeria after mass wedding outcry

Kenya appoints first woman air force head

A president declared an emergency over rape. What happened next?